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horns; 6 mm. br., including the horns. Li^j purplish-crimson; upper 

 surfaces lanceolate. Column short, dilated under the apex ; anther 

 obovately rectangular, emarginate. 



§ 2. Haploeheilus. Lip not dividing near the base, but 

 expanding variously above the petals. 



l;^. L. bilabiata Fawc. d Bendle op. cit. 4, /. I. f. 1-4; 

 sepals, median dark crimson-purple, lateral reddish, |-connate ; 

 petals 2-lobed ; lip suborbieular, cordate. 



In fl. Sept.-Feb., above Mabess River, 3000 and 4000 ft., Fawcett 1 

 Harris 1 near Hardware Gap, 4300 ft ; ridge below Vinegar Hill, 3800 ft. ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7786, 10,095. 



Plant I to 1^ in. high. Stems 1-2-5 cm. 1., rarely shorter, thin, 

 usually exceeding the leaf ; sheaths with acuminate mouth ciliolate, 

 ridges muriculate. Leaf narrowly elliptical, narrowing at the base into 

 a short stalk 2-3 mm. 1., blade 10-17 mm. 1., 4-7 mm. br., obscurely 

 apiculate. Bacenies often several clustered, half as long as the leaf, lax, 

 with a few flowers. Bracts subacute, almost glabrous. Sepals, median 

 3 mm. 1. and br., concave and shaped like an open basket, mucronate; 

 lateral 2-5 mm. 1., forming au anterior bifid lip, like the dorsal but scarcely 

 as wide, apices acute. Petals about 3 mm. br., apex obscure, the anterior 

 lobe whitish-yellow, shortly subulate ; the posterior lobe larger, dark 

 crimson-purple. Lip about 2 mm. 1., and somewhat broader when 

 flattened ; whitish-yellow, concave, 2- or 3-denticulate at apex, enclosing 

 the column. Colutnn short, dilated above ; anther obovate, deeply 

 emarginate. Capsule subglobose, gibbous, with six conspicuous keels, 

 markedly asymmetrical. 



14. L. elliptiea Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlviii. 5 



(1909); sepals crimson, lateral ^-connate; petals subulate; lip 

 elliptical, apiculate.— (PI. 11, f. 18-21.) 



On trunks of trees ; in fl. Sept. ; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 2700 ft. 

 Harris I Fl. Jam. 9895a. 



Plant 1 to 1^ in. high. Stem 1-3 cm. 1., exceeding the leaf; the 

 large spreading hirsute sheaths and stems are much like those of L. coch- 

 learifolia. Leaf 1-2 cm. 1., • 5-1-1 cm. br., sessile, elliptical, narrowing 

 at the base. Racemes 2-several clustered or solitary, shorter than the 

 leaf, with few flowers, bracteoles ciliolate at length glabrate. Flowers 

 about \ in. 1., crimson. Sepals 3*5 mm. 1., the median slightly 

 over 2 mm. br., triangular-ovate, shortly acuminate, lateral similar to 

 median. Petals only developed anteriorly into a subulate lobe reaching 

 in bud to about the top of the anther. Lip small, simple, springing from 

 the column. Column (without anther) 1 mm. 1. 



15. L. brevlpetala Fawc. & Bendle loc. cit. ; sepals crimson, 

 lateral shortly connate ; petals very short, roundish-ovate, 

 obtuse; lip large, simple, semi-circular, cordate. — (PI. 11, f. 22, 

 23.) Types in Herb. Mus. Brit, and in Jam. Herb. 



On trees ; in fl. and fr. Dec. ; J.P. 17, Morris ! Silver Hill, Woodland, 

 4000 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7539. 



Plant 2 to 3J in. high. Stem 3-7 cm. 1., robust for the genus, 

 exceeding the leaf ; sheaths large, spreading, much like those of L. coch- 



