word Chinantla has occurred, even though it may be, for 
ethnologists at least, a more convenient term than others 
which might have been coined for the Chinantec-area. In 
all botanical work, however, it is necessary to restrict the 
word to its original meaning and to use it only for the 
area which is shaded on the map. The use in botanical 
work of any extended application of the name will re- 
sult in floristic and ecological errors ; inasmuch as the area 
occupied by the Chinantecs comprises many types of 
country, while the Chinantla is almost completely rain 
forested. 
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