. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. Fig. 2—A street in Dibulla, with coconut palms. The narrative of our ascent of the mountains begins at Dibulla (Fig. 2), a hot, malaria-infested negro settlement 60 miles east of Santa Marta. The trail follows the shore for some five miles westward, passing one of the few coconut plantations of the region, the coastal vegetation otherwise consisting almost wholly of the low tree Coccoloha (sea grape). The trail then turns inland across the plain where all of the discomforts of travel in the tropics seem to be combined—inse
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. Fig. 2—A street in Dibulla, with coconut palms. The narrative of our ascent of the mountains begins at Dibulla (Fig. 2), a hot, malaria-infested negro settlement 60 miles east of Santa Marta. The trail follows the shore for some five miles westward, passing one of the few coconut plantations of the region, the coastal vegetation otherwise consisting almost wholly of the low tree Coccoloha (sea grape). The trail then turns inland across the plain where all of the discomforts of travel in the tropics seem to be combined—insects, heat, dust, marshes, and the absence of drinking water. It is, however, by no means without interest for the naturalist, for here, in the xerophytic coastal zone, is the home of the palmiche palm {Euterpe), the giant cactus {Cephalocereus), the sprawling calabash tree {Crescentia), which is so typical of Caribbean shores, and the bottle tree (Ster- culia rupestris), with its bulging trunk. Taylor refers to this last-mentioned tree as very characteristic of the somewhat higher xerophytic zone on the west slope. The Lowland Forest Ten to twelve miles from the shore bring one to the edge of the lowland forest. Here, in clearings near the site of the ancient village of Bonga, the natives have their garden patches—plantain, corn, and yuca; banana, papaya, and pineapple. The. Fig. 3—A street in Pueblo Viejo. with broad-leaved plaintain "trees. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original University of Pennsylvania. Botanical Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania. Morris Arboretum. Philadelphia : [s. n. ]
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