ERIOCAULACEAE 
Paepalanthus polytrichoides Kunth var. glaber 
Moldenke var. nov. 
Haec varietas a Paepalantho polytrichoide principaliter 
foliis brevioribus atque pedunculis glabris differt. 
Cotomp1a: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Karurd (tributary of Rio 
Vaupés), Mesa de Yambi, Savannah Goo-ran-hoo-da. General loca- 
tion: Lat. 1°20’ N, Long. 71°20’ W. April 15-16, 1953, Richard 
Evans Schultes § Isidoro Cabrera 19180 (Tyrr in N.Y. Bot. Gard.). 
Paepalanthus saxicola MWérnicke in Martius FI. 
Bras. 3, pt. 1 (1868) 455. 
The type of Paepalanthus saxicola was collected in 
Goyaz in Brazil. The collection cited below very greatly 
extends the known range of this species. 
Cotomspia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Caqueté, Araracuara. De- 
cember 21, 1952, Hernando Garcia-Barriga & Richard Evans Schultes 
14138, 
Paepalanthus Williamsii Moldenke in Phytol. 2 
(1947) 367. 
Known hitherto from the upper Orinoco basin of 
Venezuela and from the Estado do Amazonas in Brazil, 
this species is now recorded from Colombia through the 
collection cited below. 
Cotompia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Kubiyd (tributary of Rio 
Vaupés), Cerro Kafiendd, savannahs about 15 miles upstream from 
mouth, November 10, 1952, Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 
ISS88, 
Syngonanthus longipes Gleason in Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club 56 (1929) 15. 
Syngonanthus longipes, a characteristic though never 
abundant element of the savannah floras of the Vaupés, is 
known also from the Amazonas and Bolivar of Venezuela, 
from British Guiana and from the Guaporé of Brazil. 
Cotompia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Kubiyt (tributary of Rio 
Vaupés), Cerro Kafiendé, savannahs about 15 miles upstream from 
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