VELLOZIACEAE 
Vellozia phantasmagoria FP. I’. Schultes in Bot. 
Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 12 (1946) 180, t. XDX, XX. 
The sterile collection cited below establishes the occur- 
rence of the curious V’ellozia phantasmagoria far to the 
west of its hitherto known range. It was found by 
Schultes on Cerro Chiribiquete (its type locality) in the 
upper Rio Apaporis drainage-area ; and by Paul H. Allen 
on Cerro Yapoboda, not far from Mitu, in the lower 
course of the Colombian Vaupés. 
Cotompra: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Nequieni (affluent of Rio 
Guainia), Cerro Monachi ‘‘ Hanging on rocky crags.’’ June 1948, 
Richard Evans Schultes & Francisco Lopez 10067. 
MENISPERMACEAE 
Abuta grandifolia (Mart.) Sandwith in Kew Bull. 
(1937) 397. 
Abuta grandifolia, widespread throughout the Ama- 
zon Valley and adjacent areas of northern South America, 
has previously been known from the Vaupés, Caqueta 
and Putumayo drainage-areas of Colombia (KKrukoff and 
Moldenke in Brittonia 8 (1988) 60; in Bull. Torrey Bot. 
Club 68 (1941) 240). The Siona Indians of the Putumayo 
utilize an infusion of the leaves of this plant in treating 
fevers. 
Cotomsia: Intendencia del Amazonas, Rio Putumayo, carretera 
entre Caucaya (Puerto Leguizamo) y La Tagua, alt. 225 m. ‘‘Small 
tree.’’ May 17, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3740. 
Abuta splendida Krukoff & Moldenke in Bull. Tor- 
rey Bot. Club 68 (1941) 241. 
Described from Bolivian material, 4buta splendida has 
not hitherto been known from the Colombian flora. 
Cotomsr1a: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio San Miguel 6 Sucumbios, 
Nonejo y los alrededores, frente a la Quebrada Conejo. Nombre kofan : 
sa-pé-pa. 2-5 abril, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3525. 
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