LEPANTHES 73 



5*6-6inm. 1., 6 -3-6 '6 mm. br. below the point of union. Petals 3*5 mm. 

 br., crimson. Lip crimson. Column short, dilated above. Capsule 5 mm. 

 1., broadly obovoid. (The flowers on some specimens scarcely measure 

 more than half the measurements given above.) 



11. L, areuata Fawc. & JRendle in Journ. Bot. xlviii. 6 (1909) ; 

 sepals magenta-crimson, lateral ^connate ; breadth of petals 

 shorter than length of sepals, and shorter than upper surfaces of 

 lip._(Pl. 11, f. 1-7.) Types in Herb. Mus. Brit, and Jam. Herb. 



On trunks of trees ; in fl. and fr., Feb. ; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 

 2600 ft., Harris \ 



Plant 1 to 1^ in. high. Stem l-5-2*5 cm. 1., longer than the leaf; 

 sheaths ciliolate on the mouth and ridges. Leaf 1- 2-1- 7 cm. 1., narrowly- 

 elliptical to roundish-elliptical. Racemes with several flowers, clustered, 

 shorter than the leaf. Bract shortly acute, glabrescent. Flowers about 

 ^ in. 1. Sepals, median 2*3 mm. 1., ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; lateral 

 2 mm. 1., broadly ovate, acuminate, 1-nerved. Petals brick-orange-yellow, 

 barely 1 mm. br., 3-lobed, lobes subequal, obtusely triangular. Lip brick- 

 orange-yellow tinged with crimson, 1*5 mm. 1., upper surfaces of lateral 

 lobes much longer than the petals and column, 1 mm. 1., linear-lanceolate, 

 subfalcate. Column short, -6 mm, 1., of a rather lighter shade of magenta- 

 crimson than the sepals ; anther white. 



This species is near L. tridentata in appearance, but differs in the lip, 

 the short column, and in other respects. Petals in breadth barely 1 mm., 

 while those of L. tridentata are 1*5 mm. broad. Lip 1*5 mm. 1., the 

 lateral lobes nearly twice as long as the column, being 1 mm. 1., whereas 

 the lip of L. tridentata is just over 1 mm. 1., the lateral lobes being barely 

 1 mm. 1. The column is '6 mm. 1. as contrasted with that of L. tridentata, 

 which is 1 mm. 1. 



12. L. eoehlearifolia Sw. in Nov. Act. TJpsal. vi. S6, t. 5, 

 figs. 6, a, h (1799) ; stem much longer than leaf ; leaf roundish, 1 • 5- 

 2*5 cm. 1.; sepals purple, lateral ^-connate; breadth of petals 

 about as long as length of sepals. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1563 

 & Adnot. Bot. t. 2, fig. 1 ; Griseh. op. cit. 611 ; Fawc. & Bendle 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 9, t. II. f. 18-21. Epidendrum coch- 

 learifolium Sw. Prodr. 126 (1788). ' Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl, Sept.-April ; summits of the Blue Mts,, Swartz ! Swift River, 

 J.P. 463 (2679); Mt. Moses, 3500 ft., J.P. 2373; Symel Browns Town, 

 Miss T. M. Barrett 1 John Crow Peak, slopes of spur, 100 to 300 ft. above 

 Mabess River, Fawcett ! near Mabess River, 3500-4000 ft. ; near John 

 Crow Peak ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7788, 7828, 9015. 



Plant less than 3 in. high. Stems 2-6 cm. 1. ; mouth of the sheath 

 broadly open, apex acute ; margin and ridges covered with numerous 

 stiffish white hairs. Leaves 1-1*8 cm. br., sometimes tinged with purple, 

 varying in shape from orbicular to broadly elliptical, shortly apiculate, 

 narrowing at the base into a short stalk, the marginal and three principal 

 veins uniting below the apex. Racemes generally less than 1 cm. 1., less 

 than half as long as the leaves, generally several clustered, lax, with few 

 flowers. Sepals 5-6 mm. 1., 3-3*5 mm. br., ovate, acuminate. Petals 

 brick-orange-yellow, tinged with crimson towards the centre, with a short 

 blunt apex and a short rhomboidal body -65 mm. 1., shortly toothed at the 

 lower corners and drawn out at the upper into longer tapering upcurviug 



