The Liberian Flora 



I am informed by persons who have travelled far into the 

 interior of Liberia to the bases of relatively high mountains 

 that bamboos make their appearance on these mountains at a 

 considerable height above sea level. These would certainly 

 be indigenous ; but it is a question at present undecided as 



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to whether the species growing on the Liberian coast is not an 

 introduced form planted by man. In any case, its cultivation 

 and extension deserve the attention of the Liberians because ot 

 the many uses to which it can be put. 



The grasses of Liberia include many widespread African 

 forms, and also numerous cultivated Gr amines. 



