NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
A near ally of Lepanthes turialvae Reichb. f., but readily 
distinguished by the ciliate petals and labellum. 
Costa Rica, Alto de Ochomogo, Tonduz (Herb. Instit. 
physico-geogr. nat. costaricensis No. 10387), December 
1896. 1550 meters altitude. (Type in U. S. Nat. Herb. 
No. 815046.) 
Lepanthes gibberosa Ames sp. nov. Herba caespi- 
tosa, epiphytica. Caules secundarii erecti vel ascendentes, 
monophylli, vaginis hispidulis obtecti. Folium ellipticum, 
marginatum, coriaceum. Pedunculus gracilis. Inflore- 
scentia laxa. Flores succedanei. Sepala lateralia usque 
ad medium cohaerentia, laminam bilobatam formantia, 
lobis in caudam elongatam productis, margine interiore 
prope basim caudae protuberanti. Sepalum dorsale trian- 
gulari-ovatum, in caudam productum. Petala cuneato- 
deltoidea. Labellum a basi cordata bilobatum; lobis ob- 
tusis, Carina membranacea ornatis. Columna gracilis. 
Plants up to 5 cm. tall including the inflorescence, 
caespitose, epiphytic. Roots fibrous, spreading, slender. 
Secondary stems monophyllous, 1.3-2 cm. long, concealed 
by several elongated sheaths with hispid nerves and infun- 
dibuliform summit, the margin of the infundibuliform sum¬ 
mit hispid. Leaf elliptic, marginate, up to 9 mm. long, 
5 mm. wide, coriaceous, shortly petiolate. Peduncles two 
or more from the summit of a secondary stem, exceeding 
the leaves, 2 cm. or more long. Inflorescence lax, several- 
flowered. Bracts of the inflorescence infundibuliform, 1.5 
mm. long, brownish when dry. Lateral sepals about 6 mm. 
long, coherent nearly to the middle, forming a deeply bilobed 
4-nerved lamina 4 mm. wide each lobe of which is abruptly 
narrowed into a linear-caudate termination which is 2.5 
mm. long; at the base of the caudate termination each sepal 
is strongly protuberant on the inner margin. Dorsal sepal 
6 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide where it joins the lateral sepals, 
triangular-ovate, 3-nerved, with a shortly caudate tip. 
Petals widely cuneate-deltoid, about 1 mm. long, 2.5 mm. 
wide. Labellum 1.75 mm. long, cordate at base, auricles 
rounded, deeply bilobed in front, the lobes obtuse, each 
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