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SMITHSONIAN" MISCELLANEOUS COLLEC'llONS \()L. 74 



Ames. Mrs. Pennell accoinpanied lier husband, reluniiiii;- in July, 

 and Dr. Tracy E. Hazen, of the Biological Department of lolumljia 

 University, was a member of the party from July to ."-^einember, giv- 

 ing Special attention to photography. 



Fig. 72. — Dense forest at La Cumbre, Colombia. 

 Plants of the Tropical Zone here mingle with the 

 subtropical vegetation. 



The Republic of Colombia occupies the northwestern corner of 

 the continent of South America, facing both the Caribbean Sea and 

 the Pacific Ocean. The Andes Mountain chain, extending northward 

 in practicallv a single range from its origin in southern Chile, divides 



