Los Amigos Jungle Cucumbers - Figure 1 1.1 2003/08/14 14:02:13 GMT-5 2003/08/14 16:14:47.422 GMT-5 John Janovec jjanovec@brit.org John Janovec jjanovec@brit.org Mariyah Poonawala mariyah@rice.edu Kyle Clarkson kclarks@rice.edu

Gurania is a beutiful and complex genus of 40-75 species of Neotropical vines. It is surprising that Gurania is only rarely seen in public works of art, such as this stamp from Costa Rica.