ix, c, 2 Merrill: The Plaints of Guam 143 
COFFEA Linnaeus 
COFFEA ARABICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 172; Safford 244. 
G. E. S. 400, McGregor 515, locally known as cafe. 
A native of southeastern Asia, now cultivated in all tropical countries. 
COFFEA LIBERICA Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1876) 171, t. 24; Safford 
245. 
G. E. S. 24S. 
A native of tropical Africa, recently introduced in Guam. 
GEOPHILA D. Don 
GEOPHILA HERBACEA (Jacq.) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 300; K. 
Schum. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4 4 (1891) 119. 
Psychotria herbacea Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. (1760) 16. 
Geophila reniformis D. Don Prodr. FI. Nep. (1825) 136. 
Carintha herbacea W. F. Wight ex Safford in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 
(1905) 216. 
McGregor 897. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
GUETTARDA Linnaeus 
GUETTARDA SPECIOSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 991; Safford 288. 
McGregor 550, G. E. S. 119, Mrs. Clemens s. n., locally known as panao. 
Along the seashore in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
H EDYOTIS Linnaeus 
H EDYOTIS MEGALANTHA sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, ramosa, glabra, usque ad 70 cm alta, ramis 
ramulisque quadrangulatis, in siccitate sulcatis; foliis membra- 
naceis vel chartaceis, oblongo-ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 
11 cm longis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, apice breviter acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 6; paniculis terminalibus, foliaceis, am- 
plis, divaricato-ramosis ; floribus 4-meris, sepalis oblongo-ovatis, 
circiter 4 mm longis, leviter accrescentibus, persistentibus ; 
corolla circiter 14 mm longa. 
An erect, branched, glabrous, smooth herb, or apparently some- 
times suffrutescent, at least 70 cm high, the stems and branches 
4-angled but not winged, when dry somewhat sulcate. Leaves 
oblong-ovate to elliptic-ovate, membranaceous to chartaceous, 
mostly 9 to 11 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, those on the panicles 
reduced, base rounded to acute, apex shortly acuminate, both 
surfaces shining, greenish or yellowish-brown, the lower surface 
with scattered cystoliths; lateral nerves about 6 on each side 
of the midrib, slender, curved-ascending, reticulations very lax; 
petioles about 1 cm long ; stipules short, broad, pectinately divided 
into 10 to 15, stiff, linear-oblong, 3 to 4 mm long lobes. In- 
