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about a ton of hay per acre by the first week of the New Year ; at 
this time we often have 10 days to 2 weeks free from rain, which 
allows farmers to harvest the crop nicely. Our steady rains usually 
begin about the middle of January ; these induce the Teff to start 
fresh growth, which continues till the dry weather begins in March ; 
by this time another hay crop of 1 to 14 tons per acre can be cut 
and cured. ee 6 showers usually occur in March, enabling the 
Teff crop make — ceca ae which furnishes good pasturage 
until it is killed by fro 
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IV—DECADES KEWENSES 
PriantarumM Novarum IN Herspario Horti Reet 
: ONSERVATARUM. 
DECADES LXX—LXXI. 
oh 691, Thalictrum Purdomii, J. J. Clark Ranunculaceae - Ane- 
mo: oneae | ; species 7°. minori, L., valde affinis sed pedicellis sub- 
capillaribus longioribus, floribus majoribus, sepalis acutis vel 
acuminatis. 
_ _Herba ramis sulcatis rubro-viridibus fistulosis glabris. Hola tri- 
. vel “2 pinnata, ambitu ovata, ad 20 cm. longa, ad 15 cm, Inth, 
