phasize the common occurrence of this representative of 
a South American genus in adjacent areas of Central 
America, as far north as the Republic of Nicaragua. The 
species appears to be concentrated especially in Panama. 
The Colombian collection cited below is the second 
collection from Colombia and the South American con- 
tinent. The first, Schultes 5754, (reported in Caldasia no. 
11 (1944) 28, t. 1, 2), was from the region near Turbo. 
Schultes & Lopez 10464, while from the same general 
area (the Golfo de Uraba), places Herrania purpurea 
much farther to the south. 
Cotomsi1a: Departamento de Antioquia, Golfo de Uraba, Villa Arte- 
aga, Municipio de Pavorandocito. **Small tree 8 ft. tall.’ December 
1948, Richard Evans Schultes & Francisco Lopez 10464. 
NicaraGua: 1867, Seemann sine num. (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
Panama: ‘‘Chiriqui’’ [Rec’d.] June 1886, J. H. Hart sine num. 
(Herb. Kew). Sutton Hayes sine num. (Herb. Kew; Herb. Mus. Brit. ) 
Canal Zone, near Madden Dam, “‘near sea level. Forest. Shrub, 
simple stem 10 ft.; fruits yellow.’’ June 9, 1939, 4. G. H. Alston 
8861 (Herb. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Gray). 
DILLENIACEAE 
Saurauia rigidissima R. 7. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbor parva et pulcherrima ut videtur. Rami lignosi 
strigillosique cum pilis subhamulatis, fusco-ferrugineis, 
4 mm. longis dense obtecti. Folia rigide coriacea, obo- 
vata, apice rotundata, basi cuneata, margine remotissime 
subdenticulata, 29-41 em. longa, 12.5—16 cm. lata; infra 
(siccitate) aureo-brunnea, dense et minutissime granu- 
losa, mMaximopere minutissime et subremote stellato- 
pilosa; supra (siccitate) brunneo-viridia, subnitida; venis 
crassis, hamulato, strigosis, supra planis, infra promi- 
nenter elevatis; petioli robustissimi, hamulato-strigosi, 
4.5 em. longi, 5 mm. crassi. Inflorescentiae erectae, foliis 
aequales vel longiores, multiflorae, dense paniculatae ; 
bracteae pedicellos subtendentes minutissimae, triangu- 
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