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XIV, 163). Among the more promising of these are 

 the papyrus of the Sudan and East Africa Protectorate, 

 " Elephant grass " (Pennisetum purpureum) of Uganda, 

 and the " Spanish reed " (Arundo Donax) and "Tam- 

 bookie grass " (Cymbopogon Nardus var. vallidus) of 

 the Transvaal. 



In the Kew Bulletin (1912, No. 9) attention has been 

 drawn to the suitability for paper-making of Hedy- 

 chium coronarium, of the natural order Zingiberacese, 

 a plant which is indigenous to India and also occurs 

 in Central America, the West Indies, New Zealand, 

 West Africa, and Brazil. Reference is made in the 

 same issue to two other plants of the Zingiberacese, 

 viz. Amomum hemisphericum and Alpinia nutans, 

 and also to the " Marram " grass which commonly 

 grows on the sand-hills of the coasts of the United 

 Kingdom. 



All these plants yield satisfactory pulps which 

 would be quite serviceable for paper-making. 



