JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL,. XX August, 1919 No. 236 
BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN ECUADOR IN 1918* 
(WITH PLATES 234 AND 235) 
Soon after the codperative plan for botanical explorations in 
South America was organized by the New York Botanical Gar- 
den, the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, and the 
United States National Museum, I was authorized to inaugurate 
this work in Ecuador.} I was accompanied by my son George 
who acted as photographer and general assistant. We left 
Washington July 22, 1918, going by way of Key West, Havana, 
and Panama to Guayaquil, Ecuador. At each of these places 
while waiting for steamers small collections were made. 
We arrived in Guayaquil August 9, at a time when yellow 
fever was especially prevalent and very malignant, and we hoped 
to proceed immediately to the interior but were obliged to remain 
in Guayaquil from F riday until Monday. During this time we 
visited the neighboring hills about the city, which were then 
most luxuriantly clothed with flowering vines and_ shrubs. 
Guayaquil has long been a very interesting botanical locality, for 
here it was that Humboldt and Bonpland collected a number of 
their types and various exploring expeditions, such as the ones 
connected with the “Sulphur” and the “Herald,” have made 
collections. The flora here is extremely interesting and varied, 
* Printed with permission of the — of the Smithsonian Institutio 
} Upon the recommendation of Mr . Coville and Mr. David Fairchild. 
the United States Department of nee gave financial assistance towards 
this investigatio 
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