LEPANTHES 75 



learifolia, ferruginous-hirsute, mouth broadly open with acute apex. 

 Leaves 2-5-4 cm. 1., -7-1 cm. br., narrowly elliptical, obtuse. Bacenies 

 generally several clustered, often a little longer than the leaf. Flowers 

 very small, -^g in. 1., crimson, several. Sepals, median 1-4 mm. 1., 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, concave; lateral 1-2 mm. 1., subacute. Petals 

 •3 mm. 1., simple. Lip 1 mm. 1., a little more than 1 mm. br., concave, 

 strongly 3-nerved. Columji short, about '5 mm. 1. Capsule 4 mm. 1., 

 ellipsoidal, with three narrow wings. 



16. L. Harplsii Fawc. & Bendle loc. cit. ; sepals dark crimson- r 

 purple, lateral |-connate ; petals short, shortly elliptical, rounded . . ^^ JL^^^' 

 at apex ; lip ovate-roundish, subcordate, rounded at apex. — (PI. ^ / * 

 11, f. 8-11.) A-^>--— 



On trees; in fl. and fr. Feb.; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 2600 ft., 

 Harris ! 



Plant about 1| in. high. Stem 3-4 cm. 1., longer than the leaf ; 

 sheaths robust, ferruginous-hirtellous on the broad mouth and ridges. 

 Leaf, blade l'5-2 cm. 1., 7-9 mm. br., elliptical. Racemes few-flowered, 

 longer than the leaf ; bracts acute, glabrous. Flowers ^ in. 1., dark 

 crimson-purple, less caducous than usual. Sepals 2- 5 mm. 1., median 

 long- ovate, 3-nerved ; lateral lanceolate, 1-nerved. Petals -7 mm. 1., like 

 those of L. brevipetala, but twice as long. Lip 1*3 mm. 1., strongly 

 3-nerved. CoZt^mn short, -5 mm. 1. CopswZe ellipsoidal, 6-keeled. 



17. L. tridentata Sw. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 86 (1799) ; 

 sepals yellowish, lateral ^-connate ; petals subrhoraboid but 

 extended transversely, truncate at the base, with the upper 

 margins slightly concave, the posterior lobes embracing the 

 column and meeting behind it ; lip anteriorly rounded and 

 suddenly mucronate, posteriorly with two erect awl-shaped 

 lobes lying close to the column and of equal length to it. — Sw. 

 Fl. Ind. dec. Hi 1561 & Adnot. Bat t 2,/. 2; Griseh op. cit. 

 610, excl. syn. ; Fawc. & Bendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 6, /. I. 

 f. 8-1 1. Epidendrum tridentatum Sw. Prodr. 125 (1788). Type 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl. throughout the year ; Blue Mts., Swartz ! near Mabess River, 

 4000 ft. ; Morse's Gap, 5000 ft. ; near John Crow Peak, 5200 ft. ; Harris I 

 near John Crow Peak ; near Newhaven Gap ; Fawcett ! Moy Hall, 

 Sullivan ! — Cuba. 



Plant lJ-3 in. high. Stems 2-7 cm. 1., very much longer than the 

 leaves ; sheath margins ciliolate, ridges muriculate. Leaves somewhat 

 elliptical, and tapering at base and apex, 1-5-2 -4 cm. 1., 5-7 mm. br. 

 Racemes a little shorter than the leaf, 2-4-clustered, rarely solitary. 

 Flowers numerous, in two ranks, closely crowded in the upper half or third 

 of the raceme. Sepals 2-5 mm. 1., ovate-acuminate; median 1 mm. br. ; 

 lateral 1*5 mm. br. at the point of union. Petals yellowish, suberect. 

 Lip crimson. Column 1 mm. 1., pink, scarcely dilated at the apex ; anther 

 white, roundly obcordate. Capsule 5 mm. 1., subglobose, with prominent 

 deep-purple keels. 



Swartz describes the flower as purple-yellow. 



18. L. quadrata Faicc. & Bendle op. cit. 7, t. I. f. 12-14; 

 sepals purplish-crimson, lateral ^-connate ; petals with a short 



