leaflets; minutely lacerate (instead of entire) sepals; 
smaller outer and larger inner sepals; and generally 
smaller petals which, in the bud, are subcucullate at the 
apex. There are also minor floral and vegetative differ- 
ences which more abundant material may show to be of 
importance. 
Cotomsi1a: Comisaria del Caquetaé, Apaporis River, Cerro Castillo 
(below confluence of Ajaju and Macaya), quartzite base, alt. of col- 
lections 350-1000 feet above the forest floor, 1250-1900 feet above 
sea-level. ““Flowers white, centres yellow-brown, aromatic fragrant. 
Treelet 15 feet. On exposed rock. Much branched. Basal diameter 3- 
4 inches. Leaflets very coriaceous, marginally inrolled.’’ July 27, 
1943, Richard Evans Schultes 5657 (Tyrer in U.S. Nat. Herb.). 
Sauvagesia erecta Linnaeus Sp. Pl. (1753) 203. 
Sauvagesia erecta, the most widespread species of the 
genus, is rather variable and presents several general geo- 
graphical variants. It has been collected in Colombia in 
the Departamentos de Norte de Santander, Huila, To- 
lima and Cauca (Dwyer in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 72 
(1945) 580). The collection cited below is apparently the 
first from the entire Amazon basin of Colombia. There 
are numerous collections from the adjacent Amazonian 
regions of Brazil and Peru. 
Cotomsia : Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Igaraparanaé, near La Chor- 
rera, alt. about 180 meters. ‘‘Small shrub under 8 inches tall. Flow- 
ers pinkish.’’ June 4-10, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3955. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
Lindakeria nitida Willip & R. I. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbuscula usque ad viginti quinque pedes alta, ramo- 
sissima, ramis longis laxisque. Folia ovata, basi cuneato- 
obtusa, apice attenuato-acuminata, integerrima, 10.5—14 
cm. longa, 4.5—5.5 em. lata, supra nitidissima, vivo ap- 
parenter atroviridia cum venis non conspicuis, subtus 
aliquid pallidiora cum venis prominentibus, utrinque 
glaberrima, nervis secundariis plusminusve quinque. Pet- 
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