NO. 2 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I918 



45 



Three months were devoted to work in Ecuador and very large 

 collections were made, including about 6,000 botanical specimens, 

 100 jars of fruits, seeds, and plant products preserved in formalin. 

 Several hundred packets of seeds, a number of wood specimens, 



Fi';. 48. — (iiaiit cactU'^ plant, aiiiianntly uiulcscriljcd, whicli is very 

 common in the Chanclian Valley. I'liotoRraph by Georj^c Rose. 



sam|;l(js ot cinrliona-b.'irk and small cnlU'ctions dI Ii^Ik's, I rogs, 

 shells, and dIIkt /.oologicil niak-i-ial wvvv (ibtaiiird. ( li'orge I\ose, 

 who went as jiliolograplRT. ni.adi' aliiml j(h) negalixrs u\ lainl^cqies 

 and ])lant sulijects. 



