at Kew by Planchon, who annotated the sheet. It is a 
topotype. 
The report of the collector of this specimen relative to 
his having seen ‘‘several hundreds of fruits’’ on a culti- 
rated tree of Herrania albiflora must be recognized as an 
exaggeration. Although fruits are often very numerous 
in most species of Herrania, | have never met, in my 
field studies of the genus, any condition which would in- 
dicate ‘‘hundreds of fruits.” 
CotomsiA : Departamento de Cundinamarca, **Rio Guaco, near Muzo. 
Cacao simaron vg. name, in some districts no other cacao is known 
than this; the arillus around the seed is much esteemed for its deli- 
cious flavour and sweetness; it bears abundantly, on one tree (culti- 
vated) I saw several hundreds of fruits but ina green state. I believe 
it to be a hardier species than 7’. cacao as it is a native of the lower 
mountain, while 7’. cacao is a native of the hotter plains. This species 
is often of the same habit and size as 7’. cacao. Hab. in dense woods 
.... Of this I was able to obtain ripe fruit.’’ December 1845, Wil- 
liam Purdie sine num. (Tororyre in Herb. Kew). 
Herrania kanukuensis PR. 1’. Schu/tes in Caldasia 
no. 6 (1943) 11. 
A duplicate type of Herrania kanukuensis at Kew 
(A.C. Smith 3541) has several leaflets which tend to be 
slightly irregularly dissected, suggesting a condition 
which approaches that of some specimens of HZ. lemnis- 
eata in which the leaflets are abnormally developed. In 
the original description of Herrania kanukuensis, the 
leaflets are described as ‘‘margine subintegra, saepe prope 
apicem subundulato-sinuato.’’ In their fruit, however, 
these two concepts are clearly distinct. It is obvious that 
Herrania lemniscata represents a link between HZ. lacini- 
ifolia of Colombia and HZ. kanukuensis of British Guiana 
which is, in turn, probably allied to the several Ama- 
zonian species. 
Herrania laciniifolia Goudot ex Triana & Plan- 
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