Investigator, Harvard University). I would also like to thank 
the following persons who kindly read the manuscript and 
offered useful comments: B. Holmstedt, J.E. Lindgren, R.E. 
Schultes, and P.G. Williams. Iam most grateful to H.V. Pink- 
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observations on Brunfelsia and to L.T. Bates for making the 
line drawing of B. mire. | would also like to thank the curators 
of the following herbaria for the loan of specimens pertinent to 
this study: BM, COL, ECON, F, G, GH, K, MO, NY, P, PH, 
PR, S, UC, US, W (abbreviations after P,.K. Holmgren & W. 
Keuken, 1974. Index Herbariorum, Part I, ed. 6.; Utrecht). 
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