Foundation op the Species.— Among the grasses thus dis 
tributed was the Kamatci pillu (No. 17006). It was named by 
Nees ' Andropogon caesius, /?.' Unfortunately, Nos. 1700, 1700c, 
and 1700c/ were also distributed under that name. No. 1700 was 
Andropogon pumilus, Roxb, No. 1700c Gymbopogon coloratus, 
and No. 1700d a diseased state of G. coloratus. The distribution 
of Andropogon pumilus as Andropogon caesius was obviously a 
mere accident, as it is evident from the original specimen in 
Wight s own herbarium that Nees really meant to apply the 
name Andropogon caesius to No. 1700a, which is the same as 
* / j ' 1S a very weak ' (shade?) form. The description 
of Andropogon caesius appeared in Hooker & Arnott's ' Botany 
?7rtnf I 8 1 ^ age 1* a f ew y ears later - Nos - 170 ° ( recte !700a), 
17006, and 1700c of Nees' distribution are quoted, and it is 
obvious that the description was drawn up from all three 
indiscriminately. To make matters worse, Nees referred to 
this composite species specimens collected by Millett and Vachell 
near Macao, which are neither identical with Nos. 1700a and 
'?\ nor Wlth , 1700c > but represent what is generally accepted 
Nor t? P T n tomatulus or Andropogon Nardus var. //^w/„V,. 
Nor was this all In 1813, Nees revised his determinations of. 
■ i-.- passes m MeyenV Beitrifce zur Hotnnik ' , ,, 1«)0), and re- 
duced J^dropogon caesius to Andropogon Martini, gating Wight, 
No. 1700 and No. 1806 (the latter = Kamatci), under Andropogon 
fS m M^-- 17,,0 'V m ' 1 ,T,, "" , ".rl. = K-„ .-.under Andre 
S aZZ' a an M ft res P ecti ™ly ; and No. 1700c {G. coloratus) 
Vacheirfrl ? Pg ° n Martlm > *' He further referred Millett'8 and 
I W not 1 S l SpeC r enst0 thel atter,of which at least Vachell's- 
also RoTbVrcT' oth ™-™ Andropogon hamatulus, and he cited 
also Roxburgh s unpublished drawing, No. 1095, which evidently 
cZZ^^ C 1°J tUS - The KSmatcVi S™» ^erefore remains 
in so Sr , h """ l! '"\ """"'"*» or ratner Gymbopogon caesius, 
and lTOofprp S * a a ? d A a * d Wight's specimens Nos. 1700a 
the A gretLr P p R art P t? A trP ° P ° IL - a Caesius ™™* to inhabit 
ChinfaTpaTSi ri ct It 1^' ^ the GXtreme SOUth t0 the 
that region, but lTttle nt evide f% common, on the whole, in 
except a8 an ocoa!Lf I ^ mS to have been made of " »> far, 
among the snecTmpn domestic remedy. There is, however, 
note to the SfeSttS itK^ 011 ** 1 , bj *. Barber ' ™ e ^ * 
has been distilling oil'' A «L P™ fr ° m which Mn Proudlock 
tained in the 'Art mS-^ .• h ° rt account referring to it is con- 
^a^PtobK^ 1 ^ 01 the Government Botanic 
report the graS ^was ohtn^ f? 8 ' for 1901 > P- 5 - According to this 
where it i fstate? t ? « *- f r ° m Arni ' in the ^'^ Arcot district. 
from a freshly-cut samX ? gr . ea * ab ™ d ance. The yield of oil 
0-131 per cent ISl'T?"** at the end of December, was 
Another and larger quantity which was received 
