Columbia: Departamento do Cundinamarca, Choconta, El Sisga. Alt. 8600 



feet. Cultivated in the gardens of the Institute) de Ciencias Naturales, Ciudad 

 Universitaria, Bogota. December 17. 1983. H. Garcia- Barri^a 21 366. Type in 

 Herb. Nac. Col. No. 254420; duplicate type in Herb. Gray. Same locality. 

 December 2. 1982. Garcia- Barriga 21345 (Herb. Nac. Col. 236660). 



Primus Betancurii appears to be related to P. Moritziana 

 Koehneand P. ocellata Koehne, both from highland Colombia. 

 From the former, it can be distinguished by its longer and less 

 dense inflorescences with much slenderer axes and shorter and 

 weaker pedicels; furthermore, its leaves are not conspicuously 

 marginate. It differs from the latter species by having longer 

 inflorescences (2-3 cm. in P. ocellata, 4-6 cm. in P. Betancurii) 

 which are much more densely flowered; furthermore, its leaves 

 are obtuse or occasionally very short-acuminate as opposed to the 

 long and conspicuously acuminate leaves of P. ocellata. The 

 leaves of P. Betancurii in life are strongly undulate, whereas in the 

 other two species the leaves appear to be more or less flat. 



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