Amh-» ru; /, in X.trdus, which it resembles very much indeed. 
Ainslie* (1813) mentions it as ' Kukkaiumm-pilloo * and ' Ginger- 
grass ' (the exact equivalent of tin- Tamil mum.'), and says of it: 
" This is a variety of the grass which is well known in lower India 
by the name of the lemon-grass ; it differs, however, from it in 
this respect, that on being chewed, it has a strong flavor of ginger. 
It is very common on the Courtallam Hills in the Tinnivelli 
I Mstnri. where the natives consider an infusion of it as stomachic 
"ml iebrifuge," and later on (1826)t he adds: "the natives 
occasionally prepare with it an essential oil." This, I believe, is 
the first record of oil being prepared from Mahhar irrass. Kloin 
collected the grass in 1816' on the same hills, and his specimens, 
which are also marked > Xucknnan />/////, Tarn.; Ginger-grass, 
-•"-•• : -■«'"//■'■/"':/"/' X<n;fHs[>); leave no doubt as to m 
v ' "" llu l l|al " ll ' 1 " 1 which the Travancore or Cochin lemon-grass 
"',! is produced. Wight subsequently distributed specimens of the 
;' i " f ; f as ;.l//. ; _-'.""/"".' / '"'--"- X.K." It was not, however, 
■'■-!■:.,., ,mtii 1505, W hen Steudel} published a d< 
•'■'•''" "it; tor it Nees' name ; but not much notice was taken of 
"■u.iri s sjMrirs u Inch, if mentioned at all, was usually cited as a 
Andropogon Nardus, as for instance by Bentley and 
i it as Andropogon Nardus. In 
1>vl '' ^ a variety of the typical Andro- 
WonJS , ,h<s (Citronella grass), and the same place was given to 
-ntee^ 
generally was treated simply as " Lemon-g 
.dexuosus titters from the other species of 
' • ■ I Z t"l y ? lai ?.\ loose ' &»7is* or slate-coloured 
nous'™? ni? 7 ° f Whlch are Particularly slender, long, 
the ZlllPr? ^i° ping ' md b y theles « conspicuous spathes 
d leaf St H lY ^ Yery Slender and acute Bpikelets. The 
o1»SE£% ai ' e m 1 ther narrower than those ° f 0. Nardus 
1; reddish ^ 
r Grass-oil- 
wM* i^ R »? RASS L 0l , L - When tto Malabar. 
J Hook f..FlXi n ind' vo/V' ' l ' •"' " Cl«»),p. 603. 
.p. 207 
LtSSn 6 l™ 1 ^*** Tra ^°core S a ° s Tn'^W A 8 ' in h , , 9ef Q * P ! ants of 
- 
"« inaian Flora, vol. ni., p. 640, in An&roitogo* 
