NO. I COLLECTIONS OF LOBB IN COLOMBIA KILLIP II 



VACCINIACEAE— THIBAUDIEAE 



(Information supplied by A. C. Smith, New York Botanical Garden, based 

 upon a monographic treatment of the tribe, in press, and an examination of 

 specimens in the Kew herbarium.) 



Ceratostema buxifolium Field. & Gardn. 



" Lobb 2, Columbia " on specimen. 



This is probably the type of Thihaudia microphyUa Lindl., which is 

 a synonym of Ceratostema buxifolium. This specimen certainly is 

 from Peru. 



Ceratostema grandiflorum R. & P. 

 " Lobb 3, Columbia " on specimen. 

 All other specimens belonging to this species are Peruvian. 



Ceratostema sp. 



" Lobb 252, Columbia " on specimen. 



This represents an undescribed species which Mr. Smith has in 

 manuscript. All other Ceratostemas of this affinity are from Peru, 

 and doubtless this is also. 



Englerodoxa alata Hoer. 



Lobb 80, 161. 



One of these sheets is labeled " Columbia." All other material of 

 this species is from Ecuador. In the " List of Dried Specimens " the 

 entry for no. 80 reads, " Thibaudia, shrub 3 to 4 ft., high mountains. 

 Pro. Cuenca Ecuador." 



Thibaudia melliflora R. & P. 



There is in the Kew herbarium a sheet labeled " Columbia, Lobb," 

 which has been identified as Thibaudia melliflora R. & P., a species 

 otherwise known only from central Peru, the type specimen probably 

 from the Department of Huanuco. 



Macleania macrantha Benth. 



" Lobb 82, woods, Barbasopa, Columbia " on specimen. 



This number is included in the " List of Dried Specimens." As 

 already pointed out, the locality probably is Barbacoas, Colombia. 

 This species was originally described from the Pichincha region of 

 northern Ecuador, and the Lobb specimen may well have been col- 

 lected in southern Colombia. 



