OroliidiiceiU!. •14'» 



ginato, breviter apiciilato, brevissimc ciliato; fulio rigidiiisculo, ellip- 

 tico-ovato, apice acutiiisculo et minutc tridenticiilato, 9 — 18 mm. 

 longo, 5 — 8 mm. lato, basi in petiolum 1 — 2 mm. longiim angu.stato; 

 pediinculis communibus fasciculatis, teniüter capillaiibus, 3 — 5 mm. 

 lüDgis, paiicifloris; pedicellis vix 1 mm. longis; bractei.s acutis, sub- 

 tiliter hirsutulis, pedicellis aeqiiilongis; sepalis triangulari-ovatis, bre- 

 viter aciiminatis, 1-nerviis, glanduloso-ciliatis, 23/^ — 3 mm. longis, 

 postico 1^4 — 2 mm. lato, lateralibus paulo angustioribus iisqiic ad 

 -/;. connatis; petalis utrinque subaequaliter cxtensis, ^j.^ mm. longis, 

 2^1., mm. latis, lobis oblongis vel oblongo-cllipticis, obtusiusculis, cilio- 

 latis; labello trilobato, lobo medio brevi ciliato, lobis lateralibus ad 

 latera columnae appressis, supra medium expansis et transverse ellip- 

 ticis, columnam amplectentibus; columna brevi, superne dilatata. 



Lepanthes sanguinca Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1844) t. 4112; Gri.seb. 

 Flor. p. 611; Fawc. et liendle! in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Her. 2. Bot. 

 VII.l p. 9 t.l f. 16, 17. 



Sepala purpureo-sangiünea; petala roseo-purpurea; labellum inteiise 

 purpureum. Fl. I, II, IV, V, XI. 



Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores prope Mabess River, Mt. Dia- 

 bolo, prope John Crow Peak, alt. 800 — 1750 m.: Purdie, W. Harris 

 in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7616, 7747, 7825. 



193. Lepanthes pulchella Sw. pusilla, caespitosa; caulibu^ fili- 

 formibiis, 1 — 4-articulatis, 1 — 3 cm. longis, vaginis 3—6 mm. longis, 

 glabris vel subtiliter mnriculatis, ore valde dilatato, distincte mar- 

 giuato, breviter apiculato, longiuscule ciliato; folio rigidiusculo, ovato 

 vel elliptico- oblonge, acute, tenuiter niarginato, 10 — 17 mm. longo. 

 5 — 9 mm. lato, basi in petiolum 1 — 3 mm. longuni angustato; pedun- 

 culis communibus fasciculatis vel rarius solitariis, 15 — 20 mm. longis, 

 superne laxe paucifloris; pedicellis l^j.^ mm. longis; bracteis breviter 

 acuminatis, glabris, pedicellis aequilongis; sepalis ovato-lauceolatis, 

 longe acuminatis, 3-nervulosis, distincte ciliatis, 5 — 6 mm. longis, 

 2 ram. latis, lateralibus basi tantum connatis; petalis utrinque sub- 

 aequaliter extensis, 2/0 ^^iiii- longis, circiter 3 mm. latis, lobis oblique 

 triangularibus, acutis vel obtusis, margine ciliatis; labello sub medio 

 columnae inserto, lobo medio minuto, lobis lateralibus 1 — IV2 "^'i^- 

 longis, supra medium utrinque expansis, columnam cum lobis incras- 

 satis obtusis amplectentibus; columna 1 mm. longa. 



Lepanthe.^ pulchella Sw.I in Nov. Act. Upscd. VI (1799) p. 86 

 t. 5 f. 6, c, d, e, Flor. III jx 1559, Adnot. Bot. t. 2 f. 3; ariseb. Flor, 

 p. 610; Fawc. et Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. scr. 2. Bot. VII. 1 

 p. 7 t.l f. 15. 



Epidendrum pulchellum Siv. Prodr. (1788) p. 125. 



