According to the collectors, the bark of the trunk is scraped and 

 added to water t(^ prepare a drink f(^r curing dxsentery. The Maku 

 name of the tree \s pinulahi\ in Portuguese, it is called arapari. 



Spartium junceum IJunacus. Sp. PI. (1753) 708. 



Ec tadoh: p!o\incia A/iia>. aUmLi Rio Taiqiii, near S, 300-9. 000 led alt. "Frcct 

 shrubs to 3 m. Stems bright green. Moral parts bright yellow. An exceeding 

 ctnrimon escape on almost all dr\' slopes in the Cuenca area." March 7, 1945. 

 Camp /:'-Jr>/5.— Pro\incia Canar, near xiMage o^ San Marcos, northeast o{ 

 A/ogues. "Shrubs to 1.5 m. hU^uers \ellow. The flo\\ers are used to adorn the 

 Mother of God." April I, 1945. Camp F'25()l. 



This introduced shrub, known in highland Fcuadoras retania. 

 is believed to have abortifacient properties. According to Camp, 

 ''an infusion of the roots is taken by women who do not want 

 children." The dried flowers are also ''smoked as a cigarette for 

 asthma.'' 



Ghraniachaf 



Geranium rhomboidale Moore in Gentes Herb. 8, fasc. 3 (1951) 

 255, t. 103. 



CoroMHr-x: Comisaria del Putumayo. Paramo de San Antonio between I. a 

 Lagiina de l.a Cocha and the Vallc\ of Sibund(^y. Ail. 3000 3200 m. Fehruary 

 13, 1942. S(hu/u'sM?^8.- Road from Sibundoy to Pasto, between la Maria and 

 Paramo de San Antonio. Alt. 2900 3180 m. June I, 1946. Schultcsct Villarreal 



7825 . 



In the Sibundoy Valley, the crushed leaves of Geranium rhoni- 

 boiclale are considered to have styptic properties. 



DlCHAPnTALACEAE 



Stephanopodium peruvianum Poeppig et Endlichcr, Nov. Gen. 

 et Sp. 3(1843)40. 



CoroMiUA: Comisaria del Ama/onas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama. "Small tree. 

 Fruit green." September 28, 1951. Schultes et Cabrera 7^/57.— Comisaria del 

 Putumayo. Plowman 2042. 



In the Colombian Putumayo, this plant is known as calentura- 

 caspi C^fever-tree") or chiric-caspi (the same meaning). It is 

 employed as a febrifuge. 



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