f 



Styracaceae 



Styrax Tessmannii Perkins in Notizbl. 10 (1928) 459. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. March 1946. Schultes 

 7144. 



i Comisaria del Vaupes, Miraflores, Rio Vaupes. February 7, 1944. Gutier- 



rez et Schultes 765.— Cano Guaracu, Rio Vaupes. February 21, 1944. 



Gutierrez et Schultes 868. 



medicine men 



m 



m 



the decaying portion of the tooth. 



firmly 



Apocynaceae 



Bonafousia tetrastachyaf/Z^A:.; Markgraf in Pulle, Fl. Surinam 

 4(1937)454. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. October 1945. Schultes 

 6594.— Same locality. September 1946. Schultes et Black 8346. — Mouth of 

 Rio Loretoyacu. October 8, 1961. Idroho 4692. Same locality. August 19, 

 1964. Fernandez- Perez 6867. 



monte 



numerous medicinal applications in the region, notwithstanding 

 the caustic character of its latex. 



The collection Fernandez- Perez 6867 is very strongly 

 alkaloid-positive with a Dragendorff spot-test on fresh material. 



Malouetia furfuracea Bentham ex Mueller- Argoviensis in Mar- 

 tius, Fl. Bras. 6, pt. 1 (1860)93. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Mitu. "Small tree in water at river's edge. 

 Flowers white. Latex white, abundant." September 27-October 20, 1966. 



Raffauf 24167, 



following 

 positive. 



material gave the 



Malouetia Tamaquarina A. DeCandolle in DeCandolle, Prodr. 



8(1844)378. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. September-November, 



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