CoLomsiaA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Amazonas, vicinity of Leticia. 
August 29 - September 12, 1966. R.E. Schultes, R.F. Raffauf et 
D. Soejarto 24038. 
A Dragendorff spot-test for alkaloids was positive for this 
common species of Lycopodium. 
Alkaloids have recently been detected in about a dozen 
species of Lycopodiaceae. Nicotine and quinolizidine bases 
account for most of the lycopodiaceous alkaloids (Tyler, V.E.: 
Lloydia 24(1961)58). 
PIPERACEAE 
Peperomia macrostachya (Va/il.) Dietrich var. nematostachya 
(Link.) Trelease et Yuncker, Piperac. N. S. Am. 2(1950)661. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri. ** Epi- 
phyte’’. March 8, 1951. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 13260. — 
Rio Vaupes, Mitu and vicinity. R.E. Schultes, R.F. Raffauf et 
D. Soejarto 24178. 
The leaves of this climbing epiphyte are boiled, and the 
resulting tea is taken by elderly members of the Taiwano tribe 
to relieve difficulty in urinating. It is said also to be an effective 
febrifuge. 
A Dragendorff spot test for alkaloids (Schultes, Raffauf et 
Soejarto 24178) was negative. 
Piper hostmannianum (Mig.) C. DeCandolle in DeCandolle 
Prodr. 16, pt. 1(1869)287. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Amazonas, vicinity of Leticia. 
“Small bush. Leaves aromatic.”” August 29 - September 12, 
1966. R.E. Schultes, R.F. Raffauf et D. Soejarto 24018. 
In the Leticia region, a poultice of the crushed leaves is 
applied to warts in the belief that this hastens their disappear- 
ance. The plant is known as cordoncillo, a name applied to 
many species of Piper in reference to the inflorescence (cor- 
doncillo = *‘shoe string’’). 
Piper interitum 7release ex Macbride in Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 
18, No. 357(1936)176. 
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