Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Fig. 71.—View to the north from La Cumbre, in the Western The wooded valleys are filled with orchids. (Photograph byT. E. Hazen.) 72 SMITHSONIAN M XKOUS (?()LLECTI)^^ Ames. Mrs. Pennell accompanied her husband, relurnini^ in July,and Dr. Tracy E. Hazen, of the Biological Department of ColumbiaUniversity, was a member of the party from July to September, giv-ing special attention to Fig. yi.—Dense forest at La Cumljre, of the Tropical Zone here mingle with thesubtropical vegetation. The Republic
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Fig. 71.—View to the north from La Cumbre, in the Western The wooded valleys are filled with orchids. (Photograph byT. E. Hazen.) 72 SMITHSONIAN M XKOUS (?()LLECTI)^^ Ames. Mrs. Pennell accompanied her husband, relurnini^ in July,and Dr. Tracy E. Hazen, of the Biological Department of ColumbiaUniversity, was a member of the party from July to September, giv-ing special attention to Fig. yi.—Dense forest at La Cumljre, of the Tropical Zone here mingle with thesubtropical vegetation. The Republic of Colombia occupies the northwestern corner ofthe continent of South America,, facing both the Caribbean Sea andthe Pacific Ocean. The Andes jMountain chain, extending northwardin practically a single range from its origin in southern Chile, divides NO. 5 SMITHSONIAN EXlLORATIONS. I922 73 at the stiutliern Ixiuiulary of Coloniljia into three hranches. known asthe Western, Central, and Eastern cordilleras. Between the Westernand the Central cordilleras lies the valley of the Cauca River; be-tween the Central and the Eastern, the JMagdalena River. On thepresent trip it was possible to visit only the Western and Centralcordilleras, the Cauca A^alley. the cit\- of Ijogota in the EasternCordillera, and one or two localities on the Pacific slope. The expedi-tion entered the country at Buenaventura, the principal seaport onthe Pacific, and at once established
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