Andropogon. fRiANoRiA dkJynia. 27^ 



tary, two, broad, short, wedge-formed, obliquely lobed, crenulated 

 bodies embrace the insertions of the filaments and the forepart of 

 the germ. 



Male Flowers pedicelled. Calyx, glumes as in the hermaphro- 

 dite ones. — Corol one-valved, awnless. Nectary as in the herma- 

 phrodite. — Stamens three. 



Obs. The fresh leaves are much used as a substitute for tea. The 

 white succulent centre of the leaf-bearing culms is often put into 

 curries, to give them an agreeable flavour.* 



o5. A. Iwarancusa. Philosoph. Transact. Vol 80. 284. t. l6. 



Perennial, erect. Leaves long, and very slender. Panicles linear ; 

 spikelets paired, five-jointed, with common spathes ; hermaphro- 

 dite flowers awned ; male one-valved and awnless. 



Beng. and Hind. Ibharankj/sha, Iwaranki<sha, Kj/rankMsha. 



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 of a very 

 extensive tract along the skirts of that range of mountains which 

 bounds the plains of Bengal, Bahar, Oude, &c. Flowering time 

 the rainy season. 



It grows in large tufts, each tuft composed of a number of plants 

 adhering ^together by their roots. 



Root perennial, the principal parts thereof are thicker than a crow's 

 quill, and marked with circular 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 

 Avith 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 whole may be reckoned a 



* The natives of the Molucca Islands extract a pleasant tasted essential oil 

 fioni the leaves. Ed. 



