446 A. CoGNUux: 



LqMuthes fulva Lhidl, in Ann. a)id Mag. Xat. Hut. ser. 3. I 

 (1858) 11. 329, (hch. Wright. p. 5; Griseh. Cat! p. 260; Sauv. Fl. 

 Citb. p. 226. 



Sepala obscnre rubescentia; petala flavo-anrantiaca, basi obscura; 

 colurana et labellura purpurea. 



Hab. in Cuba orieutali ad truncos arborum iu sylvis obscuris 

 prope Monteverde: Wright n. 1708; Guadeloupe: Duchassaing. 



197. Lcpaiithes ol)tusa Fawc. et Eendle: majuscula, caespitosa: 

 caulibus gracilibus, pluriarticulatis, 8 — 12 cm. longis, vagiuis 7 — 12 mm, 

 Jougis, brevissime hirtellis, ore satis dilatato, longiuscule apiculato, 

 crassiuscule marginato, brevissime ciliato; folio rigidiusculo, elliptico- 

 oblongo, obtusiiiscule longeque acuminato, non marginato, Sy, — 5 cm. 

 longo, 12 — 18 mm. lato, basi in petiolum 2 — 5 mm. lougum angustato; 

 pedunculis communibus fasciculatis, capillaribus, superne laxe pauci- 

 floris, 15 — 20 mm. longis; pedicellis P/o — 2 mm. longis; bracteis 

 acutis, vix hirtellis, pedicellis satis brevioribus; sepalis abrupte acutis, 

 dorsali late ovato, 5 — 6 mm. longo et fere totidem lato, lateralibus 

 aequilongis et satis augustioribns, usque ad medium connatis; petalis 

 transverse valde extensis, 3 — SY^ rnni- latis, lobo mediane obscuro, 

 lobis lateralibus subaequilongis, lineari-deltoideis, apice obtusis vel 

 truncatis; labelli lobis lateralibus erectis, supra medium incrassatis et 

 lineari-lanceolatis columnam ampectentibus; columna brevi, superne 

 incrassata; Capsula obovoidea, 5 mm. longa. 



Lejmntkes ohtiisa Faicc. et Bendle! in Tran.^. Linn. Soc. Land., 

 ser. 2. Bot. VII. 1 (1904) p. U t. 2 f. 26. 



Flores puipureo-sanguinei. Fl. II — IV, XI; fr. IL 



Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores ad Newhaven Gap, inter Xew- 



liaven Gap et VinegarHill, inter Vinegar Hill et Morse's Gap, Green- 



hill, Portland Gap Road, prope Mabess Eiver, 1000— 1300 m. alt.: 



Fawcett, A. Moore, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. n. 7G90, 7834, 10081. 



198. Lcpautlios conciiiiia Sw. majuscula, dense caespitosa; 

 caulibus gracilibus interdum subfiliformibus, multiarticulatis, 10—21 cm. 

 longis, vaginis 10— 25 mm. longis, subtiliter hirtellis, ore satis dilatato, 

 longe acuminato, crassiuscule marginato, brevissime ciliato; folio 

 rigidiusculo, elliptico- ovato vel ovato- oblonge, longiuscule acuminato, 

 non marginato, 3 — 7 cm. longo, 1 — 3 cm. lato, basi in petiolum 

 - — 4 mm. longum producto; pedunculis communibus fasciculatis, fili- 

 formibus, superne pauci — multifloris, Vj.^, — 5 cm. longis; pedicellis 

 1 — 2 nun. longis; bracteis acuminatis, glabris, pedicellis circiter aequi- 

 longis; sepalis lato ovatis, acutiusculis, 1-nervulosis, 3 mm. longis, 

 dorsali 3 mm. lato, lateralilnis satis angustioril)us uscjue ad medium 



