collections and observations have shown it to be rather 
common in Amazonian Colombia. The type (Spruce 
3207) was collected a century ago by Spruce along the 
Casiquiare in Venezuela. 
The following collections of Virola calophylla are those 
upon which the identification of one source of the nar- 
cotic snuff was made. 
Cotompia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama, entre 
el Rio Pacoa y el Rio Kananari. Alt. about 250 m. ““Small tree about 
35 feet tall; diameter 8-9 inches. Bark exudes inside a reddish resin 
when ripped off tree. Externally reddish brown, pebbled. Puinave = 
ya-kee. Source of narcotic snuff. In flood-forest.’? June 26, 1951, 
Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 12855.—Same locality. “‘Large 
columnar tree. Source of yd-kee snuff. Flood-forest.’’ August 16, 1951, 
Schultes & Cabrera 13587. 
2. Virola calophylloidea Markgraf Repert. Sp. 
Nov. 19 (1928) 24. 
Virola lepidota A. C. Smith in Brittonia 2 (1986) 152. 
This species, the type of which was collected in Mandos 
by Ule (Ule 8846) half a century ago, is rare in Ama- 
zonian Brazil in the Rio Negro and Rio Madeira valleys. 
Hitherto, it has not been known from Colombia, where 
it appears to be much less common than Virola calophylla 
in the Amazonian regions. 
The following collection of Virola calophylloidea is that 
upon which the identification of the second source of the 
narcotic snuff was made. 
CoLtomsi1A: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama, entre 
el Rio Pacoa y el Rio Kananari. Altitude about 250 m. “‘Small tree 
along flood-bank. Flowers brownish. Puinave name =yd-kee. Source 
of narcotic snuff.’’ July 3, 1951, Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro 
Cabrera 12872. 
3. Virola spp. 
The possibility that other species of Virola are used in 
this way must not be overlooked. ‘The Tawaino Indians 
of the Rio Kananari in Amazonian Colombia pointed out 
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