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noted the occurrence of the two South Florida small-flowered 
genera, Capraria and Scoparia. These occur throughout the 
open lowland of Colombia 
We made our actual cney into Colombia the following day, 
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ruit y’ er, we crossed by a little railroad to 
Barranquilla on the lowe capi From there several 
com ti g lines of steamers carry 0: that river Ss; 
to carry on the amount needed or obtainable, I found these good 
opportunities for collecting. More advantage of this was taken 
when, int oe I returned upon the more leisurely ‘‘inter- 
mediate’ Ss. 
The ae course of the Magdalena River is through an open 
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to about La Dorada. In this lowland forest few collections 
were made, the most being several hundred from near Puerto 
Berrio, the river-port from which a railroad runs w 
dellin. This forest is typical of that of the lowland vi northern 
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ehind the cecropias are taller trees of many sorts, the balsa 
