JAN 
BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
SOME NEW OR NOTEWORTHY 
GUATEMALAN ORCHIDS 
BY 
Oakes AMES AND Donovan S. CorRELL 
IN THE couRSE of our recent studies of Guatemalan 
orchids, twelve new species and one variety have been 
recognized. This paper includes descriptions of these nov- 
elties and presents also a number of new combinations 
which were found to be necessary. 
Cranichis hieroglyphica Ames & Correll sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, unica, erecta vel basi geniculata. 
Caulis gracilis, pubescens, bracteatus. Folia duo, basalia, 
subopposita, patentia, vaginis pluribus scariosis amplec- 
tentibus prope basim inclusa; lamina oblique elliptica vel 
ovato-elliptica, acuta vel abrupte acuminata, succulenta, 
glabra. Racemus densus, cylindraceus. Flores parvi, suc- 
cedanei. Florum bracteae albidae, lanceolatae, acumina- 
tae. Sepala ovato-elliptica, anguste obtusa vel subacumi- 
nata, uni- vel binervia, concava. Petala lineari-lanceolata 
vel anguste elliptica, obtusa, leviter obliqua, uninervia, 
marginibus longis cum pilis albidis ciliatis, per medium 
prope basim minute hirsuta. Labellum sessile, subquad- 
rato-ovatum, anguste obtusum, basi utrinque angulatum; 
discus lineis leviter incrassatis viridibus, linea media brevi 
cum linea horizontali medium versus utrinque vergenti 
et cum linea U-formi prope basim utrinque ornatus. 
Columna generis. 
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