4 SMITHSONIAN :MISCELLANE0US COLLECTIONS VOL. 87 



The most helpful clues to Lobb's Andean itineraries are to be found 

 in the list of plants introduced into horticulture through Lobb, given 

 in the Hortus Veitchii, and in a manuscript " List of Dried Specimens 

 from William Lobb from South America, July 1843," which is pre- 

 served in the Kew Library. 



In the Veitch list of plants obtained by their collectors, there are 

 numerous references to the collections of William Lobb, mainly to 

 those obtained in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru, and there is 

 little reason to question the correctness of the data as to the place of 

 origin of his material from those countries. Three Ecuadorean plants 

 of Lobb's are mentioned. Calceolaria crcnata, from Quito, and 

 Madeania punctata, and Tacsonia mollissima, all of which are known 

 to occur in that country. Of the four " Colombian " plants of Lobb's 

 given in this account. Fuchsia macrantlia most probably came from 

 Peru, not Colombia (see page 10), and Tropaeolum lobhianum from 

 southern Ecuador ; Tropaeolum smithii may have come from Colom- 

 bia ; Hetcrotrichum macrodon is otherwise known only from Vene- 

 zuela, and the identity of the Lobb plant and its place of origin are 

 uncertain at present. 



In the " List of Dried Specimens " there are recorded 117 plants; 

 to each a number is given and with each is associated a brief note 

 as to the character of the plant, the color of the flowers, and locality 

 data. For 31 of these, various localities in southwestern Colombia 

 are given. A transcript of a part of the data for the Colombian entries 

 follows : 



