THE JAMAICAN SPECIES OF LEPANTHES. 11 
Hab. Top of the mountains, Swartz. Growing on the bark of trees, Mabess River, at 
4000 ft., W. Harris, Feb. 15, Nov. 25, and at 3500 ft. April 12; below John Crow Peak, 
north side, at 5000 ft., and John Crow Peak, W. Harris, Jan. 24, W. Fawcett, Sept. 5; 
below Vinegar Hill, at 3500 ft. altitude, W. Harris, Oct. 25; Morse’s Gap, at 5000 ft., 
W. Harris, Oct. 21; Greenhill, at 3000 ft., 4. Moore, Nov. 19; Ridge above Morse’s 
Gap, at 5500 ft., W. Harris, April 22. 
Distribution. Cuba (Wright, 1510 in part.). 
N.B.—Wright’s specimen at the British Museum is a mixture; one piece in fruit is 
evidently L. concinna, the rest is L. tridentata, Sw. 
Var. OBTUSIPETALA, Var. nov. 
A typo differt sepalis paullo acutioribus, et lobis petalorum anticis obtusis. 
Hab. Portland Gap, 5550 ft., W. Fawcett, June 29. 
The posterior lobe of the petals is slightly shorter than in the species proper, and the 
two lobes are more nearly alike in form and size, suggesting an approach to the following 
species L. obtusa, in which, however, the subequal lobes have a characteristic deltoid 
form. 
11. LEPANTHES OBTUSA, sp. nov. (Plate 2. fig. 26.) 
Herba habitu L. concinne, sed folia seepius paullo angustiora et in facie superiore læte 
violacea. Racemi foliis plus duplo breviores, plures fasciculati; flores laxi, pauci. 
Sepala sanguinea, late ovata, breviter acuta, lateralia ad medium connata. Petala 
cum apice obscuro, lobis subzequalibus lineari-deltoideis, obtusis. Labelli lobi 
laterales erecti, supra medium incrassati et lineari-lanceolati columnam amplec- 
tentes. Columna brevis, superne dilatata. Capsula late obovoidea. 
. The habit of the plant is that of L. concinna, but often much smaller. The slender 
stems reach 10-12 cm. in length; the leaves are somewhat narrowly elliptical and 
acuminate, generally between 4/5 and 5:5 em. long by 1:2 to 2 em. broad. Racemes 2 cm. 
long. Sepals crimson, 6 mm. long by 6 mm. broad, the connate lateral pair 6°5 mm. 
below the point of union. Petals 3:5 mm. wide, crimson like the sepals, as is also the lip. 
Capsule 5 mm. long. 
Closely allied to Z. concinna, but distinguished by the crimson colour of the sepals 
-and the bluntly linear-deltoid lobes of the petals; the leaves are also narrower and 
have a bright violet upper face. 
Hab. Newhaven Gan, at 4000 ft., growing on trees, W. Harris, Feb. 10; Greenhill, 
at 3000 ft, 4. Moore, Nov. 19; Portland Gap Road, W. Fawcett, Mar. 26; Road to 
Vinegar Hill from Morse’s Gap, at 4000 ft, growing on decaying logs, W. Harris, 
April 29. 
12. L. DIVARICATA, sp. nov. (Plate 2. figs. 27-29.) 
Herba ssepe major, caulibus folia elliptico-acuminata pluries excedentibus ; vagin: in 
ore aperto et in striis minute ciliolate. Racemi plures fasciculati, quam folia 
