Municipio Ararauja, Rodeio da Areia, 22 Nov. 1943, Reits C-171/ 
(RB); Santa Cecilia, 1100 m., Reitz & Klein 14136 (NY): Municipio 
Sao Miguel d’Oeste, Canela Gaucha, 8 km. northwest of Sao Miguel 
d’Oeste, ca. 26°40! S., 53°34’ W., 700-750 m. , Smith & Reitz 12757 
(NY, R, US); Manic pio: Abelardo Luz, north bank of Rio Chapeco 
at Abelardo Luz, ca. 26°35 S.; 52°20/ W., 900-1000 m., 28 Oct. 
1964, Smith & Reitz 12870 (C, F, ae. R); Tubarao, Nov. 1889, Ule 
1521 (P). Rio Grande do Sul: Sao Leopoldo, 10 Sept. 1946, Henz 
27246 (MO, NY), 20 m., 17 Sept. 1946, Henz 35305 (S): Municipio 
Rio Pardo, Fazenda Horticola, 70 m., Oct. 1923, Jiirgens 19 (B); 
Colonia Santo Angelo, 4 Feb. 1898, Lindman A-597-b (S), Sept. 
1900, Schwarzer 50(L,S); Silveira Martins, 20 Mar. 189 3, Lindmann 
A-597-c (S); Rio dos Sinos, 8 Nov. 1949, Rambo 44295 (BR, L); 
Bitterberg prope Montenegro, 13 Nov. 1950, Rambo poy (GH 
P, W). 
Paracuay: In regione fluminis Alto Parana, Yaguarazapa, 1909- 
1910, Frebrig 5460 (G, GH, US). 
ARGENTINA: Misiones: Departamento de San Javier, Acaragua, 
220 m., 30 Sept. 1947, Bertoni 2974 (B, W); Departamento de Can- 
delaria; Bompland, 4 Oct. 1909, Jorgenson s.n. (BAB), Nov. 1910, 
Jorgenson s.n. (BAB); Santa Ana, Aug. 1901, Llamas 1530 (BAB, 
G). Departamento de Iguazt, Cataratas de Iguazu, 13 May 1969, 
Plowman 2735 (GH); Delicia, camino a El Dorado, 4 Nov. 1949, 
Schwindt 2270 (C, LD, NY); Puerto Aguirre, Rio Iguazti, 19 Sept. 
1922, IL.N.T.A. 44365 (B). 
Brunfelsia pilosa is a distinct species which has been 
consistently confused with several other plants of south- 
ern Brazil, especially B. uniflora (Pohl) Benth. and B. 
australis Benth. An early collection of B. pilosa (Sellow 
1573) with atypically glabrous leaves and calyces was 
cited by Bentham as a syntype of his concept of B. 
australis (Bentham, 1846). 
A small shrub with showy flowers, Brunfelsia pilosa 
occurs primarily in the understory of primary and second- 
ary woods, as well as in thickets and along water courses. 
Flowering takes place from October to December with 
fruits appearing from February to May. It has a fairly 
wide altitudinal range, occurring from near sea level to 
1100 m. ‘The species ranges from the Brazilian State of 
Sao Paulo south to Rio Grande do Sul and extreme 
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