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West Indies and established it in that corner of West Africa, 

 where it has ever since thriven. At the same time there is 

 >io record of the Liberians having introduced the bamboo or 



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of having taken any particular interest in it. The question 

 is one which requires investigation, as it is quite possible that 

 the Liberian bamboo may be an indigenous form (Oxytenan- 

 thera) J- only remarkable for the fact that it grows so near to sea 

 level. 



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