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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



[ VoH. 8, No. 1 



Pilas, Tambo — Misspelled on some labels; should be PaUas„ Valley of the Rio 

 Negro opposite the Rio Patos, near the Rio Pailas. Map L 



Portovelo— Prov. El Oro, just south of Zaruma; incorrectly listed on 1/m map as 

 Portoviejo. 



Pupazche — An area with habitations on the erosion benches between the town of 



Paute and the Huatracaja upland (q.v.). 

 Puyo— A small village in the Oriente beyond Mera. 



Quebrada Gualaceo — A steep walled valley in the Cerros Huashinan south of 

 El Pan. 



Saraguro — The spelling varies, certain semi-official maps in Ecuador apparently 



prefer this over Zaraguro. 

 Sevilla de Oro— SE of the town of Paute, on the eastern shoulder of the valley of 



the Rio Collay opposite El Pan (Pan of the 1/m map); Map L 

 Sta. Elena— West of Mendez; Map L 



Sotobosque — Tangled and at times almost impenetrable dwarf forest, usually a 

 typical "mossy forest," at high elevations between the upper forest and 

 the paramo. 



Surucucho— A glacial lake and valley W of Cuenca and surrounded by the Paramo 

 des SoldadoSo (See Jour. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 47: 25-31, 1946, for account of 

 area and photographs.) 



Suscal— Directly west of Tambo, 



Tambo— Map 1. Until late 1945 the terminus of the branch of the railroad running 

 south from Sibambe; track was then being laid on to Biblian. Also a rest 

 house along a trail; where appearing as part of a name, it is not used in this 

 index for alphabetizing purposes. For the most part tambos are ephemeral 

 places, since the muledrivers have the habit of tearing them up for firewood. 

 Many place names on parts of the 1/m map once were tambos, but no longer 

 exist. 



Tayuza, Rio — Map 2 and 1/m map; confluent with the Rio.Upano just north of 



MendeZo 



Tigre, El and Rio— Area of settlement where the Rio Tigre enters the Pastaza 



just east of El Topo (q.v ). 

 Tinajillas, Paramo de— Upper part of Cord, de Alpachaca (q.v.) about 20 km SW 



of Cumbe. 



Tintas, Rio— A branch of the Rio El Cruzado, in the Oriente SE of (El) Pan; Map 

 1. Future workers should know that this is the same area as that collected 

 in by Dr. Julian A. Steyermark in 1943, probably under the locality name of 

 the "Arenillas Region." 



Toma, La— A small village west of Loja in the valley of the Rio Catamayo; actu- 

 ally applied to the sandy, arid areas between the Ribs La Toma and Guyaba 

 above their confluences with the Rio Catamayo » 



Topo, El—A place along the Rio Pastaza east of Bahos, notable only as a station 

 where trucks taking Naranjilla {Solarium quitoense) to the uplands pick up 

 their major cargoes. 



Tres Ranchos— West of Mendez; Map 1. 



Vilcabamba — About 38 km. S of Loja„ This is listed on some local maps as La 

 Victoria. 



Yapi, Rio— Map 2, east of Cordo Cutucu„ 



Yucal— A region N of the Rib Paute about 5 km„ west of Mendez. 

 Zapote area — On trail, Gualaceo to Indanza; Map 1. 

 Zaraguro — See Saraguro e 



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