4 MR. W. FAWCETT AND DR. A. B. RENDLE ON 
LePANTHES, Swartz, in Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal. vi. 85 (1799), t. 5. fig. 6; in 
Schrad. Journ. Botan. ii. 240 (1799) (Lepantes); in K. Vetensk.-Akad. Nya 
Handl. xxi. 249 (Jul, Aug., Sept. 1800); et in Fl. Ind. Occ. iii. 1555 (1806) ; 
Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. iii. 491 (1883). 
Herbe parve vel pusillze, epiphytieze ; caules e rhizomate tenues, erecti, apice unifoliati, 
arcte vaginati. Foliwm sessile vel subsessile, rigidum, lanceolatum vel ellipticum, 
interdum orbiculare, apice tridenticulatum. acemi axillares solitarii vel fasci- 
culati; flores pauci vel plures distiche aggregati, ssepius minuti. Sepala patentia, 
ovata, subzequalia, basi plus minus connata. Petala minuta, unguis brevis columnae 
basi adnatus, limbus valde latior quam longus. Ladellum ad basin columnuee vel supra 
basin adnatum, forma valde diversum, interdum concavum vel cum lobo anteriore 
et lobis binis posterioribus simplicibus, seepius lobo anteriore plus minus obsoleto et 
lobis lateralibus erectis, columm:e parallelis, superne crassiusculis et columnam 
amplectentibus. <Anthera terminalis, opercularis, szepius obovata; pollinia 2, cerea, 
pyriformia, longius pedicellata. Capsula obovoidea. 
A. Lip simple. (Plants small, less than 3 inches high, with elliptical not acumi- 
nate leaves.) 
Lip concave, nearly round in outline; dorsal sepal hooded. . . . . . . 1. L. bilabiata. 
Lip prolonged posteriorly into two lobes. 
Lobes of lip short, blunt; racemes usually shorter than the leaves . . . 2. L. concolor. 
Lobes spathulate ; racemes longer than the leaves. . . . . . . . . 8. L. rotundata. 
Lobes long and slender. 
Apex of lip mucronate ; lobes appressed to the long slender column . . 4. L. tridentata. 
Apex of lip emarginate ; column short, broadening upwards. . 9. L. quadrata. 
B. Lip with side lobes more or less erect and expanding above into a ical iik 
area. 
Leaves not acuminate; plants less than 3 inches high, sheaths hairy at the 
mouth only. 
Lateral sepals connate at base only ; racemes longer than the leaf. . . . 6. L. pulchella. 
Lateral sepals connate to the middle; petals and lip downy ; racemes 
longer than the leaf eom v o ooo ow ia, y des oddigestana, 
Lateral sepals connate for 2 their bugik; racemes shorter than the 
leaf, . 8. L. sanguinea. 
Leaves often ds; plants löi ihe 3 iiir hikt ded strongly 
hirsutulous . e. 9. L. cochlearifolia. 
Leaves with more or less acuminate apex ; oe yidéndly lp more dài 
9 inches high, 
Lateral sepals united as far as the middle. 
Posterior lobes of petals elliptic, with rounded apex and i much 
larger than the short acute anterior lobes 
10. L. concinna. 
Posterior and anterior lobes of petals subequal, Testis £0 3 08 ME Re OON. 
Lateral sepals divaricate, united for 4 their length . (a. 12. L. divaricata. 
1, LEPANTHES BILABIATA, sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 1-4.) 
Herba pusilla, caulibus tenuibus folia anguste elliptica excedentibus ; 
vagine ore 
acuminato ciliolatie, striis muriculatis. Racemi sepe plures fasciculati, 
quam folia 
