Herrania pulcherrima foliolis valde membranaceis, supra 
minute stellato-pilosis et non muricatis vel subtubercu- 
latis, lateralibus saepissime valde obliquis; floribus vulgo 
multo minoribus cum partibus (petalis ligulisque) ochra- 
ceis vel albis; fructibus minoribus (11.5 cm. longis, 7 
em. in diametro) principaliter differt. 
This concept would seem to represent a Pacific coastal 
variant of Herrania pulcherrima, a species which, in its 
typical form, is endemic to the cordilleras of Colombia. 
Cotompia: Departamento del Valle, Pacific coast, Rio Yurumangui, 
Caimanero. Forest. Alt. 10 m. ‘‘Arbolito 6 m. Tallo 6-7 em. didme- 
tro, gris negruzco oscuro, leso con verrugas. Inflorescencias caulinares 
paucifloras. Capullos florales pardo-ocraceos.’’ February 5, 1944, J. 
Cuatrecasas 16010.—Intendencia del Chocé6, Rio San Juan, vicinity 
of Palestina. Alt. 0-30 m. “‘Arbolito 8 m. Tallo 15 em. didmetro. 
Hoja membranosa, gruesa, rigida, verde amarillenta. Peciolo verde, 
ocraceo. Fruto 11.5 em, <7 em., prismatico-pyramidal, apuntado con 
5 costillas muy salientes y otras cortas; algunos nervios muy marca- 
dos; verde amarillento.’’ May 28, 1946, J. Cuatrecasas 21337 .—De- 
partamento de Antioquia, north of Dabeiba, road to Turbo. “*Closed 
rain forest. Tropical, shady, wet. Alt. 300 m. Height of plant 5-6 
m. Flowers cauline. Rose-white interior ; red appendages 10 cm. long; 
corolla deep red. Grows deep in rain forest. Leaf and petiole with 
hairy brown wool.’’ February 25, 1942, Univ. California 3rd Bot. Gard. 
Exped. Andes 1942, 30173 (Leg. R. D. Metcalf & J. Cuatrecasas). 
Ecuapor: “‘Foot of Western Cordillera. Alt. 100 m. In the shade 
of the forest. Tree 5 m. high, 7 em. diameter. Bark blackish with 
small warts. Leaves alternate, palmate, with 7 leaflets; leaflets 60 em. 
long; leafstalks 60 em. long with 2 quite narrow, 24 em. long stip- 
ules. Leaves and stem, when young, brownish velvet-hairy. Flowers 
on the old stem, on short peduncles. Flower almost 3 cm. in diameter, 
dark red, with 8 em. long reddish-white, thread-like appendages. 
Fruit not seen, said to be cacao-like, with edible, white, sweet husks 
of the seeds. Rare. Not used. Vulg. cacao de monte.’’ No date, A. 
Rimbach 48.—Provincia Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Colorados. 
Alt. 800 m. ‘‘Especie arbores con flores directamente pegadas al 
tronco. Flores rojas.”’ August 10, 1945, M. Acosta-Solis 10923. 
Herrania purpurea (Pitt.) R. . Schultes in Caldasia 
2, no. 9 (1944) 3383. 
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