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        I have a faculty member is trying to locate  GUARAPI, a location in
Paraguay.  The name is from a 100 year old herbarium specimen of a very
rare mushroom and he would like to go to Paraguay and collect fresh specimens.
We have tried looking in every gazateer that covers Paraguay, Bolivia, and
Brazil but have had no luck.  Of course it's possible that this place is no
longer referred to as "Guarapi".  Can anyone give me any leads?  Thanks.
 
Katie Clark
Head, Life Sciences Library
Penn State
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   There is a reference to a Guarapay (river) and Guarapay Yerbal in
Paraguay in the Amer Geog Society Index to Map of Hispanic America 1:1,000,000
Washington, 1945. The features are located on sheet SG 21 roughly at
26 deg. 30` South and 55deg.West. Hopefully the faculty member will have some
access to this map set in a local Map Library
Hope this helps
Joan Winearls, University of Toronto Map Library