NO. I COLLECTIONS OF LOBB IN COLOMBIA — KILLIP 7 



BOMAREA PHYLLOSTACHYA MaSt. 



Page 144. "Andes of Columbia, Lobb! " 



The species of Bomarea to which this is most closely related range 

 from Colombia to Peru. Kranzlin has described ' a plant B. stricta, 

 based upon a Lobb specimen from Peru, which differs from B. phyl- 

 lostachya only in slightly smaller leaves and flowers. I strongly 

 suspect that the type of B. phyllostachya came from Peru, and may 

 even be a part of the same collection upon which B. stricta is based. 



Bomarea glomerata Herb. 



Page 148. "Andes of Columbia and Peru, Matheivs 1662! Lobb 

 256!" 



iA-s Mathews collected only in Peru, the " Columbia " reference 

 must have been to the Lobb plant. I can not separate B. glomerata 

 from the common Peruvian plant B. setacea R. & P., which is not 

 known to occur in Colombia. In all probability Lobb's 256 is from 

 Peru. 



Bomarea formosissima (R. & P.) Herb. 



Page 153. "Andes of Peru, Pavon! .... Columbian specimens 

 from Lobb and Bolivian from Pearce agree substantially with 

 Pavon's." 



This is the only Colombian record for one of the most showy of 

 Peruvian Bomareas. The Hartweg plant, from the vicinity of Bogota 

 cited ' by Bentham as B. formosissima has been shown by Baker to be 

 a distinct species, to which he gave the name B. herbertiana. 



Bomarea pardina Herb. 



Page 158. "Andes of New Granada and Ecuador, gathered recently 

 by Lobb, Spruce, Pearce, and Andre." 



Spruce and Pearce did not collect in Colombia, but both made large 

 Ecuadorean collections. Andre's plant came from Ecuador. Doubt- 

 less the Lobb plant was obtained in southern Ecuador. 



TROPAEOLACEAE 



Tropaeolum lobbianum Veitch 



Hooker states,' " It was detected by a Veitch collector, Mr. Lobb, 

 in Columbia, and sent home in the early part of 1843." 



'Ann. Nat. Hofm. Wien 27: 156. 1913. 



' PI. Hartw. 259. 1846. 



^Bot. Mag. Curtis 70: pi. 4097. 1844. 



