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North American Ceratophyllum by Fassett, Norman C.

“…The field work in Central America Was done from 20 September 1950 to 13 March 1951,while the writer was a guest at the Instituto Tropical de Investigaciones Científicas; this was made possible by the cooperation of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Chicago Natural History Museum. The facilities of the Gray Herbarium were graciously made available during the spring of 1951.For loans of herbarium material the writer is indebted to the curators of the Chicago Natural History Museum,the Missouri Botanical Garden,the New York Botanical Garden,the University of California, and the United State National Museum.The leaves of Ceratophyllum are borne in whorls of from 6 -10 at the each node,and are cut into many slender divisions.It is the mass of bushy overlapping leaves toward the tip of the stem that gives the plants its common name of “Coontail”.…”
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Testimonios de la guerra civil en la comunidad Segundo Montes y su influencia en la lengua y la cultura en general by Portillo, Deybi Azucena, Sol González, María de la Cruz, Villalobos Portillo, Deysi Elizabeth

“…ABSTRACT: To demonstrate the influence of the rupture processes (war - exile) of the Segundo Montes community in the language, literature and culture in generating the collected testimonies, the social phenomenon of inequality, economic, political and social status; these factors facilitated the revolution for an entire nation to unite and demand their rights for a more dignified life, through the testimonies the government's behavior is disclosed, which consisted of repressing civilians, subjecting them to psychological torture (threats ) and physical (blows) that led to the death of many and the result of disappearances, religious journalists and massacres that served the Salvadoran community in a way, since they were considered opponents for expressing discontent towards the government. …”
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