THE JAMAICAN SPECIES OF LEPANTHES. 7 
5. LEPANTHES QUADRATA, sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 12-14.) 
Herba pusilla, caulibus folia elliptica paullo excedentibus; vagine in ore minute 
ciliolatz, striis minutissime muriculate. Racemi sepissime plures fasciculati, 
interdum solitarii, quam folia plus duplo breviores, bracteis glabris, floribus laxis 
paucis. Sepala ovato-acuminata, ventricosa, margine nervisque ciliolata, lateralia 
paullo minora, j-connata. Petala apice obtusa, lobis sequilongis, posticis oblanceo- 
latis eonvergentibus, anticis linearibus. Labellum subquadratum, antice rotun- 
datum et emarginatum, postice in lobis subparallelis linearibus subacutis productum. 
Columna brevis, superne dilatata. Capsula obovoidea. 
Stems to 2:5 em. long; the margin of the spreading mouth of the sheaths and the 
longitudinal stricte bear minute cilia and excrescences. Leaves 10-16 mm. long by 
4-9 mm. broad. Sepals purplish crimson, 3 mm. long, concave, the ciliate veins some- 
what prominent on the back, and passing above into the acuminate short-tailed tip. Petals 
with a short blunt apex; lateral lobes blunt, the anterior narrower, 1:5 mm. wide. Lip 
consisting of a large anterior subquadrate portion attached by a very short insertion on 
the column-base, with a shallowly notched broadly rounded apex, and produced behind 
into a pair of bluntly tapering narrow lobes about equal in length to the anterior portion. 
Anther ovoid rectangular, emarginate. 
Hab. Near Mabess River, at 3500 feet, W. Harris, Feb. 22, April 12; near John 
Crow Peak, W. Harris, Jan. 24. 
6. L. PULCHELLA, Sw. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 86, t. 5. figs. 6c, d, e (1799); in Schrad. 
Journ. Botan. ii. 241, t. 2. 2. figs. c-f (1799) ; in K. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxi. 249 
(1800) ; et in Fl. Ind. Occ. iii. 1559 (1806) ; Wickstr. Adnot. Bot. t. 2. fig. 3 (1829); 
Reichenb. f. Xenia Orch. i. 145 (1856); Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 610 (1864). 
(Plate 1. fig. 15.) 
Epidendrum pulchellum, Sw. Prodr. 125 (1788). 
Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Herba pusilla, caulibus folia breviter vel rotunde elliptica, acuta, subszequantibus ; 
vaginz ore solum ciliolate, acute. Racemi fasciculati, folia excedentes, floribus 
pluribus sæpe laxis. Sepala ovata, longe acuminata, ciliolata, basi connata. Petala 
apice obscura, lobis subzequalibus subtriangularibus, margine ciliolatis. ZLabellum 
sub medio columnæ insertum, lobo medio minuto, lobis lateralibus supra medium 
utrinque expansis, columnam cum lobis incrassatis obtusis amplectentibus. 
Stems 1 em. or less in length ; the enveloping sheath-tubes glabrous, Leaves, including 
the short stalk, 10-14 mm. long by 5-6 mm. broad, the central tooth at the apex longer 
than the lateral teeth. Racemes generally 2-5, rarely solitary, exceeding the leaf, 1:5— 
2 em. long; 3 or 4 flowers appear at the same time. Sepals yellow, the lateral with a 
small crimson spot at the base, the posterior crimson along the midrib, 6-8 mm. long by 
2-3 mm. broad, the lateral pair connate at the base only. Petals crimson, inclining to 
^ yellow at the margin, apex indicated by an inconspicuous notch or tooth; the subequal 
lobes varying somewhat in shape, especially in breadth, more or less bluntly and 
