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found Mrs. Bylander at work there.  Nice she has something interesting to do.

[[underline]] Sat. May 20. [[/underline]]
  Worked at herb. in am. till about 11, then called at Secretaria de Agricultura & met several people. Don Ciro took us out for some beers.  I feel very lazy, the warm weather after the coolness of Bogotá being the cause.  Got some paint on my white coat, but it finally came out with soap & hot water.  However, I bought a nice light suit. Cuatr. & I took in an outdoor basketball game in the evening.

[[underline]] Sun. May 21 [[/underline]]
Cuatr. & his 3 children, and I climbed the Cerro de las Cruces: a foothill in the Western Codillera near Cali in the morning,
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collecting about 30 numbers. [[underline]] Rhynchosia pittieri [[/underline]] was very showy, also [[underline]] [[Dioclea acricea?]] [[/underline]] and [[underline]] [[Nicosia?]] albicans [[/underline]]. Lazed around in afternoon.  Don Ciro took me to the Municipal Theater in the evening where a swell show - ^ [[insertion]] folk [[/insertion]] dancing, & singing - was put on.

[[underline]] Mon. May 22 [[/underline]]
  Put in press yesterday's plants. They have big stoves with gasoline [[strikethrough]] lamps [[/strikethrough]] heaters. Then went to police to register. Worked at Herb. in afternoon. Our apartment is on the 3 [[superscript]] d [[/superscript]] floor, with a big front balcony, having a fine view to the s.w. toward the [[strikethrough]] fr [[/strikethrough]] Frajanes, ± 2000 m about the Valley level.  A Spanish friend of the Cuatrecasas called at dinner time. He is a professor at Univ. of Quito. Later Don