Rapatea Spruceana Kérnicke in Linnaea 87 (1871- 
73) 470. 
Rapatea Spruceana has apparently not hitherto been 
reported for the flora of Colombia. The type was col- 
lected by Spruce along the lower Rio Guainia, possibly 
on the Colombian side. Schultes & Lopez 9297 may be 
considered as topotypical. 
CotomBia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Negro, El Castillo, San Felipe 
(opposite San Carlos, Venezuela). “‘Flowers yellow.’? December 12, 
1947, Richard Evans Schultes & Francisco Lopez 9297. 
MUSACEAE 
Heliconia lingulata Ruiz & Pavon FI. Peruv. et 
Chil. 8 (1802) 71. 
Known from the Departamento del Valle in Colombia, 
Heliconia lingulata, through the collection here cited, 
is now recorded from the Colombian Amazon watershed. 
Cotompia: Departamento del Cauca, Puerto Limon, ‘‘Bracts rose- 
coloured. Platanillo, Leaves 12 feet long. Inflorescence 6 feet long.”’ 
February 28, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3351. 
Heliconia psittacorum Linnaeus filius Suppl. 
(1781) 158. 
Heliconia psittacorum is widespread in the northern 
tropical parts of South America; in Colombia, it has 
been collected from the Llanos, from Santander, and 
from the Vaupés basin. Schultes 6633 is apparently the 
second collection from the Colombian Amazonia and 
greatly extends the known range of the species in that 
area. 
Cotomp1a: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. “*Bracts red 
with tips green. Capavira.’’ October 20-30, 1945, Richard Evans 
Schultes 6633. 
Heliconia Schumanniana Loesener in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. 54, Beibl. 117 (1916) 12. 
Heliconia Schumanniana, the type of which came from 
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