11. Vetiveria zizanioides, Stapf.— Transfers I lVi.in I'halarh 
(P. zizanioides, L.). 
Descriptions.— Hackel, Androp., p. 542 (under A. squarrosus, 
van: genuinus) ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., vol. vii., p. 186 (under 
A. squarrosus). 
ILLUSTRATIONS- 
(analys.) ; Duthie, ] 
Mem. Ac. Sc. Montpell. vol. vii. tab. 17, fig. 9 (anatomy of the leaf). 
Synonyms. 
Vetiveria odorata, Virey in Journ. de Pharrn., ser. i., vol. xiii. 
(1827), p. 499. 
V. arundinacea, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. (1864), p. 559.— Based 
on West Indian specimens (from Jamaica and Trinidad). 
V. muricata, Griseb. I.e., p. 560.— Transferred from Andropogon 
{A. muricatus, Retz.). 
Phalaris zizanioides, Linn. Mant. Alt. (1771), p. 183.— Based on 
Koenig's S. Indian specimens. Original in Herb. Linn. 
Andropogon muricatus, Retz. Obs. vol. iii. (1783), p. 43.— Based 
on specimens collected by Koenig in South India. 
A. festucoides, J. S. Presl in C. B. Presl, Reliq. Haenk., vol. i. 
(1830), p. 340.— Based on Luzon specimens collected by Haenke. 
A. squarrosus, Hack. Androp. (1889), p. 542 (var. genuinus), 
Agrostis verticillata, Lam. 111. Gen., vol. i. (1791), p. 162.— From 
specimens " Ex. India, Ins. Franciae." 
Anatherum mwricatwn, Beauv. A^rost. (1812) Expl. planch., 
p. 15.— Transferred fr<.m A,idr»i>»y„), (A. murinitu.% Retz.). 
Distribution.— Tropical and sub-tropical India, Ceylon, and 
nly near water, occasionally cultivated, as it also is in 
Malaya, the Mascarenes, the West Indies, and Brazil. 
Herbarium Specimens examined.-No particular localities 
quoted, the grass being well known and not easily mistaken. 
1 ,,?i IL *~f < ? le ^ m Andr °Pogonis muricati; Vetiver oil.)— Mostly 
5S3?c J* Lur + ° P S h * 0m im P orted ™>te, also in Reunion. Yield 
wXS S 6 , nV? 1 ? „ the dr y root - Composition unknown. 
(RhriJ A 7 1 ' A 015 : 1 ' 030 at 15 ° (German oil), 0'982-0'998 at 30° 
(Sunlon).° } * gle ° f r0tati ° n ' a ° = + 29 ° (^rman), + 36° 
Vernacular Names. - Sanskrit : Bala (Susruta), Usira 
Sheriff l^cTwT 11 ^^ Mahabharata )- Marathi: Vala (Moodeen 
186 h mJtt ^ (Dymock). (A ; , M,, -iif, 
macL f'f U ¥?™ : ™a, Bala (Watt, 1889), Usirbedh (Phar- 
SnTh SntV 3 i fi S mn (the stems > Duthie, 1888) ; Panni 
BenaaU- b! ?w\f 3 Ln? ander or Gand el (Duthie, 1888). 
*aaai (Elliot, 1859); Ouru (Elliot, 1859). Cancu ™, . laif.UUU* 
