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On our way across the mts. at San Miguel Suchistepec I heard Ara militaris & the mex. whippoorwill up to top of divide here a blue fl. Solanum, a Ceanothus & a cherry were common. 


of Miahuatlan. A pine not seen before was found on the slope bordering the val. here ranging from 4000 down to 6000 ft. & extending out a little on low ridges into the valley. It has a large smooth cone but the tree is a scrubby irregular branched one growing scattered on the dry slopes & reaches a height of from 25-40 ft. On this same slope I noted the lower small cone pine from 8000 to 6500 ft. & the large spiny coned sp. from 7-8000 ft. Crossing the rolling plain forming the valley we reached Michuatlan about an hour before dark having made about 30 miles today.

The following notes were made on altitudes Pluma 4700, Divide back of Pluma 5600 ft. Crossing of the Copalito Riv. 3400 ft. Beyond Copalito on a divide at 7000 ft. were oaks, alders, madroños & some of the upper pines. San Pedro El Alto 8200 ft. Divide beyond Sn Pedro 8900 ft. San Miguel Suchistepre 9200. Divide beyond Sn Migl 9500 ft. Here were 3 sp [[species]] of pines, madroños & scrubby oaks- Miahuatlan 5800 ft.

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Need tilde on madronos