610 ORCHIDEja. 



ciliate, ovate-roundish limb; leaf elliptical, or elliftical-oblong, contracted at the petioled 

 base i peduncles fascicled, much s/iorter than the leaf, h—Z-flowered ; perigonial divisions 

 lanceolate-linear, exterior lateral cohering below, interior half as long ; Mp linear, ciliate. — 

 Leaf l"-li" long, 8"'-10"' broad : petiole 2'" long ; peduncles about 4"', flowers 2'" long, 

 tbe latter " purple" {Bradf), pale in drying. — Has. Trinidad !, dr., Bradf, on trees, in 

 moist woods, Arima ; [Gniana]. 



25. P. lepanthiformis, ff. jScA^. Stem hispidulous, about as long as the leaf: sheaths 

 with a ciliate, ovate limb ; leaf oblong-lanceolate, blvniish, tapering into the petiole j pe- 

 duncled racemes geminate-solitary, half as long as the leaf: flowers approximate ; perigonial 

 divisions exterior lateral cohering to near tbe summit, saccate at the base, superior linear 

 "interior minute, Unear; lip obovate-oblong, blunt." — P. viUosa, EnowL, Westc. (see. 

 Mudl.) : name objectionable, the down being not villous. — Leaf 2" long, 8'" broad ; 

 flowers 1'" long, " purple." — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Mexico to Guiana !]. 



26. P. foUata, Gr. (n. jtp.). Stem filiform, puberulous at the angles, often somewhat 

 branched, or distantly 2-several-leaved, much longer than the leaves : sheaths with a ciliate 

 roundish limb ; leef elltptical, or obovate, somewhat pointed, cnneate at the petioled base ; 

 peduncled racemes geminate-solitary, distantly few-flowered, exceeding the leaf; perigonial 

 divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, lateral cohering to the summit, interior ovate, pointed, 

 half as long ; lip exceeding the interior perigone, linear, blunt, puberulons above. — Habit of 

 Lepanthes rotundata ; W'-S" high ; leaves 6"'-4"' long ; 24'"^ broad ; flowers scarcely 1"' 

 long : perigone erect, yellow in drying. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wila. 



27. P. microlepanthes, Gr. (n. sp.). Stem reduced, glabrous, usually much shorter 

 than the leaf : sheaths 2-3, with a glabrous, deltoid limb ; leaf elliptical, or elliptical- 

 roundish, somewhat pointed, tapering into the petiole ; peduncled racemes fascicled, half 

 as long as the leaf: flowers about 5, approximate; perigonial divisions exterior ovate, 

 pointed, lateral cohering below the 2-dentate summit ; interior minute, spathulate, half as 

 long as the breadth of the exterior ones ; lip little shorter than the exterior perigone, oblong, 

 blunt. — Habit of Lepanthes tridentata, var. Loddigesiana ; leaf 4"'-3"' long, 2"'-3''" 

 broad ; flowers -J'" long : perigone erect, yellow in drying. — Hab. Jamaica !, Maif., Wils., 

 March, on tree-barks, among mosses. 



2. LEPANTHES, Sid. 



Character of PleurothalUs, but lip adnate to the column, usually 2-partite, aud pollinaria 

 clavate. — Stems ctespitose, \-phyUous : sheaths obliqueh/ spreading-t-ubular, rigid-margined. 



28. Ij. rotundata, Gr. (». sp.) Stem fiUfonn, glabrous, much longer than the leaf : 

 sheaths with a subulate, minutely ciliate limb ; leaf elliptical, rounded-S-mucronate, 

 contracted at the base, exceeded by the fascicled (-single), peduncled racemes ; peri- 

 gonial divisions exterior deltoid, lateral cohering below the Z-dentate summit, interior 

 ranch smaller, obversely deltoid j lip-segments diverging, spathulate, adnate to the middle of 

 the column.— About 2" high; leaf 6'" (-8'") long, 4'" broad; flowers 2'" long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Macf. 



29. Ii. tridentata, Sw. " Stem filiform, or reduced ; lecf elliptical, pointed-^-ma- 

 cronate, cuneate at the base, exceeded by the single, fevi(--\)-flowered peduncles ; perigo- 

 nial divisions exterior ovate, pointed, lateral cohering to the middle, interior half as long, 

 puberulous, transversely oblong-lanceolate, blunt at one, bluntish at the other angle ; lip- 

 segments lanceolate, ascending from the base of the Up." — Sw. Adnot. t. 2./. 2. — L. Lod- 

 digesiana, &. Rchb. (L. tridentata, Lindl. : Sot. Reg. t. 1762) : a form vrith reduced 

 stems.-," Stem 2"-2"', peduncle 8'" long ; leaf 5"'-8"' long, 2"'-4"' broad ; flowers 1'" long, 

 purple- and yellow-variegated." — Hab. Jamaica (jSw.), on trees, in the mountains. 



30. Ii. pulehella, Sw, Stem filiform, glabrous, longer than or as long as the leaf: 

 sheaths with a ciliate, ovate-deltoid limb ; leaf elliptical, pointed, cuneate at the base, about 

 as long as the few{-\) -flowered, single (-fascicled) peduncles ; perigonial divisions exterior 

 ovate, acuminate, all cohering only at the base, spreading, interior semisagittate, linear- 

 acuminate, half as long ; lip-segments incurved-linear, converging, inserted near or below 

 the summit of the column. — Sio. Adnot. t. 2./. 3. — Stem 6"-2", leaf 8"'-12"' long, the 



