66 



(Cairo, 1870). '' The Papyrus/' Thiselton-Dyer, in Gardeners' 



Chronicle, iii. ISTo^ p. 78.- '' Cyperus Papyrus,'' in Useful 



Fiber Plants of the World, Dodge, U.S. Dept, Agric. Fiber 



Investigations, Report No. 9, 1897, p. 144. " The Papyrus 



Plant "in " The Sadd of the Upper Nile : Hope, in Annals of 



Botany, xvi. Sept. 1902, pp. 498-500. *' Le Cyperus Papyrus 



et sa multiplication par le Semis," Lochot, in Revue Horticole^ 



1902, pp. 38-39. -'' Unter den Papyren des Anaps," Lopriore 



(Catania), in Gartenflora, liv. 1905, pp, 576-580. -" Cyperus 



Papyrus;' in Alexandria Hort. Soc. Bull. No. 2, 1907, pp. 64-66^ 



-" A New Fuel for the Sudan," Journ. Roy. Soc. Arts, lix. 



Dec. 2nd, 1910, pp. 62-63. " Papyrus from the Sudan and 



the East Africa Protectorate," Bull. Imp. Inst. x. 1912, pp. 

 372-373, with analysis in comparison with Esparto from Oran^ 



Algeria. " Papyrus for Paper-Pulp," Journ, Roy. Soc, Arts, 



Ixiii. July 9th, 1915, p. 772. '' Papyrus from Zululand," BulL 



Imp. Inst. xiv. 1916, pp. 165-167. — — " Papyrus Stems : Cyperus 

 Papyrus;' in " Investigations of Materials Suggested for the 

 Manufacture of Paper," I.e. xvii. 1919, pp. 154-155; xviii. 1920, 



pp. 323-325 — in Egypt. " Papyrus in Zululand," I.e. pp. 540- 



543 — Harvesting, Yield and Manufacture of Pulp. 



Cyperus rotundus, Linn, ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VIII. p. 364. 



III. — Rottb. Descr. t. 14, f. 2 {C. hexastachyos) \ Desfont. FI. 

 Atlant. i. t. 8 (C. tetrastachyos) ; U.S. Dept. Agric. Pep. 1887, 

 t. 13; Dept. Agric. West Australia, Bull. No. 32, 1910, p. 11. 



Vernac. names. — Giragiri, Aiya-aiya (Hausa, Dalziel) ; Nut- 

 grass, Coco-grass (Tavera, Med. PL Phihppines, p. 239). 



Yorubaland, Nupe, Sokoto and widely distributed throughout 

 Tropical Africa and in aU warm countries. 



Root edible, slightly fragrant, Hausaland (Dalziel, Hausa^ 

 Bot. Voc. p. 9) ; said to yield an essential oil in Upper India which 

 the natives use to perfume their clothes; largely used in per- 

 fumery, Bengal and for various medicinal purposes. Cattle in 

 India eat this so-caEed grass and hogs are fond of the roots 



. Diet. Econ. Prod. India). The bruised root is applied 

 to the face for toothache, and other medicinal uses are attributed 

 to the root, Phihppines (Tavera, I.e.). 



Propagated readily from seeds and tubers and appears to be 

 more or less of a pest in cultivated fields and rice lands everywhere. 



Mariscus, Gaertn. 



Mariscus rnnbellatus Vahl\ Fl. Trop. Afr. VIII. p. 390. 



/ZZ.— Rottb. Descr. t. 4, f. 2 {Kyllingia umbellata). 



Vemac. names, — Aiya (Lokoja, Ellioft); Ataku main-ya 

 Onica Olona, S. Nigeria, Thomas): Efa (N. Nigeria, Exhibit 

 Imp. Inst.). 



