72 ORCHIDS OF JAMAICA 



posterior lobes 1-5-1 -6 mm. x 1-1*3 mm. ; orange, shaded on the -inner 

 side with crimson or purple; anterior lobes 1-4-1 '5 x "75 mm., yellow. 

 Lip crimson or purple; upper surfaces -75-1-1 mm, 1. Column short, 

 crimson, dilated above ; anther obovate, apex retuse. Capsule 4 mm. 1., 

 3 mm. br., obovate, gibbous at the apex, the pedicel elongating considerably 

 in the fruit (7 mm. in our specimen). 



9. L. obtusipetala sp. nov. ; plant 4-7 in. high ; stem 

 many times (2-3) longer than leaves ; leaf 3-5 cm. 1. ; bracts 

 glabrous ; sepals deltoid, acuminate, lateral J-connate ; petals 

 rhomboidal, apex mucronate, lobes subequal, somewhat square, 

 breadth of petals shorter than length of sepals, longer than 

 upper surfaces of lip ; lip, upper surfaces longer than anterior 

 lobes of petals, narrowly oblanceolate, tapering both anteriorly 

 and posteriorly to an acute point. — L. concinna Sw. var. obtusi- 

 petala Fawc. & Bendle op. cit. 11 (1904). Types in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit, and Jam. Herb. 



In fl. June ; J.P. 14 (in part) Morris ! Portland Gap, 5550 ft., Fawcett ! 



Plant much like L. ovalis, differing in some details given above, and 

 also as follows: 4-7 in. high. Stems 7-14 cm. 1. Leaves 1-3-2 cm. br. 

 Racemes 1-2 cm. 1., much shorter than the leaves, few (3-5) in a cluster, 

 and most of them with one flower open at the same time, pedicels of 2-4 

 older flowers remaining on each peduncle. Sepals, median 4*5-5 mm. 1., 

 3-7-4 mm. br., lateral 5 mm, 1., together 4-5 mm. br. Petals 1-2 mm. 1., 

 2-3-2-5 mm. br., posterior lobe a little larger than the anterior. LiiJ, 

 upper surfaces of lobes 1 - 5-2 mm. 1. (The flowers on some specimens 

 measure scarcely more than half the above.) 



On reconsideration, we are inclined to regard this as a distinct 

 species. 



10. L. obtusa Fawc. & Bendle op. cit 11, t. IL f. 26; plant 

 4-5 in, high; stems (l|-2 times) longer than leaves; leaf 3-5- 

 5 • 5 cm. 1. ; bracts glabrescent ; sepals crimson, glabrous, deltoid, 

 acute, lateral J-connate ; petals somewhat deltoid, apex obtuse, 

 surface minutely pubescent, lobes subequal, posterior somewhat 

 rhomboidal, anterior obtusely triangular, breadth of petals shorter 

 than length of sepals, longer than upper surfaces of lip ; lip, 

 upper surfaces a little longer than the anterior lobes of petals, 

 posterior half oblong, anterior tapering to an acute apex. 



In fl. Nov. -April ; Blue Mt. Peak, J.P. 14 (in part), Morris ! Greenhill, 

 3000 ft., Moar-e 1 Portland Gap Road, Fawcett ! Newhaven Gap, 4000 ft, ; 

 between Morse's Gap and Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft, ; Newhaven, 4000 ft, ; 

 ridge from Newhaven Gap to Vinegar Hill, 4000 ft, ; Harris ! Fl, Jam. 

 7834, 10,081. 



Plant much like L. ovalis but smaller. Stems slender, 10-12 cm. 1., 

 much longer than the leaves. Leaves 1-2-2 cm. br., narrowly elliptical, 

 acuminate, bright violet on lower side. Racemes 2 cm. 1., scarcely half as 

 long as the leaves, few (3-6) in a cluster, of which two or three have one 

 (sometimes two) flowers open at same time. Bracts sheathing, shortly 

 acuminate, about 2 mm. 1. Sepals, median 5-6 mm. 1. and br. ; lateral, 



