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1914, pp. 85-106. '' The Cultivation of Rice in Spain," and 



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Leersia, Sw. 



Leersia hexandra, Sw. ; Fl, Trop. Afr. ined. 



III. — Kunth, Rev. Gram, i, t. 1 {L. mexicana) ; Symonds, 

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Vernac. names. — ^Akeko (Lagos, MacGregor) ; Layu Sing (India, 

 Duthie); Layu (India Watt); Bareet Grass (PliiUppines, Piper). 



Lagos, Nupe, Abinsi, etc, in Nigeria, in Belgian Congo, 

 S. Africa and widely spread in tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



Horses and cattle are fond of this grass in India, said to be 

 one of the most esteemed of the aquatic grasses for fodder in 

 Eastern AustraKa and regularly cultivated for fodder in the 



