assurgens is also sagittiform, whereas that of S. picta is 
cordate or broadly ovate. 
Found only in Guatemala. 
The following two species of Spiranthes are of interest 
because they are new to Central America. 
Spiranthes tortilis (Sw.) L. C. Richard in Mém. 
Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4 (1818) 59, exclude synon. Neottia 
quadridentata. 
Formerly known from Florida to Louisiana, Bermuda, 
Bahama Islands, the West Indies and Trinidad. Now 
also known from British Honduras (Peck 967), Guate- 
mala (Steyermark 38660) and Nicaragua (Englesing 303). 
Spiranthes vernalis Hngelmann & Gray in Boston 
Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 (1845) 2386. 
Formerly known from Canada (Quebec) and New 
England south to Florida and west to Indiana, Illinois, 
Texas and New Mexico. Now also known from Mexico 
(Pringle 11914, in part) and Guatemala ( T'werckheim IT 
1832; Skutch 362). 
Goodyera major Ames & Correll sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, pro genere grandis, a rhizomate re- 
penti erecto-adscendens. Caulis infra foliosus et glaber, 
supra bracteatus et glanduloso-pubescens. Folia petiola- 
ta; lamina oblique elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata; petio- 
lus tubulari-inflatus. Racemus cylindraceus, spicatus, sub- 
densus, rhachide glanduloso-pubescenti. Florum bracteae 
ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, glanduloso-pubescentes. 
Flores parvi, ringentes, cum ovariis pedicellatis crassis 
glanduloso-pubescentibus. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, 
ad apicem obtusum angustatum, canaliculatum, uniner- 
vium. Sepala lateralia oblique ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, 
uninervia, infra concava. Petala sepalo dorsali adhaeren- 
tia, ab ungui gracili semirhombica, obtusa, uninervia, 
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