HORTUS VEITCHII 



p. 443, t. 18), with flowers resembling in structure those 

 of Euryale, and the leaves in shape like those of Scolopendrium 

 vulgare ; a plant so scarce that Dr. Wallich is not aware that 

 a good specimen is to be found in any herbarium." 



The genus Lobbia, of the order Aristolochiacese, founded 

 by Planchon on a specimen collected by Thomas Lobb in 

 Singapore, was named by him Lobbia dependens, the generic 

 name being given to commemorate the labours of the two 

 brothers, Thomas and William Lobb. 



In manner Lobb was modest and retiring, of few words, and 

 it was difficult to get him to describe a plant, but if he 

 ventured on calling it " very pretty," it was quite sufficient 

 to induce extra care. 



As the result of exposure in his work, he had the misfortune 

 to lose one of his legs, a circumstance which induced him to 

 settle at Devoran in Cornwall, where he remained for the 

 rest of his life, and it is rather remarkable that the only time 

 he was induced to leave his home was to pay a visit to his last 

 employer, Mr. James Veitch junior, with whom he was 

 staying on the occasion of his sudden death in 1869. 



Thomas Lobb died on April 30th 1894, at Devoran in 

 Cornwall, at a very advanced age. 



References : Hooker's London Journal of Botany, 1847-1848, p. 145 ; 

 Journal of Botany, 1894, vol. xxxii. p. 191 ; Cottage Gardener, xiii. 

 p. 274 ; Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 636. 



