Known from the Rios Solimées and Japura in Brazil, 
Conceveibastrum Martianum appears to be new for the 
flora of Colombia. 
CotomsBia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri, 
near summit. General location: Lat. 0°15’ N, Long. 70°35’ W. Jan- 
uary 23-25, 1952, Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 15036. 
IcACINACEAE 
Poraqueiba sericea Twu/asne in Ann. Sci. Nat., 
sér. 8, 11 (1849) 172. 
This curious cultivated fruit-tree of the western Am- 
azonas is in need of further field investigation. There are 
several distinct ‘‘varieties’’ which differ primarily in the 
color of the ripened fruit. In the Colombian Vaupés, 
where the tree and its fruit are known as wmart, there are 
four: wmart amarillo, umari blanco, umari colorado and 
umart verde. Schultes & Cabrera 17319 represents wmari 
amarillo, the most abundant of these varieties. 
We may report the following Indian names for Pora- 
queiba sericea in Amazonian Colombia: Puinave=how; 
Barasana=wa-m0o’. 
Cotomp1a: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Piraparana (tributary of Rio 
Apaporis), Cafio Teemeefia. General location: between Lat. 0°15’ S, 
Long. 70°30! W and Lat. 0°25’ N, Long. 70°30’ W. ‘“‘Small tree. 
Cultivated. Flowers yellow.’’ September 9, 1952, Richard Evans 
Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 17319. 
SAPINDACEAE 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum Linnaeus Sp. PI. 
(1753) 366. 
Without exception, the adult males amongst the In- 
dians of the Makuna, Barasana, Taiwano and other tribes 
of the Piraparana and middle and lower Apaporis basins 
wear, above the biceps, curious arm bands made from the 
small seeds of Cardiospermum Halicacabum. This plant 
is cultivated around the edges of the plots of Manzhot to 
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