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THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, C. BOTANY. 
Vol. IX, No. 1, February, 1914. 
THE ORCHIDS OF GUAM 
By OAKES AMES 
(From the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Mass., U.S. A.) 
COELOGYNE Lindley 
COELOGYNE GUAMENSIS sp. nov. 
Herba valida. Pseudobulbi usque ad 8 cm longi, circiter 3 
em in crassitudine, vaginis imbricatis tecti, bifoliati. Folia 
oblongi-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, in petiolum sulcatum fasti- 
giata, circiter 40 cm longa, usque ad 7 cm lata, nerviis 3-5, 
prominentibus, lamina in sicco chartacea; petiolus 5-6 cm longus, 
rigidus. Scapus basi nudus in pseudobulbo adulto hysteranthus, 
pauciflorus, 25 cm longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae condupli- 
catae, lanceolatae, acutae, circiter 5 cm longae, mox deciduae. 
Flores succedanei, ad numerum 7, circiter 4 cm longi. Pedi- 
cellus cum ovario 2 cm longus. Sepala lateralia oblonga, acuta, 
carinata, 4 cm longa, circiter 7mm lata. Sepalum dorsale simile. 
Petala linearia, 4 cm longa, 3 mm lata. Labellum 3-lobatum, 
manifeste bilamellatum, 3.5 cm longum; lobi laterales erecti, 
obtusi, e basi labelli usque ad apicem loborum lateralium 12 
mm; lobus medius ex isthmo brevi cuneato-dilatatus, suborbicu- 
laris, 1.6 cm latus. Lamella in disco utrinque undulata, ex ipsa 
basi labelli in basim lobi medii, interposita lamellula integra 
(non undulata) medio in disco desinente. Gynostemium 2 cm 
longum. 
In damp places, Guam Experiment Station 195, collected under the direc- 
tion of J. B. Thompson, January, 1912. 
The material on which the description is based consists of three specimens 
and a single flower. It appears to belong to the section Speciosae. 
LIPARIS Richard 
LIPARIS GUAMENSIS sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris 60 cm alta, gracilis. Folia 3, anguste lanceo- 
lata, acuminata, acuta, membranacea in sicco, 5 ad 22 cm longa, 
usque ad 2.5 cm lata, ad basim vaginantia. Pedunculi elongati, 
8 ad 30 cm longi. Sepala lateralia elliptica, subacuta, late fal- 
cata, 4 mm longa, 2.5 mm lata. Sepalum dorsale lineari-oblon- 
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