CENTRAL AMERICAN ORCHIDS 
purple, the tails of the sepals yellow. As the flowers mature 
the purple fades away. 
Costa Rica, Near Cartago, C. H. Lankester s. n. (Type 
in Herb. Ames No. 23722.) 
Lepanthes estrellensis Ames sp. nov. Radices 
fibratae. Caules secundarii caespitosi, erecti vel ascen- 
dentes, vaginis breviter muricatis vestiti, monophylli. 
Vaginae elongatae, arete appressae, apice marginatae, vix 
dilatatae. Folium ellipticum, apice tridenticulatum, basi 
breviter conduplicatum. Pedunculi plus minusve duo, folio 
breviores. Bracteae inflorescentiae scariosae, valde ciliato- 
glandulosae. Pedicelli distichi, rigidi, persistentes, bracteis 
multo longiores. Sepala lateralia usque ad medium co- 
haerentia, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, laminam latam ovatam 
bilobam formantia, glabra. Sepalum dorsale oblongo- 
ovatum, breviter acuminatum, acutum, trinervium, glabrum. 
Petala bilobata, lobis subaequalibus divaricatis obtusis, 
glabra, margine inconspicue et minute glanduloso-ciliata. 
Labellum bilobatum, lobis subreniformibus, lobo medio ut 
videtur obsoleto. Columna usque ad apicem dilatata. 
Secondary stems up to 9 cm. long, clothed throughout 
their length with shortly muricate sheaths, monophyllous. 
Sheaths about six, closely appressed, 1.5 cm. long, dilated at 
the tip, the triangular-acute apex marginate. Leaf 4-5 cm. 
long, up to 2.6 cm. wide, elliptical, tridenticulate at the 
apex, coriaceous. Peduncle with the raceme about 2 cm. 
long, slender. Raceme 5 mm. long, more or less, with 
scarious, glandulose bracts. Pedicels about 2 mm. long, 
distichous. Flowers opening in succession. Lateral sepals 
about 6 mm. long, united to about the middle, 5 mm. wide 
near the base, the free portion 3 mm. wide. Dorsal sepal 
5.5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, united at base with the lateral 
sepals. Petals bilobed, the lobes oblong obtuse and obliquely 
divaricate, the anterior lobe 4 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, the 
posterior one 4.5 mm. long and 1 mm. wide. Labellum bi¬ 
lobed, the middle lobe apparently obsolete, lobes reniform, 
3 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. Column 2 mm. long, dilated 
toward the summit. 
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