Qraminece.'] ceylon plants. 367 



Hab. BaduUa District. 



3. A. venustus, Thw. ; culmis erectis, altlusciilis, basi albido- 

 pilosis ; foliis longis, linearibus, margine scabrig, vat^nna ad apicem 

 pilosa; panicula majuscula, decomposita, apcrta, articulis pedlcellisque 

 ad apicem piliferis ; spkulis anguste lanceolatisj acutninatis, subglabris, 

 sessili hermaplir. longe aristata, pedicellata mascula, bipaleacea, mu- 

 tica.— c.p. 2875. 



Hab. Eambodde, in the Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 



feet. 



Panicula purpurascens, pedalis vel ultra, ramis capillaribus, distautei- subvcrticil- 

 latis, plus minus pendulis, Spicitlce l\-2 Kn. lougse, mascula brevi -pedicellata, 

 palea infcriore aliquando apice setacea. 



4. A. OTartini, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 277 ; Ktb. I.e. ;^. 494; Benth. 

 Fl. Hongt. p. 424. — A. flexuosusy N. ab Es. ; Steud. bynops. Gram. 



p. 388.— c.p. 2733. 



Hab. Central Province, covering considerable areas at an elevation 



of 2000 to 4000 feet. Nom. vnlg. *' Maana." 



From the leaves of a cultivated variety of this species (nom. vulg. "Pangnre- 

 maana) is distilled the " citrotiella oil " of coimnerce. " Lemon oil " is derived from 

 Aiidropofjon Schosnan thus , Linn., which is considered not to be indigenous to the 

 island, and which rarely produces flowers. 



5. A. versicolor, N. ab Es. (Steud. 1. c. p. 388.)— C.P. 3135. 

 Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



The inflorescence of this species has, when crushed, a rather agreeable aromatic 

 odour. The essential oil appears to be situated principally at the base of the spike- 

 lets. 



6. A. distans, N. ab Es, (Steud. Synops. Gram. p. 387.)— c.p. 3784. 

 Hab. Newera EUia. 



7. A. lividus, Thw. ; csDspitosus, culmis erectis, rigidiuaculis, nodis 

 glabris ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, glabris, Hgula majuscula 

 oblonga ; pedunculis termlnalibus axillaribusque, 1-4 ; spicis binis, sub- 

 sessilibus ; rachi pedicellisqae longe ciliatis ; spiculis glabris, lanceo- 

 latis ; spicules sessilis gluma inferiore supra medium ad nervos 2 kterales 

 alata, Jlore hermaphr, aristato ; spicules pedicelL gluma inferiore — 

 alata, j^ore masculo, unipaleaceo. — c.p. 953. 



Hab. Newera EUia and other of the more elevated parts of the 



Central Province. 



Siccitate fuscescens. Culmi bipedales vel ultra. Spic<s 1^-2 poll, longaj. 

 Spicules 3 lin. longse. 



8. A. polyptychos, Steud. 1. c. p. 380, cum syn.— c.p. 32. 

 Hab. Pedrotalagalla, at an elevation of 7000 feet. 



Dense caspitosus. Folia longinscula, pcdalia vel ultra. Cuhni 1-^-2-pedales. 

 Spica sajpissime 3, vdde fragilcs" bipoUicares. Spiculce H lin. longffi ; pedicellata 

 flore masculo, bipaleacco, paleis pilosis. 



• 9. A. pertusua, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 922 ; Eoxb. FL Ind. i. p. 258. 

 — A, pun ct at Its, Eoxb. L c. p. 264. A. fascicularis, Eoxb. 1. c. p. 265. 



— C.P. 411, 951. . ^ . 



Hab. Very abundant in the hotter parts of the island. 



Spicm plus minus distanter subvcrticillatsc vel ad apicem racheos subfasciculatae. 

 Gluma exterior spicularum omnium, vel tantum sessihum, vel harum partira foveo- 

 lata, vel aliquando omnino eibvcolata. Spicula pedicel, mascula uuipaleacea, vel 

 iieutra epaleacea. 



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