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V, 



Panicum spectablle( ?) 



Capim de Angola. 



Planting caplm de Angola on the municipal farm at 

 Bahia, Brazil. This is an especially wet peice of ground; 

 instead of planting in the ordinary manner the soi 

 stirred up with hoes and the grass, after being scatter 

 over the surface, is tramped in with the feet, 

 are required to drain off the surface water, which accumu- 

 lates rapidly. Ten days from planting the field 

 active growth'. Photograph by P. H. Dorsett, Bahia, Brazil, 

 March 10 1914. No. 2143. 



