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Figure 16.— Job's tears {Coix lachryma-jobi) . 



B 18. Specific Grasses. — a. Job's tears \Coix lachryma- 

 johi). — This is coarse grass, usually 2 to 3 feet high, often 

 abundant in open places, never found in forests. The very 

 hard, white, shining "fruit" contains one to several fairly 

 large seeds which may be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted. There 

 is one form (dele, jelai, salea, lahja, hadjeli, iriule, sah, sari, 

 rore, lore), with very thin-walled brownish "fruits," fre- 



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