Schoenobiblus peruvianus has hitherto not been re- 
corded from Colombia. The only other representative 
of this genus in Colombia is Schoenobiblus coriaceus 
Domke, which has been found on Sierra Santa Marta at 
an altitude of 4,500 feet. 
Schoenobiblus peruvianus 1s avery important ingredient 
in the arrow-poisons of the Kofin Indians of the Putu- 
mayo. Both the fruits and the root are employed. This is 
apparently the first report of a member of the Thymel- 
eaceae as an ingredient of curare. 
Cotomsra: Comisaria de] Putumayo, Rio San Miguel 6 Sucumbios, 
Conejo y alrededores, frente a la Quebrada Conejo, alt. 300 m, “Large 
shrub. Root furnishes one of the poisons for curare.’’ 2-5 abril, 1942, 
Richard Evans Schultes 3486.—Same locality. ‘Small shrub. Poison: 
crushed fruits an ingredient of curare.’’? 2-5 abril, 1942, Richard 
Evans Schultes 3521.—Same locality. ‘‘Poison. Fruits used in making 
curare. Shrub.’’ 2-5 abril, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3655,—Comis- 
aria del Putumayo, Rio San Miguel 6 Sucumbios, Santa Rosa y los al- 
rededores, alt. 380 m. (?). “‘Roots and fruits used in Kofaén curare 
preparation.’’ 7-8 abril, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3613 
SAPOTACEAE 
Lucuma dolichophylla Standley ex Llewelyn Wil- 
liams (sine diagn. lat.) in Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 15 
(1936) 411. 
Arbor 45-70 pedes alta, recto cum trunco plusminusve 
cylindrico, 8-20 poll. in diametro, ramo inferiore 12- 
35 pedes ab humo. Cortex extus atropurpureo-fuscus, 
dulce cum latice, intus grosse fibrosus. Flores parvi al- 
bique. Fructus rotundatus, indumento brunneo velu- 
tinoque maturitate lutescenti obtectus, esculentus. 
This concept was described in English without a Latin 
diagnosis in Williams’ ‘* Woods of northeastern Peru.” 
The name is here validated by rendering the English 
description into Latin. 
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