6 MR. W. FAWCETT AND DR. A. B. RENDLE ON 
9. LEPANTHES ROTUNDATA, Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 610 (1864). 
Herba parva, caulibus folia elliptica valde excedentibus ; vaginze ore minute ciliolate. 
fiacemi fasciculati, interdum solitarii, quam folia longiores. Sepala deltoidea, 
lateralia alte connata. Petala obverse deltoidea, sepalis multo minora.  Zabelli lobi 
divergentes spathulati, medio columne adnati. 
Stems about 5 em. long, sheaths with a subulate minutely ciliate limb. Leaf 12- 
16 mm. long by 8 mm. broad. Flowers 4 mm. long. Lateral sepals cohering below the 
bidentate summit. 
Hab. Jamaica, Macfadyen. 
We have not seen this plant. 
4. L. TRIDENTATA, Sw. in Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal. vi. 86 (1799); in Schrad. 
Journ. Botan. ii. 241 (1799) ; in K. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxi. 249 (1800); et in Fl. 
Ind. Occ. iii. 1561 (1806) ; Wickstr. Adnot. Bot. Sw. t. 2. fig. 2 (1829) ; Reichenb. f. 
Xenia Orchid. i. 143 (1856); Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 610 (1864), excl. syn. 
(Plate 1. figs. 8-11). 
Epidendrum tridentatum, Sw. Prodr. 125 (1788). 
Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Herba parva, caulibus folia elliptica pluries excedentibus; vaginæ muriculatie. 
Racemi 2-3-fasciculati, floribus pluribus approximatis. Sepala ovato-acuminata, 
lateralia ad medium connata. Petala subrhomboidea sed transverse extensa, cum 
basi truncata et marginibus superioribus leviter concavis. Zabellum antice rotun- 
datum et subito mucronatum, postice cum lobis binis erectis subulatis column 
appressis ef zequilongis. Columna pro genere longa. Capsula subglobosa, promi- 
nenter carinata. 
Stem 2-7 em. long; sheath-margins ciliolate, longitudinal ribs murieulate. Leaves 
somewhat narrowly elliptical and tapering at base and apex, 15-24 mm. long by 5-7 mm. 
broad. Racemes a little shorter than the leaf, rarely solitary, generally 3 or 4 together ; 
flowers numerous, distichous, and closely crowded in the upper half or third. Sepals 
yellowish, 25 mm. long, the dorsal 1 mm. broad, the lateral pair 1:5 mm. broad at the 
point of union. Petals yellowish, suberect, the hinder lobes embracing the column and 
meeting behind it. Lip crimson, the aw]-shaped lobes erect and closely appressed to the 
_ Sides of the column. Column pink, scarcely dilated at the apex, 1mm. long. Anther 
white, roundly obcordate. Capsule with prominent deep purple keels, 5 mm. long. 
Nore.—Swartz (Fl. Ind. Occ. 1. €.) says * corollæ purpureo-luteze," 
Hab. Blue Mountains, Swartz. Near Mabess River, at 4000 ft., JY. Harris, Feb. 22; 
Moy Hall C. P Sullivan, Sept. 14; Morse's Gap, 5000 ft., W. Harris, May ; below 
John Crow Peak, north side, at 5200 ft, W. Harris, April 29; John Crow Peak, 
W. Fawcett, Aug. 18, and near, W. Harris, Jan. 24. (in flower and fruit) ; near Newhaven 
. Gap, W. Fawcett, Sept. 1. 
Distribution. Cuba. 
