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DISTRIBUTION.— Only known in cultivation: Cevlon parti- 
cularly m the South ; Malayan Peninsula ; Java. 
Herbarium Specimens examined. — Ceylon : without 
precise locality, Macrae; Walker; Thwaites, 2733: WanvnIIa 
•• cultivated, Thivaites, Nov. 1858 (Herb. Pharm. Soc \ 
Gall-, cultivated as "Old Citronella grass" (Winter's grass), and 
•imens as " New Citronella grass (Lanu Batu)," comin. 
• •■ nnn.larawalla. Jn.riff, 23*3-2381",, 2388, 2389. 
Penang : Batu Feringi, cultivated | ?), Curtis, 91. Java ■ 
Buitenzorg, cultivated, Trmb. Jamaica: Hop,, Gardens, culti- 
vated, Harris. 
Oil.— (Oleum Citronellae; Citronella oil). — Production in 
fnSS\ ( n n°n 5 > 1 ' 282 ' 471 lbs> ^ T °^' -^ru-iilr.. Aug. 1 1»0.V) from 
f 0,000-50,000 acres ; in the Malay Peninsula (1903) about or under 
40,000 lbs. from about 2000 acres (Gildeineister and Hoffmann), 
xield in per cent, of the dry or fresh grass unknown ; per acre 
^"■■'ut 352- HO ,,/.. in the summer. 110-220 oz. in the winter. Com- 
position : («) Malm Pangiri, Citronellal 50-45-55-31 per cent., 
<™niol :JS-15 :;l-S7 per cent.,Methy] Eugenol 0-78-0-84 per cent. : 
l/,; / -'"" 'a! 2S-2 percent.. Gcraniol 32-9 per 
f.'imt., Methyl Eugenol *•() per cent. Specific gravitv : ui) Maha 
Pangiri 0-S86-0-9O0 : <//) Unuhatu Pangiri 0-900-O-92O. Angl.- 
of rotation : (a) Maha Pangiri, « D = -0-34 to -3° ; (b) Lmuhuta 
Pangiri, a D = -5° to -21°. 
Vernacular xames.— Singhalese : Panagiri mana ; Maha 
Panagiri mana (the original variety, also known as Winter's or Old 
Citronella grass); Lenubatu Panagiri mana (the new varietv. New 
Citronella grass). English : Citronella grass. 
1. Cymbopogon confertiflorus, Stapf.— Transferred from Andro- 
pogon (A. confertiflorus, Steud.). 
Descriptions.— Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. vol. i. (1855) p. 381 ; 
Hook, f., Fl. Br. Ind., vol. vii., p. 206 (under A. Nardus. var. 
nilagiricus). 
Illustration.— None. 
Synonyms. 
Andropogon confertiflorus, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum., vol. i. (1855), 
p. 381.— Based on Hohenacker, PI. Ind. Or. (M. Nilagiri), no. 932, 
distributed as .4. nilagiricus, Hochst. 
A nilagiricus, Hochst. in Hohenacker, PI. Ind. Or. (M. Nilagiri) 
(185 1 ), no. 932.— Name only, on the distribution label ; quoted as 
a synonym by Hackel, Androp. (1889), p. 601. 
A. nardoides, a major, Hochst. ex Steud., I.e.— Quoted as 
a synonym by Steudel, I.e. 
A. Nardus, var. nilagiricus, Hack. Androp. (1889), p. 604.— 
Based on Hohenacker, no. 932. 
Distribution.— Nilgiris, Anamallai and Palni Hills ; Ceylon, 
chiefly in the ' patanas ' up to 1500 m. 
Herbarium Specimens examined.— Madras Presidency: 
Sili-'iri Hills. Schmidt: ffohena.-lrer, 932; Thomson; Madras 
