Richard Evans Schultes 3610.—Departamento de Antioquia, selva ver- 
anera siempreverde cerca de Porcesito en el valle del rio Medellin, alt. 
aprox. 1100 m., April 16, 1946, W. H. Hodge 6793.—Departamento 
del Norte de Santander, Bellavista on Pipeline. September 15, 1946, 
M. B. & R. Foster 1696. 
Aechmea tillandsioides (Mart.) Baker var. Kien- 
astii (7. Morr ex Mez) L. B. Smith in Caldasia no. 5 
(1942) 5. 
This variety is known from many parts of Colombia 
and from Venezuela. ‘wo collections from the Amazon 
watershed have been cited by Smith (loc. cit.): Pérez- 
Arbeliez & Cuatrecasas 6758 from Mitt, and Cuatrecasas 
8832 from Florencia. Schultes 5413 extends the species 
to the vast drainage-area of the Apaporis River. 
CotomsiA: Comisaria del Vaupés, Macaya-Ajaju River confluence. 
Mount Chiribiquete. May 15-16, 1943. Richard Evans Schultes 5413. 
—Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Macaya, vicinity of Cachivera del Diablo. 
‘*Bracts red, fruits white.’’ May 14, 1943, Richard Evans Schultes 5440. 
Navia caulescens Martius ex Schultes fil. Syst. 7 
(1830) 1195. 
The type of this very restricted endemic was collected 
by Martius at Araracuara and on the mountain at Cupati 
(La Pedrera) on the Rio Caqueta. It was collected again 
near the top of the Cerro de La Pedrera by Ducke in 
1912. 
In asummary of plants collected on this trip at La 
Pedrera, Ducke (loc. cit. 8365-872) stated of this bromeli- 
ad: ‘‘Sur les grands blocs de piérre abonde une Bromeli- 
acée trés curieuse, la Mavia caulescens Mart., découverte 
ici en 1820 et qui n’avait jamais été ensuite retrouvée. ’’ 
Schultes 5859, also from the top of the mountain at La 
Pedrera, represents the fourth collection of this strikingly 
distinct endemic. 
Cotomspia: Intendencia del Amazonas, Rio Caqueta, La Pedrera. 
April 1944, Rechard Evans Schultes 5899, 
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