Liberia <+* 



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

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

 no 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\ only remarkable for the fact that it grows so near to sea 

 level. 



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