mm. long. Stamens included in upper part of corolla 
tube, the filaments ligulate, curved at apex, the upper 
pair 2 mm. long, the lower 83 mm. long; anthers hippo- 
crepiform, round in outline, 2 mm. in diameter. Ovary 
conical, 3 mm. long, glandular at base, with 80-40 
ovules; style slender, curved and thickened at apex, 
36-38 mm. long; stigma bifid, in form of a forceps, gap- 
ing, the upper lobe larger, 2 mm. long. Capsule in- 
cluded in accrescent calyx, broadly ovoid or subglobose, 
4-5 ecm. long, 4-5 cm. in diameter, smooth, yellow- 
ochre, one-celled at maturity, pericarp 6-8 mm. thick, 
the exocarp leathery, mesocarp fleshy, thick, endocarp 
thin, cartilaginous, conspicuously veined, with 10-20 
seeds. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, prismatic, 10-13 mm. long, 
5-7 mim. in diameter, reticulate-pitted, dark reddish- 
brown. Kmbryo straight, 10-11 mm. long; cotyledons 
broadly ovate, 4-5 mm. long. 
Distribution: Kcuador, Gorgona Island (Colombia). 
Additional specimens: 
Cotompia: Departamento de Narifo, Gorgona Island. G. W. Bar- 
clay 911, 11-14 Jan. 1887 (BM). A. Fernandes 865, Costado Orien- 
tal. 21 June 1950 (US). G. Longfield 367, 7 Sept. 1924 (K). 
Known from only four collections, this beautiful tree- 
let occurs in the Island of Gorgona which lies just off 
the Pacific coast of southern Colombia. It has also been 
collected quite recently in the coastal forests of northern 
Keuador. Brunfelsita macrocarpa, named for its excep- 
tionally large fruit, grows near sea level as a small tree 
of the understory in primary forests. The large, showy 
flowers are said to be fragrant with the odor of honey- 
suckle (Longfield 367). The fleshy yellow fruit is edible 
and bears the common name guayabilla or ‘ ‘little guava’’, 
which it resembles. 
This species most closely resembles Brunfelsia choco- 
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