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connatis; petalis transverso extensis, ^^labris, lobis posticis majoribus 

 ellipticis obtusis, post coluninam imbricatis, lobis anticis parvis, lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis, divorgentibus; labello glabm, lobo antico obsoleto, 

 lobis lateralibus ercctis, supra medium incrassatis et lancenlatis 

 columnam amploctentibus; columna brevi, superno dilatata; Capsula 

 oblique obovata, 4 mm. longa, pedicello 7— 14 mm. longo. 



Lßpaiithes roncinna Siv.f in Xor. Act. Ups. VI (170!J) p. S'), 

 Flor. JII p. 1557, Adnof. Bot. t. 2 f. 4; Griseh. Flor. p. (ill, Qit. 

 p. 200; Saiiv. FL Cnb. p. 226; Fmre. et Renale in Tram. Unii. Soc. 

 Lond. ser. 2. Bot. VIT. 1 p. 10 t. 2 f. 22—25. 



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



Flores flavescentes, plus minusve dilute purpurei. Fl. II, YTII — 

 XTI; fr. IL 



Hab. in Cuba orientali: Wright n. 1510 pari, 1511; Jamaioa 

 in arboribus ad Blue Mountains, Yinegar Hill, Mabess River, Morse's 

 Gap, Green Hill Wood, John Crow Peak, Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 

 200 — 1800m. alt.: Swartz, Fawcett, W.Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. 

 n. 7463, 7579, 7755, 7767, 77S2, 7784, 9782, 9892, 10091, O.Hansen 

 n. 13, A. Moore; Haiti in montibus Furcy et Morne Tranchant: Picarda 

 n. 1017; Sto. Domingo: Commerson. 



Var. ß. ol)tusipetaIa Fawc. et Rendle /. c. (1904) p. 11: sepalis 

 paulo acutioribns; petalorum lobis paulo inaequalibus, antico obtuso. 



Hab. in Jamaica ad Portland Gap, 1850 m. alt: W. Fawcett. 



199. Lcpaiithes pristidis Rchb.f. parva, caespitosa; caulibus 

 subfiliformibus, multiarticulatis, 5 — 7 cm. longis, vaginis 5 — 8 mm. 

 longis, brevissime hirtellis, ore satis dilatato, longiuscule acuminato, 

 tenniter marginato, brevissime ciliato; folio rigidiuscnlo, ovato vel ovato- 

 oblougo, obtusiuscule breviterque acuminato, non marginato, 2V2 — 3 cm. 

 longo, 12 — 18 mm. lato, basi subabrupte in petiolum 1 — 3 mm. longum 

 producto; pedunculis communibus fasciculatis, capillaribus, superne 

 disticlie multifloris, 8 — 16 mm. longis; pedicellis IY2 — 2 mm. longis: 

 bracteis acutis, densiuscule muriculatis, 1 mm. longis; sepalis anguste 

 ovatis, acutis, 3 mm. longis, dorsali 3-nervuloso, lateraKbus angustio- 

 ribus, 2-nervnlosis, usque ad medium connatis; petalis transverse ex- 

 tensis, glabris, lobis posticis rotundatis, lobis anticis longioribus, tri- 

 angnlaribus, acuminatis, apice leviter convergentibns; labello glabro, 

 lobo antico obsoleto, lobis lateralibus distantibus, erectis, dolabriformi- 

 bus, apice superiore acuto, inferiore obtuso. 



Lepauthes Pristidis Rchb.f. in Linnaea XXII (1849) p. 820, 

 Xen. Orch. I p. 151 et 156 t. 50 f. IV et 11— 14: Grisrh.! Cat.p.260; 

 Sauv. Fl. Cuh. p. 226. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 1512. — Mexico austr. 



