outer pair 3.5 mm. long, reaching the mouth; anthers 
rounded-reniform, to 1.5 mm. long, light brown. Ovary 
ovoid-conical, gibbous at base, 2 mm. long with about 
15 ovules; style filamentous, curved at apex, equalling 
the filaments; stigma bifid, in form of a forceps, obtuse, 
the upper lobe somewhat larger. Capsule dry at maturi- 
ty, subglobose, about 10 mm. long, 8 mm. in diameter. 
Seeds few, ellipsoid-reniform, 6 mm. long, 2.5 mm. in 
diameter, reticulate-pitted. 
Distribution: Colombia. 
Additional specimens: 
Cotompia; Comisaria del Putumayo. H. Kennedy 1586, Orito, near 
Texaco Drilling Site. 11 Feb. 1972 (GH). L. E. Mora 1048, al- 
redadores de Puerto Limon. Alt. 300-400 m. 15 Feb. 1953 (COL). 
H.V. Pinkley 420, San Antonio del Rio Guamués. Lomas. 5 Sept. 
1966 (ECON). Pinkley 563, Santa Rosa del Rio Guamués. 28 Nov. 
1966 (ECON). 7’. Plowman 2080, Kl Whiskey at Finca ‘Santa Marta’, 
13 km. south of Umbria near road. Elev. 400-500 m. 27 Nov, 1968 
(ECON, GH). Plowman 2081, forest about 2 km. southwest of San 
Pedro, north of Puerto Asis. Elev. 400-500 m,. 28 Nov. 1968 (ECON, 
GH). Plowman 2092, Rio Guamués, along trail between Santa Rosa 
and road to Hormiga. 2 Dec. 1968 (ECON, GH). 
The specific name of this plant is taken from one of its 
vernacular names: chiricaspi, meaning ‘‘cold tree’ in 
Quechua. This word refers to the physiological effect 
of chills or tingling produced upon ingestion of the bark. 
This, as well as other species of Brunfelsia, is used by 
the Kofiin, Inga and perhaps other tribes of southern 
Colombia as an admixture to the hallucinogenic Banis- 
teriopsis. It is reputedly the strongest of the intoxicating 
Brunfelsias. Known only as a wild plant, it is preferred 
over the commonly cultivated Brunfelsia grandiflora 
subsp. Schultesii (described below). 
Brunfelsia Chiricaspi is known from only a few collec- 
tions. It occurs in a small area of southwestern Colom- 
bia on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Occidental. Its 
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