Some of the observations have arisen from my own 
studies in the Amazonian areas of Colombia. Others rep- 
resent the work of the Anglo-Colombian Cacao Collect- 
ing Kxpedition which has been exploring the forests of 
Colombia for material of Theobroma and Herrania since 
July 1952, and which it has been my good fortune to 
accompany on several trips into the Comisarias del Am- 
azonas, Putumayo and Vaupés. 
Herrania albiflora Goudot in Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 
sér. 8, 2 (1844) 230, t. 5, figs. 1-10. 
In spite of the reddish hue reported for the flowers by 
the collector (1 suspect that this refers to the outside of 
the calyx-lobes), Aristeguieta 1598 is referable to Her- 
rania albiflora. \t represents the second Venezuelan col- 
lection of this species, the first being Tejera 268 from near 
Periaé in the Estado de Zulia. At the present time only 
two species of Herrania are known from Venezuela: A. 
albiflora and H. lemniscata (Schomb.) R. E. Schult. 
A. kanukuensis R. EK. Schult. and H. Camargoana R.K. 
Schult., from boundary regions of adjacent countries, are 
also to be expected in the Venezuelan flora. 
VENEZUELA: Estado de Barinas, Fundo Paiva, Santa Barbara de 
Barinas. ‘““Arbusto de mds o menos 2 m. de alto. Fls. caulinares, 
rojizas. Frutos de mas o menos 10 em. de largo, amarillentos, encier- 
ran una pulpa agri-dulce, comestible. Abunda en el estrato arbusti- 
forme de laselva. N.v.: cacaito.’? February 1952, L. Aristeguieta 1598. 
Herrania breviligulata R. LH. Schultes in Caldasia 
no. 4 (1942) 20. t.p. 21, 24; Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard 
Univ. 16 (1958) 78, t. 12. 
On a recent trip to the Comisaria del Putumayo ad- 
ditional material of Herrania breviligulata was found at 
Mocoa, the type locality of this species. Hitherto, this 
strikingly distinct concept has been known through but 
two collections: the type, Schultes & Smith 2050, a flow- 
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