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 
cm 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 7 mm lata. Sepalum dorsale simile. 
Petala linearia, 4 cm longa, 3 mm lata. Labeilum 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 undulataf 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. 
LI PAR IS 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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