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petiolum 1— 2 mm. longum angustato; pedunculis communibus fasci- 



ciilatis, capillaribus, supernc dense phirifloris, 'l — Vj^ cm. loMt,ns; 



pedicellis 1 mm. longis; bracteis acuminatis, glabris, pedicellis panlo 



longioribus; sepalis ovatis, longiuscule acuminatis, glabris, 4 — 6 mm. 



longis, 2— 4 mm. latis, lateralibiis usque ad 7,, connatis, divaricatis; 



petalis brevissimis, utrinque subaequaliter extensis, 27., — 31/2 mm. 



latis, lobis linearibus vel lineari-oblongis, obtusiusculis, subrectis, nou 



ciliatis; labelli lobo mediauo obsoleto, lobis lateralibiis ad latora 



columnae appressis, supra medium expansis et ianccolatis, columnam 



amplectentibus; Capsula obovoidea, 5 mm. longa. 



Lepanthes divaricata Faivc. et Rcndle! in Trans. Linn. Soc. Loinl. 



scr. 2. Bot. VII. 1 (1004) p. 11 t. 2 f. 27 — 29. 



Flores primum flavescentes dcninm purpurascentes. Fl. I — IV, VIII — 

 XII; fr. IL 



Hab. in Jamaica sapra arbores prope Woodcutter's Gap, l'urt- 

 land Gap, Morse's Gap, Newhaveu Gap, inter Newhaven Gap et 

 Vinegar Hill, Blue Mountain Gap, John Crow Peak, Moy Hall, 

 Hardware Gap, 1300—2300 m. alt: Fawcett, W.Harris in Herb. Bot. 

 Dep. n. 7758, 7832, 7833, 10082, 10127, C. F. Sullivan. 



Var. ß. minor Fawc. et Rendle loe. cit. p. 12: herba minor; 

 caulibus 2 — 3 cm. longis rarius longioribus; foliis late ellipticis, vix 

 acuminatis, circiter IY2 cm. longis et 1 cm. latis; racemis 2 cm. longis; 

 floribus minoribus; sepalis 3 mm. longis. 



Flores purpureo-sanguinei. Fl. VII, IX. 



Hab. in Jamaica ad Moy Hall: Sullivan; Haiti supra arbores 

 ad Morne Tranchant; E. Christ n. 1754. 



196. Lei)antlies fulva Lindl. parva, caespitosa; caulibus fili- 

 formibus, pluriarticulatis, 3 — 7 cm. longis, vaginis 8 — 12 mm. longis, 

 glabratis, ore satis dilatato, longiuscule apiculato, crassiuscule mar- 

 ginato, breviter ciliato; folio rigidiusculo, ovato-lanccolato, apice ob- 

 tusiusculo et minute 3-denticulato, tenuiter raarginato, 17 — 26 mm. 

 longo, 5^ — 9 mm. lato, basi abrupte in petiolum 2 — 3 mm. longum 

 producto; pedunculis comraunibus fasciculatis, capillaribus, superne 

 dense multifloris, folio dimidio brevioribus; pedicellis ^4 — ^ ^^'"• 

 longis; bracteis acutis, glabris, pedicellis aequilongis; sepalis ovato- 

 subrotundatis, acutis, glabris, 2 mm. longis, dorsali .'J-nervuloso, 

 l'^/i mm. lato, lateralibus satis angustioribus, binervulosis, usque ad 

 medium connatis; petalis transverse valde extensis, Ym ^^^- longis, 

 11/2 mm. latis, lobis lateralibus aequilongis, linearibus, obtusiusculis, 

 rectis, non ciliatis; labelli lobo mediane obsoleto, lobis lateralibus ad 

 latera columnae appressis, erectis, 1 mm. longis, basi rotundatis, apice 

 acutiusculis incurvis; columna crassa, 7i "^"i- longa. 



