Herrania pulcherrima Goudot in Ann. Sci. Nat. 
Paris, sér. 3, 2 (1844) 232, t. 5, figs. 11-12. 
Theobroma pulcherrimum (Goudot) de Wildeman PI. 
Trop. Grande Cult. (1902) 89. 
It is often overlooked that de Wildeman made the 
combination Theobroma pulcherrimum half a century 
ago. This combination is usually attributed to Pittier 
(Man. Pl. Usuales Venez. (1926) 147). 
The type specimen of Herrania pulcherrima has al- 
ways been thought to be in Paris, but, as in the case of 
H. albiflora (ct. Schultes in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard 
Univ. 16 (1953) 75), there is material in Geneva which 
may well be the true type from which Goudot’s descrip- 
tion and illustrations (at least of the flowers) were made. 
Goudot (loc. cit. 232) spoke of the type as inhabiting the 
great forests situated between the Rios Ariari and Guay- 
abero, afHuents of the upper Orinoco system in the Co- 
lombian Llanos. 
The Geneva material consists of two sheets. It is 
labelled in Goudot’s hand: ‘‘Herrania pulcherrima mihi. 
An. Sci. Nat. 1844. Llanos del Orinoco, pueblo d’ Iraca, 
San Juan. Flos. Dec.*” One sheet consists of a length 
of golden-tomentose stalk about one foot long, a very 
young leaf and young capsules. One of the envelopes on 
the sheet has the Koregwahe Indian name (reported by 
Goudot in the original description): ‘cacao cahouai— 
Llanos.’” Another envelope, on the outside of which 
Goudot has written ‘‘CN. 2 theobroma affinis Herrania 
pulcherrima,’’ has a completely and beautifully dissected 
flower, the separate parts glued to the inside of the en- 
velope. There can be no doubt but that Goudot made 
his drawing of the flower of Herrania pulcherrima (loc. 
cit. t. 5, figs. 11-12) from this same dissection. 
The leaf which is preserved at Geneva could hardly 
have served asa basis for Goudot’s excellent description, 
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