Mauritia minor Burret in Notizbl. 11 (1980) 1. 
Mauritia minor, described from material from the up- 
per Caqueta of Colombia, forms dense stands in the 
nearly permanent bogs of the forest in the Comisarias 
del Caqueta, del Putumayo and del Amazonas (Dugand 
le. 82). In Witoto, the fruit of the canangucho or 
Mauritia minor, is called gui-né-na-ké-ne-ké. It is gath- 
ered in quantity for the preparation of an alcoholic bev- 
erage known locally as chicha de canangucho. 
Cotomsi1a: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Caraparand, El Encanto. 
“*Frondlets 6—8 ft. long or more. Petiole 9-10 ft. long. Tremendous 
tree, 70 ft. tall. Trunk basally 14-2 ft. through, smooth. Fruit 
heavily laden.’’ May 22-28, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3865, 
BROMELIACEAE 
Navia Lopezii L. B. Smith sp. nov. 
Herba saxicola, caulescens, scandens, cauli robusto. 
Folia dense polystiche ordinata, integerrima; vaginis late 
ovatis, ca. 2 cm. longis, nervatis, atrocastaneis, lucidis; 
laminis sublinearibus, planis, usque ad 22 cm. longis et 
23 mm. latis, basi paulo attenuatis, apice acuminatis et 
breviter involuto-subulatis, margine angusto cartilagineo 
brunneo, subtus minute perobscureque albo-lepidotis. 
Scapus nullus. Inflorescentia in foliorum centro nidu- 
lans, densa, e fasciculis paucis paucifloris formata; fas- 
ciculorum bracteis exterioribus oblongis, late acutis, 
quam sepalis subduplo brevioribus. Bracteae florigerae 
lanceolatae, acuminatae, amplae, sepala superantes, sub- 
coriaceae. Flores sessiles. Sepala libera, linearia, acumi- 
nata, 50 mm. longa, subcoriacea, glabra, sepalo anteriore 
plano posterioribus alato-carinatis incluso. Petala roseo- 
purpurea (! Schultes), laminis ellipticis, ca. 1 em. longis, 
stamina superantibus. 
Dr. Smith writes, in connection with his description 
of Navia Lopezii: ‘*This species has flowers more than 
twice the size of any previously known Nava, and the 
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