Jt 



This plant is known in the Putumayo as cola de monte. It is 

 reputedly "medicinal", but no specific use could be elucidated. 



Justicia stenophylla Urban et Britton in Urban, Symb. Ant. 7 

 (1912)389. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Pacoa. February 7, 1952. Schultes et 

 Cabrera 15244. 



t The Puinave name for this plant is ya-ko-yoo'. 



Justicia sp. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Guainia, alto Rio lnirida. October 1 1, 1978. Espina 

 313. 



According to the collector, this collection is known as "flor de 

 la culebra", suggesting that it may be employed in treating 

 snake-bites. 



Mendoncia pedunculata Leonard in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 31 

 (1951) 16. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Vaupes, Miraflores. February 12, 

 1 944. Gutrierrez et Schultes 789. 



common 



said to have been a favourite fish poison in former years. 



Sanchezia Pennellii Leonard in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 16 

 (1926)488. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Ama/onas, Rio Amazonas, Leticia. September-No- 

 vember 1944. Schultes 6164. 



The leaves of Sanchezia Pennellii are reported in Leticia to 

 have excellent hemostatic properties. 



It is perhaps significant that another species of Sanchezia — S. 

 thinophila — is employed in the same region in the form of a 

 wash to bathe the heads of girls who undergo the ritual adoles- 

 cent initiating ceremony. (Schultes: Bot. Mus. Leafl., Harvard 

 Univ. 26(1978)272). 



Sanchezia thinophila Leonard ex R. E. Schultes in Bot. Leafl. 

 Harvard Univ. 16(1953)94. 



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