Excerpt from Studies of Tropical American Phanerogams-No. 1 Sierra, State of Magdalena, Colombia, altitude about meters, July, 1906, by H. Fittier (no. A very distinct species, related to D. Ciliata, but distinguished by its abundant pubescence, pale leaves, densely capitate inflorescence of numerous small spike lets, and pale achenes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.