ORCHIDACEAE QUAEDAM AMERICANAE 
Raceme about 1 dm. long, 4-5 cm. in diameter; rachis 
pubescent. Bracts of the inflorescence 2-3 cm. long, lanceo¬ 
late, acute. Ovary shortly pedicellate, about 2 cm. long. 
Lateral sepals decurrent on the column forming a distinct 
glandular-pubescent mentum, at first ascending then de- 
flexed, 3.2 cm. long from tip to base of mentum, scimiter- 
shaped, tapering to the subacute apex. Dorsal sepal 2.2 
cm. long, adnate to the petals and with them forming a 
narrow hood above the gynostemium. Petals slightly 
shorter than the upper sepal, narrowly oblong. Labelluni 
ascending from the inside of the mentum, about 2.6 cm. 
long, sagittate at base, elongated-panduriform, simple, 
expanded above into a deflexed ovate obtuse lamina; auri¬ 
cles 4 mm. long, narrowly triangular subacute. Gyno¬ 
stemium slender below the stigma, reaching to the middle of 
the dorsal sepal. 
Similar to Sarcogloitis ochracea (A. Rich. & Gal.) Schltr., 
but taller and stouter, with much larger leaves, denser 
raceme, and blunter labellum. 
Guatemala, Department of Quiche, San Miguel 
Uspantan, Heyde & Lux (John Donnell Smith Distribution 
No. 3504), April 1892. 6000-12000 pp. (Type in U. S. 
Nat. Herb. No. 826141.) 
Sarcoglottis pubilabia Ames sp. nov. Herba ter- 
restris radicibus fasciculatis, valde incrassatis, aphylla. 
Scapus elongatus, vaginatus in racemum sublaxum pro- 
ductus. Racemus multiflorus, elongatus. Bracteae inflor- 
escentiae lanceolatae, acuminatae. Sepala lateralia trian- 
gulari-oblonga. Sepalum dorsale cum petalis galeam valde 
concavam formans. Labellum basi conspicue sagittatum, 
prope apicem in lobum suborbicularem constrictum. Discus 
glanduloso-pubescens. Gynostemium abbreviatum rostello 
denticulato. 
Terrestrial herb, apparently very variable in height, 
the type 62 cm. tall, leafless at anthesis. Roots fasciculate, 
extraordinarily fleshy, 5-11 cm. long, up to 8 mm. in diam¬ 
eter. Scape about 60 cm. tall, rather stout, with several 
sheathing bracts which are prolonged into a free triangular 
