ensis and B. guianensis. 1B. macrocarpa differs in having 
tlowers which are twice as large and violet, not white, at 
anthesis. It is further distinguished by the large, accres- 
cent calyx. 
Brunfelsia Chiricaspi Plowman sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva 1-8 m. alta, cortice tenui, longi- 
tudinaliter fisso, ruguloso. Rami pauci, laxi, patentes, 
nudi. Ramuli glabri, nitidi, epidermide in fragmentis 
longitudinaliter solubili. Folia breve petiolata, oblonga 
vel lanceolata, plerumque obovata, apice acuminata vel 
obtusa, acumine subfalcato, basi cuneata vel obtusa, 
glabra, subcoriacea, subtus siccitate ochracea, nervis 
lateralibus 8-10, subtus prominentibus; petiolo crasso, 
Inflorescentia corymbiformis, terminalis vel axillaris, 
pauciflora, floribus 4-7 (raro 20), puberula vel glabra, 
bracteata, bracteis lanceolatis, concavis. Pedicellus erec- 
tus, glaber. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, vix inflatus, 
glaber, dentibus brevis, late triangularibus, acutis vel 
obtusis apice acumine breve glanduliferis: calyx in fructu 
lenticellis obtectus, nervis striatis. Corollae tubus quam 
calyx duplo longior, crassus, rectus, apice parum dilata- 
tus, vix curvatus, glaber, limbo caeruleo vel violaceo 
demum albo, ad orificium parum incrassato, quinquan- 
gulari, albo, lobis subaequalibus, rotundatis, sub anthesi 
valde deflexis. Stamina et stigma in tubi parte superiori 
inclusa. Capsula subglobosa, maturitate sicca. Semina 
pauca, ellipsoideo-reniformia. 
A Brunfelsia Mire foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, cyma 
pauciflora et corolla minori et a B. grandiflora toliis 
majoribus, cyma corymbiformi et lobis corollae deflexis 
differt. 
Tyre: G. Klug 1810, Colombia, Comisaria del Putumayo, Umbria, 
0°54’ N., 76°10’ W., alt. 325 m.; forest. Oct.-Nov. 1930. Shrub 
1.5 m. Fls. sky blue. “‘Zanango’’. Medicinal. (Holotype, A; iso- 
types, F, S, US 1456539.) 
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