longa, abrupte vel longe acuminata, acumine saepe sub- 
faleato, basin obtusa, glabra, firme chartacea vel sub- 
coriacea, subtus costa prominenti, rufescenti, nervis 
lateralibus 6-7, subtus validis, patentibus, late arcuatim 
anastomosantibus. Inflorescentia terminalis uniflora vel 
axillaris annotinis ramulis 1—8-flora. Flores fragrantes, 
albi. Pedunculus brevissimus subbracteatus, bracteis 
ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, caducis. Pedicellus erectus, 
gracilis, glaber. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, promi- 
nenter reticulato-venosus, omnino glaber, dentibus ova- 
tis, obtusis vel acutis, ad apicem glanduloso-ciliolatis; 
calyx in fructu lenticellis obtectus. Corollae tubus quam 
calyx duplo longior, apicem versus paulatim dilatatus, 
glaber, limbo ex orificio rotundato patenti, lobis subae- 
qualibus, late rotundatis, margine supra basin parum 
imbricatis, basi angustatis. Stamina inclusa in tubi tertia 
parte superiori, filamentis subligulatis, antheris reni- 
formibus vel hippocrepiformibus. Capsula globosa vel 
ovoidea, carnosa, mesocarpio crasso. Semina 2-5, ovoideo- 
ellipsoidea, angulata, reticulato-foveata. 
A Brunfelsia macrocarpa tubo corollae dimidio longi- 
ori, calyce non accrescenti et fructu minori (2-8 cm. 
longo), et a B. guianensis foliis majoribus, pedicellis 
longioribus et lobis corollae latioribus differt. 
Tyee: O. Haught 4563, Colombia, Departamento de Antidquia, 
Chigorod6, forest just southeast of Chigorod6, 45 km. south of Turbo, 
alt. 50m. 15 Apr. 1945. Shrub 2 m. high. Flowers rather conspicu- 
ous, of a peculiar flat-white color, like unglazed paper (holotype, UC 
M 048365; isotypes, NY, COL 109727). 
Shrub 2 m. tall. Branches sparse, terete, somewhat 
knobby at nodes, naked, grey or greyish brown. Branch- 
lets of current year’s growth subterete, 3 mm. in diame- 
ter, glabrous, shiny, light greyish brown, with epidermis 
cracking in longitudinal strips; internodes 1—2 cm. long. 
Leaves few, usually crowded at ends of branchlets, short- 
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