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comniuii and characteristic features of tlic lan(ls;-a])e, and almost 

 every country dwelling has its particular aiiiatc tree. 



Air. Standley left Salvador early in May and proceeded to the 

 north coast of Gtiatemala, where sttperior facilities for work were 

 furnished through the kindness of the United Fruit Company. About 

 three weeks were spent at Quirigua, a locality long famous archeologi- 

 cally l:)ecause of the ruins of an ancient Alayan city which are located 

 here. Over a thousand numbers of plants were collected, chiefly 

 trees and shrubs, many of them of great interest. The most con- 

 spicuous feature of the vegetation of this part of Guatemala is the 

 enormous plantations of bananas which are grown to supply the 

 markets of the United States. Adjoining these plantations are bound- 

 less areas of swamp and hilly woodland which remain in their natural 

 condition. Especially noteworthy are the " pine ridges," low hills 

 covered with scattering pine trees and occasional groups of the cohune 

 palm. The vegetation on these hills is strikingly like that of the Ever- 

 glades region of southern Florida, and the whole country looks about 

 as Florida might if it were crumpled up into hills, instead of being 

 almost perfectly level. 



After leaving Quirigua, about a week was spent in collecting at 

 Puerto Barrios, on the north coast of Guatemala. The land here is 

 nearly all swampy, but at this time of the year (early June), at the 

 end of the dry season, it was possible to walk about in the swamps 

 and gather plants that at other seasons of the year are inaccessible. 



Altogether six months were spent in Salvador and Guatemala, and 

 a collection of over 6,000 numbers of plants was obtained, which will 

 add materially to previous knowledge concerning the Central Ameri- 

 can flora. The data concerning distribution and the notes upon ver- 

 nacular names and economic applications will contribute greatly to 

 the completeness of the flora of Central America which it is proposed 

 to publish. 



BOTANICAL EXPLORATION IN COLOMBIA 

 Between the months of April and October. 1922, Dr. Francis W. 

 Pennell, curator of the herbarium of the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, and Ellsworth P. Killip, of the Division of Plants. 

 National INIuseum, carried on botanical exploration in the Republic of 

 Colombia. The expedition was organized by the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, the Philadel- 

 phia Academy of Natural Sciences, and the National Museum as part 

 of a general plan, adopted in 191 8, for botanical research in northern 

 South America, b'inancial assistance was given also b\- Mr. ( )akes 



