Hendrickson 1950 Journal 45 Nov. 21 Villavicencio, 1600 ft., Meta, Colombia, S. A. Carlos Velasquez, the man detailed to help us by Dr. Julueta, arrived at the hotel at 9:00 A.M., then left to bring the car. Left in the car at about 9:20 A.M. The car was a hired taxi; Dr. Julueta had been unable to obtain other transportation for me, and had hired the taxi for our use. We drove up the road to Bogota, a crushed rock- surfaced road which begins to climb steeply almost at the outskirts of Villavicencio. We wound around through steep, grass- covered slopes with occasional patches of forest. Carlos says almost all of this country was forested (densely) as few as 10 years ago; it has been cleared to create cattle pasturage. The steeper the terrain the less suitable for pasturage, and the more extensive the patches of forest. The road crosses several tiny streams a short distance W of Villavicencio, and seeps are common on the cut road cuts. Most of the forest trees are 4"-18" in trunk diameter at 3' off the ground. Moderately buttressed trunks, and spiny trunks were noted rather