eastern Pert, has apparently not previously been re- 
corded from Colombia. 
Cotompia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Caucaya, entre Puerto 
Jaramillo y el Rio Putumayo. Altitude about 225 m. May 16, 1942, 
Richard Evans Schultes 3711. 
Heliconia stricta Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi 4 
(1906) 543. 
Heliconia stricta was described from material collected 
in Pert. Schultes 3489, from the boundary of Colombia 
and Ecuador, is apparently the first collection of the spe- 
cies from either of these countries. 
Cotoms1a: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Sucumbios (San Miguel) 
Puerto Conejo. “‘Platanillo.’’ April 2-5, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 
3489. 
CHLORANTHACEAE 
Hedyosmum toxicum Cuwatrecasas in Caldasia 8 
(1945) 432. 
Hedyosmum toxicum is very seldom used as a medicine 
and always with great care, and it is never taken as a 
beverage. Unless the decoction of the leaves be made 
rather weak, it can act as a violent emetic and is a strong 
intoxicant. 
CotomspiA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Paramo de San Antonio, alti- 
tude about 3000 m. “‘Granisillo pequeto. Large tree. Leaves aromatic. 
A tea of leaves sometimes used as a stomach tonic and as purge. It 
is a strong emetic.’’ February 13, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3249. 
Hedyosmum translucidum Cuwatrecasas in Cald- 
asia 8 (1945) 436. 
A remarkable tonic-stimulant effect is noted immedi- 
ately after a draught of a very hot decoction of the leaves 
of Hedyosmum translucidum. It may contain an active 
stimulant. During plant-collecting trips in the high, cold 
piramos of the western part of the Comisaria del Putu- 
mayo, I often prepared from the leaves of this bush, 
granisillo, the delicious aromatic beverage which travel- 
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