APPENDIX C 



VEGETATION 



Most of this appendix is dedicated to the catalog 

 of our herbarium collection, following which will 

 be found a list, prepared by Modesto Gonzalez, of 

 the trees and lianas he considers characteristic of 

 monte alto. 



HERBARIUM CATALOG 



In order to facilitate reference in the text, plant 

 materials are listed numerically; following the 

 catalog is an index to genera. 



NUMERICAL LIST 



Number and common Spanish (or hispanicized 

 Mexican) name appear first, followed by (a) To- 

 tonac name, with translation in parentheses; (&) 

 taxonomic determination, together with any data 

 we may have concerning growth habits or local 

 introduction; (c) utility; (d) informants; and 

 (e) remarks. 



In some cases, the Spanish name is not known 

 to informants ; in others, the Totonac name either 

 is not known or was not recorded. Translation of 

 the native name is given for some plants, but we 

 rather slighted this aspect; with patience and a 

 good informant, many more terms could be trans- 

 lated. Occasionally, informants know neither 

 name nor use of certain plants ; usually, specimens 

 were collected regardless, since negative evidence 

 often is of interest. 



When several different individuals have been 

 consulted and their information is at variance, 

 each statement is followed by the initials of the 

 informant. With three exceptions, the full names 

 appear under d ; but three friends assisted so fre- 

 quently that they are cited by initials only : Mo- 

 desto Gonzalez (MG), Maria Loreto (ML), and 

 Ana Mendez (AM) . 



Many specimens were collected in duplicate or 

 in triplicate, at different times of the year ; never- 

 theless, they appear under tbe same number. On 

 the whole, Totonac classification accords well with 



that of the taxonomist and rarely do informants 

 consider two different species one and the same 

 plant. There is, however, one extreme case to the 

 contrary (No. 202), in which plants of three dis- 

 tinct families were identified, by the same infor- 

 mant, upon different occasions, as one and the 

 same. In justice, it must be said that he professed 

 uncertainty, saying that he did not know the blos- 

 som, but that "the leaf looked the same." 



In some cases, different specimens of the same 

 species have been listed under separate numbers. 

 This is particularly true when two different Span- 

 ish names were given. Moreover, as with the cot- 

 tons, occasionally it appeared preferable to list 

 individual specimens separately, since we were 

 uncertain how distinct they would prove to be tax- 

 onomically. If all the data are in agreement, we 

 have treated the plant under a single number, and 

 the other numbers have been suppressed. For ex- 

 ample, the same white-fibered cotton appears as 

 Nos. 8, 12, 36, and 89, but our information con- 

 cerning it has been summarized under No. 8. 



Virtually all plant determinations have been 

 made by Dr. Harold Emery Moore, Jr., of the 

 Bailey Hortorium, and to him we are enormously 

 indebted for a long and painstaking study of our 

 sizable collection. As will be seen below, he has 

 submitted a number of problematical specimens 

 for independent determination or for confir- 

 mation. 



1. Cabellito de angel; flor de mechuda. 



a. iStutujun (flor de chuparosa) . 



b. Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standi. Grows wild 

 in monte. 



c. No use. 



d. MG, Rosalino Gonzalez. 



e. Same as No. 96. 



2. Cordoncillo. 



a. tfo'kote; sfikot. 



b. Piper sp., possibly Piper bcrlandieri C. DC. Grows 

 wild ; about same height as orange tree. 



c. After childbirth, used in bath and parturient drinks 

 a tea made from the root. Tea likewise drunk to prevent 

 paleness (OV). Following childbirth, instead of water, 



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