distribution may indeed prove to be greater when this 
region is floristically better known. It grows as a under- 
story shrub in humid, primary forests at elevations of 
325-500 m., occasionally persisting after cutting of the 
forest. The fruit is as yet imperfectly known. The only 
fruit material available to me was in an advanced state 
of decay at the time of collection. 
This species appears to be quite distinct. Its closest 
relatives are Brunfelsia grandiflora subsp. Schultesu, 
which is widespread in the western Amazon, and B. 
Mire of Bolivia. B. Chiricaspi differs from B. grandi- 
flora in having much larger leaves (more than 20 cm.), 
longer pedicels (6-13 mm. vs. 2-6 mm.), a few-flowered 
corymbiform cyme and deflexed corolla lobes, which is 
perhaps the most striking feature of the species. It dif- 
fers trom B. Mire in the basally obtuse, elliptic to lanceo- 
late leaves, the few-flowered cyme and a much shorter 
corolla tube (less than 25 mm.). 
Brunfelsia grandiflora subsp. Schultesii Plow- 
man subsp, nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva 1-5 m. alta. Rami graciles, 
arcuati, foliosi, cortice tenui longitudinaliter fisso, solu- 
bili. Ramuli glabri, epidermide in fragmentis solubili. 
Folia variabilia, plerumque lanceolata, oblonga vel ellip- 
tica, apice longe acuminata, acumine subfalcato, basi 
obtusa, cuneato-angustata, glabra, nervis lateralibus 5-9, 
patentibus, arcuatim anastomosantibus; petiolo crasso, 
breve. Intlorescentia variabilis, terminalis et subtermi- 
nalis, plerumque ramosa, bracteata, 8- usque ad multi- 
flora, bracteis parvis, lanceolatis, caducis. Pedicellus 
crassus, brevis. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, saepe 
basin angustatus, persistens, dentibus triangularibus vel 
ovato-triangularibus, acutis vel obtusis cum acumine 
breve. Corollae tubus quam calyx duplo longior, rectus, 
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