Pitcairnia patentiflora L. B. Smith in Contrib. 
Gray Herb. 127 (1939) 18, t. 1, fig. 4. 
This species, one of those with a distribution on the 
Guiana-Venezuela land-mass, has been reported from 
Colombia as far west as Cerro Chiribiquete (in Bot. Mus. 
Leafl. Harvard Univ. 12 (1946) 121). The collection 
cited below is intermediate between the type locality, 
Cerro Duida, and Chiribiquete. 
CotomsBiA: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Naquieni, Cerro Monachi. 
ee . “ae: . 
Flowers and axis of inflorescence red.’’ June 1948, Richard Evans 
Schultes & Francisco Lopez 10082. 
Brocchinia hechtioides Mez in Fedde Rep. Spec. 
Nov. 12 (1918) 414. 
The specimen cited below is the first record for Colom- 
bia of a species previously known from Mount Roraima 
and the Amazonas Territory of Venezuela. 
CoLompraA: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri. 
Alt. 250 m. above the river, 700 m. above sea-level. Crest of the cerro 
in rocky sandstone soil. November 29-30, 1951, H. Garcia- Barriga 
13796. 
Navia caulescens Martius ex Schultes filius var. 
minor Schultes & Schultes filius in Roem. & Schult. 
Syst. 7 (1880) 1195. 
The species and its variety minor were described to- 
gether and, in default of any designation to that effect, 
the inference is that the second locality mentioned, Ara- 
racuara, applies to the variety. The recent collections 
cited below would tend to confirm this view and also to 
show a large extension of the range of the variety. There 
is a considerable variation in the dimensions of the leaves 
but no notable difference in the flowers. 
Cotompia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Caqueté, Araracuara: Sa- 
bana de La Angostura. Alt. ca. 400 m. December 21, 1951, H. 
Garcia- Barriga & Richard Evans Schultes 14171.—Comisaria del Vau- 
pés, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri. November 29-30, 1951, H. 
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