in many parts of southern Colombia and has been the 
subject of several recent articles (Chalons in Agric. 
Amer. 4 (1944) 110-112; McCann, ibid. 7 (1947) 146- 
149; Hodge in Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. 7 (1947) 147- 
154; Hodge in Journ. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 48 (1947) 155- 
159), there are apparently no Colombian collections of 
Solanum quitoense in the larger herbaria of Colombia and 
the United States. 
The lulo is used as a fruit and is cultivated in much of 
Andean Colombia (Hodge, loc. cit.), especially in the 
southern part of the country—in El Valle, Cauca and 
Narifo (Pérez-Arbelaez, ‘‘Plantas medicinales y venen- 
osas de Colombia’’ (1987) 246; ‘‘Plantas ttiles de Colom- 
bia’? (1947) 451), where it is known also as naranjillo and 
toronja. Lacking specimens or a critical taxonomic study 
of the lulo from the numerous areas of Colombia, we 
cannot be certain that only one species is involved. 
Solanum quitoense, as represented in our herbaria, is 
rather common in the Andean highlands of Ecuador and 
Peru. The collections Schultes & Villarreal 7616 and 
Schultes 3271 from the southernmost Andes of Colombia 
not far from the boundary of Ecuador are taxonomi- 
cally indistinguishable from the material from Ecuador 
and Peru. It is obvious that an extensive taxonomic 
study of the lulo in Colombia is needed. Certainly the 
possibilities of this delicious fruit would indicate the ad- 
visability of such an investigation. 
Co.tomsra: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valley of Sibundoy, Sibundoy, 
alt. about 2225-2300 m. “‘Large shrub. Stem and under surface of 
leaf purplish, hairy. Flowers white, anthers yellow. Fruit orange 
colored and size of oranges. Naranjillo. Kamsa Indian name: ma-sha- 
kve.’’ May 29, 1946, Richard Evans Schultes & Mardoqueo Villarreal 
7616.—Same locality, February 16, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 
3271.—Departamento de Antioquia, Rio Negro, ‘“La Granja.’’ Cul- 
tivated, November 2, 1946, W. H. Hodge 67172. 
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