PERU: Departamento del Loreto, Zapote, Alto Rio Purus. “Tree about 10 
meters high. Lowland forest’’. October 15, 1968. L.Rivier 21. 
The dried leaves and roots are pulverized and used as a 
substitute for tobacco snuff. The Kulina Indian name is frets. 
Pothomorphe umbellata (L.) Miquel, Comm. Phyt. (1840)36. 
CoLomBIA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Guamues, San Antonio. **Secon- 
dary growth. Herb 5-6 feet.”’ September 5, 1966. H.V. Pinkley 
42]. 
The Kofan Indians prepare an arrow poison of this plant 
alone (the bark of the lower stem and root is scraped and 
boiled) or mixed with other plant ingredients, especially for 
hunting monkeys and wild pigs. The Kofan name is a-nama-he 
se-hé-pa. 
This species has been employed as a strong diuretic in Brazil 
(Peckholt, T.: Pharm. Rundschau 12(1894)240,285), but there 
appears to be no chemical constituent which would make the 
bark active as an ingredient of curare. 
MyYRICACEAE 
Myrica parvifolia Bentham, Pl. Hartw. (1846)251. 
CoLomBiA: Departamento de Cundinamarca, Bogota, Cerro above La Cita. 
May 10, 1946. R.E. Schultes 7111. 
Bundles of the leaves and stems of this shrub are burned in 
huts in the cool, humid highlands around Bogota for the aro- 
matic smoke which is believed to relieve congestion casued by 
the frequent pulmonary troubles of these people. 
POL YGONACEAE 
Rumex obtusifolius Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (1753)335. 
CoLoMBIA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, Sibundoy. Alt. 
2225-2300 m. May 29, 1946. R.E. Schultes et M. Villarreal 7610. 
— Same locality. ‘‘Lengua de vaca’’. February 20, 1963. P.J. 
Chindoy B. 97. — Same locality. **Garden and waste places, 
very frequent. One or two most persistent, most frequent weeds 
in valley’’. April 1, 1963. M.L. Bristol 704. — Same locality. 
“Lengua de vaca. Open pasture; infrequent."’ May 8, 1963. 
M.L. Bristol 969. 
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