the main river and in abandoned house sites on an afflu- 
ent creek. 
All of the fruits of the many Brazilian collections were 
a brilliant blood-red, a character which was especially 
emphasized in the original description, for the reason that 
only one other species— Herrania laciniifolia Goudot ex 
Triana & Planch. of the Colombian Andes—is known to 
have capsules of this color. It is important now to note 
that all of the fruiting Colombian collections cited below 
have capsules which give definite evidence of ripening 
yellow. It is obvious, then, that two colors are assumed 
by the fruit of Herrania Camargoana. Whether the red 
color is due to some mineral deficiency (inasmuch as the 
plants with fruits of this unusual color grow on very ster- 
ile granite rock-soil) or not we are, as yet, unable to say. 
Cotompra: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Negro, Cafio Maiyabo, near 
San Felipe. “‘Tree 16 ft., first collection of this species in Colombia. 
Leaves and one ripe fruit (sent to Trinidad); native, in forest. Flowers 
pale yellow.’’ October 27, 1952, R. E. D. Baker (Anglo.-Col. Cacao 
oll. Exped.) 38.—Same locality and date. Richard Evans Schultes & 
Isidoro Cabrera 18050.—Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Negro, San Felipe. 
‘Tree 15 feet, in full flower, no fruit. On old house site; seed said to 
have been brought from the locality of No. 35.’’ November 5, 1952, 
R. E. D. Baker (Anglo-Col. Cacao Coll. Exped.) 39.—Comisaria del 
Vaupés, cafio opposite Inambi. November 18, 1952, B. G. Bartley & 
P. Holliday (Anglo-Col. Cacao Coll. Exped.) 45. 
Brazit: Estado do Amazonas, creek near north end of Inambit, Rio 
Uaupés. ““Tree 4m. Fls. Cal. purple-crimson; pet. deep crimson on 
dull yellow; ligules whitish and purple-crimson at extremities, 9-12 
em. long. Fruit 8-8.7 <6 cm.’’ November 17, 1952, B. G. Bartley 
& P. Holliday (Anglo-Col. Cacao Coll, Exped.) 56. 
Herrania nycterodendron RF. Ll. Schultes in Cal- 
dasia no. 6 (1943) 21, t. p. 22, 26; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 
Harvard Univ. 14 (1950) t. 35. 
Known hitherto only from the Putumayo River, the 
boundary between Perti and Colombia, Herrania nyc- 
terodendron has recently been collected on the Caqueté 
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