basin, are intermediate and show that this species 1s 
probably an ancient remnant now represented discon- 
tinuously in eastern Colombia. 
Cotompra: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Guainia, Rio Naquieni, Cerro 
- ee i . s 
Monachi. On shady, rocky cliff. Flowers yellow.’’ June, 1948. 
Richard Evans Schultes & Francisco Lopez 10062. 
LYTHRACEAE 
Cuphea cathargenensis (Jacg.) Macbride in Field 
Mus. Publ. Bot. 8 (1980) 124. 
Cuphea cathargenensis has been collected in nearly all 
parts of Colombia but has hitherto apparently not been 
recorded from the Amazon watershed. 
CotompiA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, alt. ca. 
2250 m. ‘‘Flowers violet.’’ Feb. 12, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 
3201. 
Cuphea racemosa (L.f.) Sprengel Syst. 2 (1825) 
455. 
This species has been collected very frequently along 
the entire Andean cordillera of Colombia in Antioquia, 
Caldas, El Valle, Cauca, and possibly in Narifio. Schu/tes 
& Smith 2097 seems to be the first collection from the 
Amazon watershed. The plant is used, in the form of a 
decoction, as a diuretic by the Inga Indians of Mocoa. 
Cotoma1a: Comisaria del Putumayo, Mocoa. Alt. 750-850 m. “‘Di- 
uretic. Flowers purple. Inga name: i-spa-na-nai-ambe. Dec, 3-7, 1942, 
Richard Evans Schultes & C. Earle Smith 2097. 
Cuphea strigulosa HBK. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 6 
(1828) 204. 
Cuphea strigulosa is frequent in the Andes of Peru, 
Ecuador and Colombia. The collection cited below is the 
first from Huila and the southernmost from Colombia. 
Cotomsta: Departamento del Huila, Pitalito, Quinche, open fields. 
Alt. 1800 m. December 30, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes & M. Vil- 
larreal 5119. 
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