may be erroneous and may have been based on a sterile 
collection of H. albiflora, superficially often rather similar. 
When Triana and Planchon (Prodr. Fl. Novo-Granat. 
(1862) 209) erroneously reduced Herrania aspera to syn- 
onymy under AZ. pulcherrima, additional confusion con- 
cerning the distribution of the concept resulted. 
Cotomsia: Intendencia del Meta, Llanos de San Martin, Villavi- 
cencio, altitude 400 m., January 1856, J. Triana 5333 (Typer).—Com- 
isaria del Amazonas, Rio Amazonas, La Victoria. ‘‘Small tree. Edge 
of forest.’’ August-September, 1929, Llewelyn Williams 2816,.—In- 
tendencia del Meta, Llanos de San Martin, Villavicencio, altitude 
about 500 m. “‘Dense forest. Small tree, 3 m. high. Leaves borne 
at summit; stem about 2 ecm. in diameter, bearing red flowers in 
lower part.’’ March 17, 1939, EF. P. Killip 34247.—Comisaria del 
Vaupés, Upper Apaporis basin, Rio Macaya near confluence of Ajaju 
and Macaya, near Puerto Hevea. Altitude 350 meters. Sandy, well- 
drained soil. “‘Treelet 12 ft. tall, basal diameter 3 inches. Bark 
smooth, black, thin. Fruit on lower portion of trunk, ellipsoid, 10- 
ribbed, long-tipped, rich green, stinging hairs up to 1 mm. long along 
ribs and between them to a lesser extent. Persistent sepals brown, 
dried, densely hirsute. Fruit (without peduncle which is 25 mm. long 
and 5 mm. in diameter) 9-10 cm. <5 em, in diameter.’’? June 1943, 
Richard Evans Schultes 5529.—Comisaria del Amazonas, Trapécio am- 
azonico, Leticia. Alt. about 100 m. September—November 1944, 
Richard Evans Schultes 6141; 6143; 6144; 6147; 6149; 6192 A.—Com- 
isaria del Amazonas, Trapécio amazénico, Rio Loretoyacu. Alt. about 
100 m. “‘Small treelet. Tikuna Indian name: cha-te-rd.’’ October 
20-30, 1945, Richard Evans Schultes 6640. 
Herrania nitida (Pocpp.) R. KE. Schultes fma. 
sphenophylla FR. L. Schultes stat. nov. 
Herrania nitida (Poepp.) R. E. Schultes var. spheno- 
phylla R. K. Schultes in Caldasia 2, no. 6 (1948) 20. 
Continued field studies of the rather variable Herrania 
nitida complex indicate the advisability of treating this 
concept as a form and not as a variety. 
Herrania pulcherrima Goudot var. pacifica PR. HL. 
Schultes var. nov. 
Arbor parva usque ad viginti quinque pedes alta, ab 
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