relationship with Herrania nycterodendron from the 
Amazon basin of Colombia and Pert, but the leaves of 
the two species are quite distinct. More recently, I had 
come to believe that Herrania umbratica perhaps might 
be allied to HZ. albiflora, notwithstanding the significant 
differences in the structure of the capsule. Inasmuch as 
Herrania albiflora is one of those species of Herrania 
with a patelliform calyx (with sepals that are connate for 
only half their length and which, therefore, do not fully 
open in anthesis) and H. nycterodendron has, like most 
of the species, a subcymbiform calyx (with sepals sepa- 
rated to their base and which, therefore, open widely), 
the assignment of H. wmbratica to its proper relationship 
was greatly to be desired. 
In January 1953, Mr. Douglas Taylor, entomologist 
on the Anglo-Colombian Cacao Collecting Expedition, 
made a collection of the only species of Herrania found 
under cultivation in the Granja Experimental at Pal- 
mira, Colombia. Mr. Taylor submitted the collection to 
me for examination. It consisted of leaves, one flower 
and one under-ripe fruit from one of the seven trees at 
Palmira. A week later, I visited Palmira and was able 
to examine the trees in greater detail and to make another 
flowering collection. All seven individuals represent the 
same species. here are no records at Palmira stating 
who introduced the material and from what region. 
A detailed examination of the fruit of Taylor’s collec- 
tion and a study of the living plants (growing in an un- 
shaded field) leave no doubt that the species is Herrania 
umbratica. There is no other known species with which 
the fruit could be confounded, and the leaves, albeit 
somewhat smaller than those of the shade-growing type 
of Herrania umbratica, are identical in shape, texture 
and indumentum. 
The capsule of ‘Taylor’s collection was elongate- 
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