of B. macrocarpa. All three of these species are unique 
among South American Brunfelsias in having relatively 
large, fleshy fruits. 
Data from herbarium labels (N. Bristan 566 and 569) 
indicate that the flowers of Brunfelsia chocoensis, which 
appear in April, are fragrant and that the yellow fruits 
are edible. 
Brunfelsia macrocarpa Plowman sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, 2-7 m. alta. Rami effusi, nudi, cortice 
laevi, cinerascenti. Ramuli flexuosi, glabri, interdum 
sparse lenticellis obtecti, epidermide ad longitudinem 
findenti. Folia sparsa ramulorum apicem versus, petio- 
lata, late elliptica, plerumque oblonga, apice abrupte 
cuneata, glabra, chartacea, nervatione prominenti sub- 
tus, nervis lateralis 4—6, patentibus, arcuatim anastomo- 
santibus, petiolo glabro. Inflorescentia ramulorum ter- 
minalis apicibus, uniflora, bracteata, bracteis paucis, 
lanceolatis, concavis, puberulentibus. Flores fragrantes, 
violacei demum albi. Pedicellus erectus, glaber. Calyx 
tubulosus, vix inflatus, dentibus subaequalibus, ovato- 
lanceolatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, glandulosis: calyx 
in fructu persistens, magnopere accrescens, valde coria- 
ceus, lenticellis punctiformibus obtectus. Corollae tubus 
quam calyx duplo longior, angulatus, apice parum cur- 
vatus et sensim dilatatus, glaber, limbo patenti, lobis 
rotundatis, subaequalibus, superiori parum majori. Stig- 
ma et stamina in tubi parte superiori inclusa, filamentibus 
ligulatis. Capsula calyci inclusa, late ovoidea vel sub- 
globosa, ochracea, carnosa, pericarpio crasso, indehiscens. 
Semina10—20, oblongo-ellipsoidea, prismatica, reticulato- 
foveata, atro-rufescentia. 
A Brunfelsia chocoensis et B. guianensis floribus duplo 
majoribus calyce magnopere accrescenti et fructu majori 
differt. 
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