764 



Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cape Verd, Nubia, Lower Congo, 

 Mozambique, and Mascarene Islands. 



Tubers are sold in the markets of Nupe; -they yield an 

 agreeable perfume when burnt (Barter, I.e.). 



Stem sub-erect, bulbous ; found in alluvial soil. Sierra Leone 

 (Scott EUiot, Herb. Kew) ; common in sandy soil near the river 

 (Niger) in Nupe (Barter I.e.). 



Cypenis Papyrus, Lhm.; Fl. Trop. Afr. VIII. p. 374. 



Ill—Bmce, Travels, v. p. 1; Koops, Hist. Acct. Subst. 

 Descr. Events, etc. ; Hayter, Herculaneum Manuscripts, tt. 1-5 ; 

 Tratt. Arch. ii. tt. 182, 182a; Parlatore, Mem. Papyrus (Mem! 

 Acad. Sci. Paris, xii. 1853), t. 1 {Cyperus syriacus)] t. 2 (C. 

 Papyrus) ; Johnston, Uganda, i. pp. 107, 351 ; Rev. Hort. 1902, 

 p. 39; Gartenfl. 1905, p. 577; Temple, FI. and Trees, Palestine, 

 frontispiece; Bull. Agric. Congo, Beige, iii. 1912, p. 519, f. 358: 



Karsten & Schenck. Veer, bild, -vrii +, fi 



Papyrus. 



No. 20153, Herb 



Herb. Kew) and a] 

 Congo Free State, Nyasaland and the var. Antiquorum, C.B.Cl. is 

 recorded for the White Nile, B.E. Africa. Portuguese E. Africa, 

 Mozambique and Northern part of the Nile and in Palestine. 



Used in ancient times as a material for writing upon, the 

 paper, so-called, being made from thin slices of the stem; 

 specimens from Egyptian Tombs in the Museum at Kew are 

 translucent. Ancient funeral wreaths from Egypt in the 

 Museum Collection show stems of this plant as used for the base 

 and thin strips to bind on the flowers. 



As a paper-making material and for fuel the plant 4s forming 

 the main element of the Sudd region of the Nile, has recently 

 come under review. Samples of papyrus have been examined 

 at the Imperial Institute from the Bahr el Gebel, Sudan, the 

 East Africa Protectorate and Zululand; the material gave a 

 yield of paper-pulp about equal to that furnished by a specimen 

 of " esparto " grass {Stipa tenacissima) treated in the same way; 

 the pulp was of satisfactory quahty and consisted of fibres of 

 about the same length as those of esparto grass pulp. It was 

 recommended to convert the Papyrus into " haK-stuff " locally 

 for export, as the air-dried stems could not be profitably exported ; 



United Kin 



Africa 



1 9 1 4— Zululand) woidd not be more than about £3 per ton 

 (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 687, 1911, p. 24; No. 882, 1916 (for 1914), 

 p. 20). A similar report was made as the result of experiments 



Laboratory, Khartum 



Mess 



TuUis Russell & Co. and by Messrs. Thomas & Green under 

 the auspices of Messrs. Cross & Bevan (Joum. Roy. Soc. Arts, 

 July 9th, 1915, p. 772). As a fuel it was proposed to make of 



