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ords in the total name. For example, Lago de Chapala is listed as "Chapala (Lago de)" and Cerro de Tancitaro is listed as "Tancitaro (Cerro de)." Insofar as has been possible, the following information is given for each locality: geographical co-ordinates to the nearest minute of north latitude and west longitude, elevation in meters above mean sea level, a description of its geographical location, type of dominant vegetation, and in some cases comments concerning collecting sites in the vicinity. Distances are in kilometers; all are map (air line) distances, unless otherwise indicated. Many localities visited on mule trips are given as being a certain number of "mule hours" in a general direction from another town or village. In order to reach most of these localities today, one would have to go by mule, and this is the way the muleteers determine their distances. Some of the elevations are taken from maps, but most of them were obtained from one or more readings of altimeters that we carried in the field. The terms used for describing the vegetation are those defined in the section of the natural landscape. [Illustration: FIG. 11. Map of Michoacan showing important localities mentioned in text. Localities not on this map can be located by directions given in the gazetteer.] My primary cartographic sources have been: the provisional edition of maps published by the American Geographic Society (Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico, and San Luis Potosi sheets published between 1933 and 1940), scale 1:1,000,000; the preliminary sheets (Colima, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, and Mexico) published in 1949 with a scale of 1:500,000 of the Carta Geografica de la Republica Mexicana (Direccion de Geografia y Meterologia, Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderia); and the Carta de Cuenca Tepalcatepec (Scale 1:250,000) prepared in 1958 by the Comision del Tepalcatepec, Secretaria de Recursos Hidraulicos. I have visited most of the 181 localities and have gathered data pertaining to vegetation, altitude, and location. I think, nevertheless, that the accuracy of some of the locations and elevations as given in the gazetteer is questionable. This situation can be rectified only by detailed geographic studies. Most of the important towns, villages, rivers, and high mountains are shown on the accompanying map (Fig. 11). Places not shown on this map can be located from directions given in the gazetteer. Acahuata.--Lat. 19 deg. 10', long. 10
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