Andropogon. _-YRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 27$ 
tary, two, broad, short, wedge-formed, obliquely lobed, crenulated 
bodies embrace the insertions of the filaments and the forepart of 
the germ. 
' Mare Frowers pedicelled. Calyx, glumes as in the hermaphro- 
dite ones.— Corol one-valved, awnless. Nectary as in ae xime 
phrodite.— Stamens three. | 
Obs. 'The fresh leaves are much used as a 4 substitute for tea. The 
white succulent centre of the ieaf-bearing culms is oer put into 
Curries, to give them an agreeable flavour.* y 
tas: A. PE Philosoph. fia Vol. 80. 284. t. 16. 
‘Perennial, erect. Leaves long, and very slender. Panicles linear; - 
spikelets paired, five-jointed, with common spathes ; hermaphro- 
dite flowers awned; male óne-valved and awnless. 3 
Beng. and Hind. Ibharankusha, Iwarankusha, Kurankusha. ; 
Iwarancussa. Asiat. Res. iv. 109. 
A native of the skirts of the northern mountains of India. Dr. 
Blane found it between the river Raptee and the mountains, and 
Dr. Boyd about Hurdwar ; it is therefore probably a native ofa very 
xtensive tract along the skirts of that range of mountains which 
_ bounds the plains of Bengal, Bahar, d &c.  Flowering time 
the ramy season. Ex 
It grows in large tufts, each tuft composed of a number of plants 
adhering together by their roots. 7 
Root perennial, the principal parts thereof are thicker than. acrow’s 
quill, and marked with cireular cicatrices, from these issue many 
- small, firm, aromatic fibres.— Culms erect, generally simple; from 
_ three to six feet high, smooth in every part, not hollow, but filled 
with a light spongy substance.— Leaves, those near the root long- 
er than the joints of the culm, margins hispid when the finger 
is drawn backwards over them, otherwise smooth in every part. 
— Panicle axillary, and terminal, or the w hole may be reckoned a- 
» . * The natives of the: Molucca Islands extract a Sitom. tasted. essential oil 
from the leaves, Ed. ‘ 
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