CENTRAL AMERICAN ORCHIDS 
Plant similar to Lepanthes eciliata Schltr., from which 
it differs in having muricate sheaths on the secondary stems 
and dissimilar perianth segments. 
Costa Rica, Cartago, La Estrella, C. H. Lankester Sc 
Alfredo Sancho 385, January 9, 1923. Bracts of the stem 
blackish. Sepals pale hyaline green, labellum and lobes of 
the column pale yellowish green, front of column and 
central portion of the two lower lobes of the labellum red- 
purple. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 23602.) 
Lepanthes micrantha Ames sp. nov. Radices 
fibratae, copiosae. Caules secundarii dense caespitosi, 
vaginis muriculatis vestiti, monophylli. Vaginae elongatae, 
nervis muriculatis, apice dilatatae, laminam ovato-lanceo- 
latam acutam formantes. Folium ellipticum vel elliptico- 
lanceolatum, apice aequaliter bidentatum apiculo inter- 
jecto, coriaceum. Pedunculi breves, folio multo breviores. 
Flores succedanei. Sepala lateralia usque ad medium co- 
haerentia, laminam orbicularem bilobatam margine ciliatam 
formantia; lobis triangularibus, acutis. Sepalum dorsale 
oblongum, acutum, trinervium. Petala transverse elongata, 
anguste elliptica, apicibus obtusis, margine minute ciliata. 
Labellum trilobatum; lobis lateralibus columnae appressis, 
supra medium expansis et transverse ellipticis, columnam 
amplectentibus, ciliatis; lobo medio brevi, ciliato. Columna 
brevis, superne dilatata. 
Roots fibrous, tangled, spreading. Secondary stems 
about 4 cm. long, densely caespitose, concealed by elongated 
sheaths which are densely and finely muriculate on the 
longitudinal nerves, monophyllous. Sheaths five to six, 
about 7 mm. long, expanded at the tip into an ovate- 
lanceolate acuminate lamina. Leaf 1.5-2 cm. long, about 
6 mm. wide, obtusely bidentate at the tip with an apicule 
between the teeth, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous, 
contracted at base. Racemes several, with the peduncle 
7-10 mm. long. Bracts of the raceme diaphanous, densely 
glandular, nearly equaling the pedicels. Pedicels 1 mm. 
long. Flowers scarcely 2 mm. long, trigonal in bud. Lat¬ 
eral sepals 2 mm. long, united to about the middle for min g 
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