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BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CampripGe, Massacuusetts, Ocroser 25, 1938 
Vo.. 6, No. 10 
PLANTAE MEXICANAE I 
BY 
RicHarRD EVvANs SCHULTES 
A NEW LEPANTHES FROM OAXACA 
Lepanthes Rekoi R.H.Schultes sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, laxe caespitosa. Caules secundarii 
gracillimi, apice unifoliati, plus minusve quadrivaginati, 
vaginarum ostiis infundibuliformibus hispidis. Folium 
late ellipticum, marginatum, obtusum vel subacutum. 
Inflorescentiae folium superantes. Flores pauci, succed- 
anei, in racemis brevibus. Sepala lateralia late lanceolata, 
binervia, oblique acuminata, apice acuta. Sepalum dorsale 
late lanceolatum, acuminatum, trinervium. Petala trans- 
verse elliptica inter lobos cum apiculo. Labellum triloba- 
tum; lobi laterales anguste elliptici, apice incurvati; lobus 
medius lobis lateralibus multo brevior, dense glandulosus. 
Columna superne dilatata. 
Epiphytic herb, up to 4.5cem. high. Secondary stems 
erect, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, concealed by about 4 closely 
appressed, more or less hyaline sheaths of which each one 
terminates in an infundibuliform mouth; sheaths hispidu- 
lous along the prominent nerves and on the thickened 
margin of the mouths. Uppermost sheath enclosing the 
petiole of the leaf. Leaves broadly elliptic, marginate, 
obtuse or subacute, 1—1.5 cm. long, about 7 mm. wide. 
Flowering stems overtopping the leaves. Flowers few, 
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