NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
cuneate at base, very coriaceous. Inflorescence commonly 
solitary, subequaling or shorter than the leaf, few- (up to 
11) flowered at the apex. Floral bracts infundibuliform, gla¬ 
brous, much shorter than the pedicellate ovary. Flowers 
small, membranaceous, broadly triangular when spread out. 
Sepals widely spreading, equally and deeply connate at 
base, acute. Lateral sepals very broadly ovate, 3.9 mm. 
long, 3-3.9 mm. wide near the base, oblique, 2-nerved (with 
sometimes a third inconspicuous nerve), nerves carinate on 
the outer surface. Dorsal sepal very similar, 3-3.5 mm. long, 
3-3.8 mm. wide near the base, 3-nerved. Petals trans¬ 
versely bilobed, sigmoid in outline, .8-.9 mm. long in the 
center, about 2.2 mm. wide between the tips; posterior 
lobe obliquely quadrilateral, spreading, obtuse or acute; 
anterior lobe smaller, falcate-lanceolate, incurved, obtuse. 
Labellum 3-lobed, subequaling the column; lateral lobes 
peltate-dolabriform, incurved, 1.6-1.9 mm. wide along the 
outer margins, apices minutely pubescent; middle lobe mi¬ 
nute, lanceolate, recurved. Column dilated above and be¬ 
low; rostellum caudate. Pollinia 2, pyriform-ellipsoid. 
Lepanthes latisepala has been described from dried 
specimens. It appears to be allied to L. Wercklei Schltr., 
but it is a much smaller plant with a differently shaped leaf. 
The sepals and petals are also different. 
Costa Rica (Hab. ?), H. E. Stork s. n., 1928. (Type 
in Herb. Ames No. 35586.) 
Lepanthes minutilabia A. & S. sp. nov. Herba 
epiphytica, pusilla, caespitosa. Caules pluriarticulati, mono- 
phylli, vaginarum ostiis hispidis. Folium cuneato-spathu- 
latum vel obovatum vel ellipticum, in apice valde obtusum, 
in basi angustatum. Inflorescentiae folium excedentes; 
rhachis fractiflexa. Sepala lateralia oblique ovato-lanceo- 
lata, per dimidium inferius connata. Sepalum dorsale ova- 
tum. Petala obliquissime subquadrata, margine superiore 
bilobato. Labellum minutissimum, reniforme. 
Plant small, caespitose, epiphytic, extremely variable 
in size, 2-8.5 cm. tall. Roots fibrous, flexuous, glabrous. 
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