of both species are ciliate, those of C. hieroglyphica are 
obtuse while those of C. Wageneri are long-acuminate. 
The shape of the lip and the pattern of the venation are 
different in the two species. The lip of C. Wageneri is 
narrowly ovate to subcordate and acuminate and the 
stripe design is composed of three parallel green or brown- 
ish stripes with the lateral ones producing retrorse sec- 
ondary stripes. The lip of C. hieroglyphica, on the other 
hand, is subquadrate-ovate and obtuse and the stripe de- 
sign, from which the name is derived, is a peculiar pat- 
tern. The design of green stripes is composed of a short 
central stripe with an additional subhorizontal one on 
each side which converges toward the middle and has a 
deeply U-shaped stripe on each side near the base. The 
stripes are somewhat thickened. 
GuateMaALA: Chiquimula, upper slopes of Montafia ‘T'ajuran, in the 
vicinity of El Barriol, alt. 1200-1700 m., terrestrial in cloud forest, 
Oct. 28, 1939, J. A.Steyermark 30816 (Herb. Field Mus.). Guatemala, 
Volcan de Pacaya, above Las Calderas, alt. 1800-2400 m., damp forest, 
Nov. 30, 1938, P. C. Standley 58432 (Herb. Field Mus.); terrestrial, 
near San Rafael, road to Antigua, about 6000 ft. alt., Sept. 8, 1935, 
Margaret Ward Lewis 154 (Type in Herb. Ames No. 60792). 
Spiranthes stolonifera Ames & Correll sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, aphylla ut videtur, gracilis, rigide 
erecta, ex radice tuberiformi unica exoriens, stolonifera, 
basi leviter geniculata, supra canescens. Caulis vaginis 
adpressis tubulatis subobtusis vel acutis ornatus. Inflo- 
rescentia biflora. Florum bracteae magnae, lanceolatae, 
acuminatae. Flores pro genere grandes. Ovaria cum ped- 
icello fusco-puberula. Sepala extus et margine dense 
tuberculoso-puberula. Sepalum dorsale elliptico-lanceo- 
latum, obtusum vel breviter subacuminatum, quinque- 
nervium, supra recurvum. Sepala lateralia libera, patentia, 
lanceolata, acuta vel subobtusa, leviter obliqua, trinervia, 
leviter carinata. Petala conspicue falcata, oblanceolata, 
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