THE JAMAICAN SPECIES OF LEPANTHES, 5 
duplo breviores, floribus laxis paucis, bracteolis glabridis. Sepalwm posticum alte 
concavum, mucronatum, sepala lateralia parallela in labium anticum postico simile 
sed minus et bifidum connata. Petala apice obscura, lobo antico breviter subulato, 
quam postico elliptico paullo minore. Labellwm concavum, columnam amplectens, 
suborbiculare, basi cordatum, apice bidenticulatum vel sspe tridenticulatum. 
Columna brevis, superne dilatata. Anthera obovata, alte emarginata. Capsula 
subglobosa, gibbosa, 6-carinata. 
Stems 1-2:5 cm. long. Leaves narrowing at the base into a short stalk 2-3 mm, 
long, blade 10-17 mm. long, 4-7 mm. broad, obscurely apiculate. Bracteoles subacute, 
almost glabrous. Dorsal sepal dark crimson-purple, shaped like an open basket, 3 mm. long 
and as broad; the lateral sepals reddish, united for $ their length and forming an anterior 
lip 2:5 mm. long and scarcely as wide as the dorsal, apices acute. Petals about 3 mm. 
broad, the larger posterior lobes coloured like the dorsal sepal, the anterior whitish yellow. 
Lip whitish yellow, about 2 mm. long and somewhat broader when flattened, completely 
sheltering the column with its curving sides. Capsule markedly asymmetrical, keels 
conspicuous. 
Hab. Mabess River, at 3000 & 4000 ft., W. Harris, Feb. 22*, Nov. 25; near John Crow 
Peak, above Mabess River, W. Fawcett, Sept. 5, W. Harris, Jan. 24 (flower and fruit). 
2. LEPANTHES CONCOLOR, sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 5-7.) 
Herba parva, caulibus folia elliptica vel rotunde elliptica valde excedentibus; vaginze 
ore striisque minute ciliolate. Racemi 1-3-fasciculati, quam folia sspissime 
breviores, bracteis glabridis, floribus laxis paucis, pallide luteis. Sepala ovata, 
lateralia ad medium connata, glabra. Petala obverse deltoidea, apice inzequaliter 
concava.  .Labellum antice retusum et obtuse apiculatum, lobis crassis columnam 
amplectentibus. Columna brevis, superne dilatata. Capsula oblique obovoidea. 
Stems generally from 2-3 em. long ; sheaths conspicuously ridged, the mouth sharply 
acute. Leaf-blade generally 10-15 mm. long by 5-8 mm. broad. Racemes 6-8 mm. 
long, bearing one or two open flowers. Sepals pale yellow, 3 mm. long, the dorsal 
2-5 mm. broad, the lateral barely 1:5 mm. at the point of union. Petals pale yellow, a little 
over 1 mm. long and slightly broader. Lip shallowly retuse anteriorly with a short 
apieulus, the side lobes extended backwards and embracing the column; 1°5 mm. 
broad anteriorly, side lobes 1 mm. long. Capsule 6-keeled, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 
Hab. Newhaven Gap, at 5600 ft., JP. Harris, Feb. 10 (flower and fruit); Rose Hill, 
4000 ft., W. Harris, Oct. 30; Morse’s Gap, W. Fawcett, Nov. 3; ridge above Morse's 
Gap, at 5400 ft., W. Harris; Blue Mountains ridge, W. Fawcett, Aug. 28; Moy Hall, 
C. F. Sullivan, Sept. 14. 
The plant from Rose Hill differs from the other specimens in having the racemes 
longer than the leaf; they reach nearly 2cm. The flowers, however, resemble those of 
specimens from other localities. 
* The dates given may be taken to represent, unless otherwise stated, the time at which the plant is in flower. 
Unfortunately the flowers drop s0 readily that they are often absent in herbarium specimens which were presumably 
collected when in flower. 
