the apical portion, constricted above the middle and di- 
lated at the broadly rounded to truncate or retuse apex, 
with the apical portion minutely plicate. Column stout, 
terete, about 4 mm. long. 
Goodyera major is the largest known Central Ameri- 
can species in this genus. The lip is nearest in shape to 
that of G. modesta Schltr., a Costa Rican species. How- 
ever, besides having much smaller flowers than G. mqjor, 
G. modesta has an entire lip and linear petals. The nearest 
ally, G. dolabripetala (Ames) Schltr., not only has a laxly 
flowered raceme of much smaller flowers, but has an 
ovate-lanceolate lip with entire margins. 
GuaTeMALA: Zacapa, cloud forest in ravine bordering Quebrada 
Alejandria, summit of Sierra de las Minas, vicinity of Finca Alejandria, 
alt. 2500 m., Oct. 13, 1939, J. A. Steyermark 29886 (Type in Herb. 
Ames No. 60790; Isoryrr in Herb. Field Mus. No. 1043013). 
Erythrodes ovatilabia Ames & Correll sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, ex rhizomate repenti erecto-adscen- 
dens. Caulis gracilis, pubescens, infra foliosus, supra 
bracteatus. Folia petiolata; lamina oblique ovato-ellip- 
tica vel ovalis, acuta vel subacuminata, basi rotundata 
vel sensim angustata; petiolus tubulari-inflatus. Racemus 
densior, cylindraceus, spicatus, rachide pubescenti. Flo- 
rum bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae. Flores parvi, 
cum ovariis pedicellatis pubescentibus. Sepala lanceolata 
vel anguste elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata vel ad apicem 
subobtusum sensim angustata, uninervia. Petala sepalo 
dorsali adhaerentia, semirhombica, obtusa vel subacuta, 
basi anguste cuneata, uninervia. Labellum basi in calear 
saccatum leviter bilobatum productum; lamina tenuis, 
extensa ovata, obtusa vel acuta, trinervia, saepissime 
marginibus leviter undulatis. Columna generis. 
Plant terrestrial, erect-ascending from a prostrate rhi- 
zome, 38-4 dm. tall. Stem slender, pubescent with whitish 
articulated hairs, leafy on the lower fourth, bracteate 
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