136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF May-Oot , 



SCROPHULARIACEAE OF COLOMBIA— I. 



BY FRANCIS W. PENNELL. 



For a period of eight months during 1917 and 1918, the writer 

 was engaged in scientific work in Colombia. No attempt will now 

 be made to tell the story of his adventures there, nor to give more 

 than the briefest summary of his impressions of Tropical or Andine 

 vegetation. A short narrative of my explorations and a compara- 

 tive sketch of the plant-life seen has already been presented in the 

 Journal of The New York Botanical Garden for June, 1918. 1 will 

 simply say that my travels took me from the northern seacoast to 

 the Andes east of Neiva in 3° north latitude, from the prairies and 

 lowland forest of the Orinoco drainage, from the Magdalena and 

 Sinu valleys, upward thr.:)ugh every zone of vegetation to the sum- 

 mits of each of the three ranges of the Andes The greatest diver- 

 sity of life was seen, and the collections of plants, brought from 

 nearly all points visited, inc.ude much that is new to science. 



From July 6 to August 16, 1917, it was my privilege to work 

 with Dr. Henry H Rusby, of the College of Pharmacy, New York 

 City — a companionship which to a botanical no\ice in a strange 

 land was invaluable. All specimens made on and before August 16, 

 while nunibered consecutively with those made by myself alone 

 later, are to be cited as Rusby & Pennell. , . . 



Detailed maps of Colombia are difficult to obtain, and many of 

 our collecting-stations were at small towns, or single houses. Con- 

 sequently, although in the lists of specimens given I am stating the 

 Department in which each point is located, it seems important 

 to give a full list of the localities from which our plants have come. 

 Arranging these in the order of our itinerary, and grouping them 

 according to broad natural areas of topography, should enable any- 

 one to place approximately any station. Foi- each point the De- 

 partment is stated. The names of houses are placed in quotation 

 marks. 



Northern Seacoast: 



July 6, 1917. Cartagena, Bolivar. 



