NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
inflorescence infundibuliform, sparsely glandular. Pedicel 
with the ovary about 2 mm. long. Ovary conspicuously 
winged longitudinally. Lateral sepals united almost to 
middle or for one-third of their length, 2.5 mm. long, about 
1 mm. wide near the base, lanceolate, subacute, glandular on 
the margin, 1-nerved through the middle, the nerve promi¬ 
nent. Dorsal sepal united with the lateral sepals, 2.5 mm. 
long, up to 2 mm. wide, triangular or triangular-ovate, acute, 
glandular-ciliate on the margin, 3-nerved, the middle nerve 
lightly carinate and glandular. Petals 1 mm. long, equaling 
the column and parallel with it, linear above the base, the 
margin protuberant on the anterior basal portion. Labellum 
1.5 mm. long, scarcely 1 mm. wide, subquadrate, bilobed or 
bifid at the apex; the lobes or divisions obtuse, rounded and 
porrect. Disc ecallose. Column short, without a distinct foot. 
Without close allies in the Central American flora, 
but habitually similar to Lepanthes tipulifera Reichb. f. 
The floral structure indicates transitional tendencies toward 
Pleurothallis. 
Costa Rica, Cartago, Estrella, C. H. Lankester & Al¬ 
fredo Sancho 437 (Type in Herb. Ames No. 24409): Hills 
south of Cartago, C. H. Lankester K334 (Herb. Kew.). 
Lepanthes rostrata Ames sp. nov. Radices fibratae. 
Caules secundarii caespitosi, ascendentes, vaginis mu- 
riculatis vestiti, monophylli. Vaginae elongatae, apice in 
laminam marginatam hispidulam expansae. Folium cori- 
aceum, ellipticum, prope apicem abrupte contractum, ter- 
minationem rostriformem formans, basi in petiolum brevem 
conduplicatum angustatum. Pedunculus folium excedens, 
filiformis, in racemum pauciflorum terminans. Rachis ra- 
cemi nonnihil flexuosa. Flores rubrotincti, pellucidi. Sepala 
lateralia usque ad medium cohaerentia, laminam lanceo- 
latam bifidam formantia, eglandulosa, valde membranacea, 
apice breviter caudata, margine interiore prope apicem 
partis liberae protuberanti. Sepalum dorsale ovato-lanceo- 
latum, longe acuminatum, in caudam productum, valde 
concavum. Petala multo latiora quam longiora, transverse 
bilobata; lobis valde inaequalibus, oblongis, subobtusis. 
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