From this study, it is clear that both Galeotti and Lieb- 
mann used the term in its historically accurate sense to 
denote the region which is shaded on the map which 
accompanies this article. Usually, Galeotti and Liebmann 
cited actual towns in the Chinantla, but, in some cases, 
especially in the Galeotti collections, the specimens are 
labelled simply ‘‘Chinantla’’, sometimes even without 
the designation of the state. It is this, primarily, which 
has confused taxonomists who believed Chinantla to be 
a town but who were unable to find such a town on the 
maps of Oaxaca. 
A few examples selected from the hundreds of collec- 
tions of Galeotti and Liebmann will indicate the clarity 
with which they used the name Chinantla. 
Galeotti: 
Piper chinantlensis Mart. & Gal. ‘‘On trouve cette espeéce dans les 
belles foréts de la Chinantla, région située sur le versant oriental 
de la cordillére orientale d’Oaxaca, a 3,000 pieds.’”’ 
Quercus acutifolia Née ‘‘On trouve cette belle espéce dans les foréts 
si riches et si variées de la Chinantla, a Tonaguia (parte orientale 
de la cordillére orientale d’Oaxaca).’’ 
Smilacina paniculata Mart. & Gal. “‘Chinantla, région fertile et hu- 
mide, située sur la déclivité océanique de la cordillére orientale d’ 
Oaxaca.’”’ 
Smilax multiflora Mart. & Gal. “‘Ce Smilax entoure les arbres des 
foréts de la Chinantla prés du bourg indien de Lalana (département 
d’Oaxaca) a 3,000 pieds d’élévation,”’ 
Liebmann: 
Begonia pustulata Liebm. “‘1 skyggefulde fugtige Bjergskove ved 
Lacoba i Districtet Chinantla i Dep. Oajaca.. .’’ 
Begonia reptans Benth. ‘‘Hartweg fandt det ved S. Pedro Tepinapa 
i Chinantla i Dep. Oajaca.*’ 
Dieffenbachia Seguine Schott “* ... bjergige Landskab Chinantla i 
dstlige Oaxaca.’”’ 
Hydnostachyon brevirostra Liebm. “‘Cuesta de Teotaleingo imellem 
Chuapam og Teotalcingo (Districtet Chinantla, 4-5000’) .. .”? 
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