1 mm. broad, trulliform, emarginate, obtuse, 3-nerved, 
obscurely auriculate on the basal angles, claw adnate to 
the column. 
Haiti: epiphyte, near Petite Source, Morne des Commissaires, 
leaves purple beneath, flowers yellow with red center, altitude 1450 m., 
May 1, 1942, Holdridge 1173; epiphyte on hardwood trunks, Guimbi 
Galata, Morne des Commissaires, leaves dull green above, deep dull 
purple below, altitude 1800 m., Holdridge 1293 (Tyrr in Herb. Ames). 
Lepanthes purpurata is most nearly allied to L. quad- 
rata Fawe. & Rendle. It is easily distinguished, how- 
ever, by the emarginate, obscurely auriculate lip, by the 
broader leaves and by the longer inflorescence. 
Cattleyopsis Holdridgei L.O. Williams nom. nov. 
Epidendrum roseum Schlechter in Urban Symb. An- 
till. 7 (1913) 497; Correll in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. 
Univ. 10 (1941) 48, non Gérard 1848. 
Cattleyopsis rosea Mansfeld in Ark. Bot. 20A (1926) 
ie 
Harri: epiphytic, near Petite Source, Morne des Commissaires, 
altitude 1450 m., May 1, 1942, Holdridge 1174. 
This species must be retained in Cattleyopsis if that 
genus can be maintained. Mansfeld points out that the 
plant is a Cattleyopsis: “‘ Da ferner acht etwas ungleiche 
Pollinien verhanden sind (am Original fehlen die Anthe- 
ren), gehért die Pflanze unzweifelhaft zu Cattleyopsis.”” 
Correll returned it to Epidendrum, without comment, in 
his study of this and two allied genera. 
The name Cattleyopsis rosea, being based on a homo- 
nym, must be replaced. It is a pleasure to rename this 
attractive plant for Mr. L. R. Holdridge. 
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