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journey was as primitive as must have been that of Humboldt. 
e be said of the plain about Melgar. An out- 
lying low range hides it from that of the Magdalena above 
Girardot, to which in all respects it is like, exceptinz that I seem 
o have more memory of seeing here xerophytic Acacia-like trees 
e 
At Girardot, December 6, I Sr Mallarino, and 
with him proceeded to San Lorenzo and to the large hacienda near 
Libano, which he with Sr a, his partner in the 
Until nearly the close of the year I enjoyed the hospitality of 
“La Trinidad,” and from there an excursion was made to the 
snow of Ruiz. 
A cross-section from base to summit of the Magdalena slope 
of the Cordillera Central shows a most in ing homology 
e 
My fullest collections from this were obtained early in January 
near Mariquita, the town where Mutis spent seven years. 
Upon the faothille of the Central there is a lowland xerophytic 
tropical genera and mostly unfamiliar to me. This lower forest 
elt has Dest much cleared to make plantations for coffee. 
's steep climbing from Libano along the broad trail 
rd Manizales brings you e summit re e 
Cordillera bout where this is reached the Subtropical forest is 
ere e town of Murillo is about the cente thi 
Again a a species of Quercus is the predominant tree. Again, as 
