Hernando Garcia- Barriga collected the earliest speci- 
men that I have seen, and I credit him as the discoverer, 
in 1935, of the peculiar tree Datura cultivars of the 
Sibundoy. 
2h. ‘Munchira’ n. cv. Plates LIIIT, LIX. 
Appearing stunted, usually 1.5-2 m. high, but reach- 
ing 38m. with age, the branches short and twisted, with 
scarcely elongated internodes, leaves relatively minute, 
variously much deformed, especially distally, calyx short, 
9.3-12 em., corolla 21.2-29 cm., stamens 15-16.7 cm. 
(including their adnation to corolla), anthers short, 27- 
30 mm., pistil 14.2-21.8 mm.; not known to fruit. 
N=12 (Bristol 1268). 
These striking, stunted plants are among the rarer, for 
there may be no more than 15 in existence. If one of 
these treelets be pollarded or cut back to the ground, 
one or more vigorous shoots arise, as with all the culti- 
vars, and there is no sign of stunting for several months. 
Perry (27) illustrated a flowering branch of this cultivar 
being examined by Salvador Chindoy and me (p. 835, 
top figure). 
Common names: Jlunchira borrachera. 
Munchira (Inga) ‘caterpillar’ alludes to the appearance 
of the leaves which seem to be (but definitely are not) 
munchiradas ‘caterpillar eaten’. 
CoLtomBia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, alt. 2200 
m.—Sibundoy. ‘'N. v. ‘Munchira’. Sufrutex y arbusto hasta de 2 
m.; con ramas muy tortuosas; tronco principal y ramas primarias 
cubiertas de musgo. La atrofia en las hojas se dice que prevalece en 
todos los clones. Muy conocido para tomar como estupefaciente ; vermi- 
fugo. Se dice que el principio es muy activo. Botones florales hori- 
zontales y pendulos.’’ 12-VI-1956, Idrobo 2223 (COL).—1.5 km. § 
Sibundoy. ‘**Munchira borrachera’. Narcotic. Tree 3 m.; corolla 
white; never fruiting. Indian dooryard, very infreq.’’ 26-VII-1963, 
1268 (COL, ECON, BISH, K, PASTO, S, US).—San Andrés. “‘Ar- 
borescent 1.8 m.; corolla white. Indian garden, very infreq.’* 20- 
VITI-1963, 7311 (ECON). 
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