SOME NEW JAMAICA ORCHIDS 5 
laterals somewhat shorter. Petals 1:6 mm. 1, °7 mm. br. Lip 
‘5 mm. 1., nearly as broad. Column a little over 1 mm. 1. 
Hab.—On trunks of trees, between Newhaven Gap and Vine- 
gar Hill, 4000 ft.; in fl. Feb., Harris ! 
member of the section Lepanthiformes, near P. roraimensis 
Rolfe, which, however, is a larger plant, 4-5 em. high with. stems 
‘o em. long and broader leaves. 
Lepanthes elliptica. Herba parva caulibus folia elliptica 
excedentibus; vagine ut in ZL. cochlearifolia. Racemi 2—pluri- 
about the top of the anther. Lip small, simple, springing from 
the column. Column (without anther) 1 mm. 1. 
Hab.—On trunks of trees, 2700 ft., in fl. Sept., Holly Mount 
on Mt. Diabolo, 9894, 9895.a, 9896, Harris! 
pproaches L. bilabiata in its simple lip, but differs in its 
subulate petals, which are only developed anteriorly. 
Lepanthes brevipetala. Herba parva caulibus folia anguste 
elliptica obtusa excedentibus : vagine ferrugineo-hirsute ore late 
aperto et apice acuto. Racemi sepissime plures fasciculati quam 
folia seepe paullo longiores, floribus pluribus inter minores. Sepala, 
posticum late ovatum obtusum concavum, lateralia subacuta 
Stems 3-7 cm. |., robust for the genus, sheaths large, spreading 
much like those of JL. cochleartfolia. Leaves 2: cm. |., -7—-1 em. 
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Petals simple, ‘3 mm. |. Lip simple, strongly 3-nerved, 1 mm. L., 
a little more than 1 mm. br. Column about ‘5 mm. 1. Capsule 
mm. | 
Hab.—On trees, Silver Hill Woodland, 4000 ft., in fl. and fr., 
Dec., 7539, Harris ! 
Approaches ZL. bilabiata in its simple lip, which is remarkable 
in the genus for its relative size; distinguished from all other 
species by the small simple petals. 
Lepanthes Harrisii. Herba parva caulibus se! re Ay 
rru 
glabris. Sepalum posticum longe ovatum tri-nerve, sepala 
lateralia lanceolata uninervia $-connata. Petala brevia breviter 
elliptica apice rotundata. Labellum ovato-rotundat beordatum 
