Cotompra: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. Alt. about 
100 m. ‘‘Fruit ripening orange.’’ October 20-30, 1945, Richard 
Evans Schultes 6603. 
Geonoma interrupta (wiz & Pav.) Martius Hist. 
Nat. Palm. 2 (1823) 8, t. 7. 
According to Dugand’s enumeration of palms found 
in Colombia (in Caldasia 1 (1940) 44-48), this species of 
Geonoma has never before been recorded. 
CoLoms1A: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. Alt. about 
100 m. ‘“Twelve feet tall.’’ October 20-30, 1945, Richard Evans 
Schultes 6749. 
Geonoma laxiflora Martius Hist. Nat. Palm. 2 
(1823) 12, t. 11. 
Geonoma laxiflora, an Amazonian species, is now re- 
corded as an element of the flora of Colombia. 
Cotomstra : Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. Alt. about 100 
m. ‘‘Small palm. In clumps, 12-15 ft. tall. Tikuna name = be-ee-chd.”? 
October 20-30, 1945, Richard Evans Schultes 6656. 
Geonoma pycnostachys Martius Hist. Nat. Palm. 
2 (1823) 16, t. 17. 
Described from material collected by Martius in the 
Caqueta of Colombia, Geonoma pycnostachys is now 
registered from the headwaters of the Rio Putumayo. 
Since the locality cited below is exactly on the bound- 
ary between Colombia and Ecuador, this species should 
likewise be assigned to the flora of Ecuador. 
Cotoms1a: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio San Miguel or Sucumbios, 
Santa Rosa and vicinity. ‘‘Small terrestrial plant. Kofan Indian name: 
tsau-hess.’’ April 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3547. 
Lepidocaryum tenue Martius Hist. Nat. Palm. 
2 (1823) 51, t. 47. 
Dugand (loc. cit. 31) enumerates only two species of 
Lepidocaryum from Colombia. Lepidocaryum tenue, fre- 
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