128 MONOCOTYLEDONKS. 



c. Leafy stem. 



Bandong, Java, Dr. J. E. de Vrij ; 27 June, 1860. 

 " Called Sereh in .lava, where it docs not (^row wild, liut in frequently 

 cultivated and ' Hoenis not to lie.'ir flowers.' The exsential oil obtained 

 by Dr. de Vrij from thin jdant was found by him to Ijc inactive to the 

 polarized ray." 



d. Leafy stem. 



"Cultivated, as well as tlie Citronelle grass, by .J. A. Ilunie, at 

 Watwalla, about four miles from (Jallc, Ceylon, at which place, however, 

 according to Mr. Hume, it never produces its (lowers. It is the plant 

 from which ' Lemon grass oil ' is distilled." — D. H. 



Collected by Thos. Hanbury ; Nov., 1858. 



e. Leaves and inflorescence. 



"The plant which yields the Lemon grass of Tnivancore. 



Abundant on the plains; it is not cultivated. From 



E. J. Waring, Travancore, 1863." 

 /. Leafy stem. 



Raisqd from seed obtained from pressed specimens of the 



grass given me by E. J. Waring, 1863. — D.H. 



587. Andropogon citriodonis, D. C. (A. Schoenanthus, Wall., non L. ; 



fide Munro.) 



a. Inflorescence. 



Nepal ; Dr. Wallich, from Dr. J. D. Hooker; 18 Jan., 1859. 

 [It has a Lemon grass flavour.] 



588. Andropogon Khasianus, Munro. 



a. Plant in flower. 



Nunklow, Khasya, 3,000 to 5,000 feet ; 10 July, 1850. 

 Dr. J. D. Hooker; 18 Jan., 1859 (No. 1594, Herb. 

 Hooker. [Taste bitter and camphorescent, aromatic, 

 not like either citronelle, verbena, or ginger grass.] 



b. Ditto. A diseased specimen 1 



Khasya ; Dr. J. D. Hooker ; 18 Jan., 1859. 



589. Andropogon laniger, Desf. ; fide Munro. 



a. Tufts of root leaves, and portions of detached inflorescence 

 (two specimens). 

 On this sheet are specimens marked : (1) Bought at Milan, 

 with a pencil sketch of the original bundle piu-chased 

 there. (2) Found in an old collection of Materia 

 Medica, formerly belonging to Sir J. E. Smith, 1863 ; 

 "Junciis odc/mius, Fcemim Camelorum, Schcenanthus vcl 

 Squinantlniin officiiumini, ^x'^^^"'' Dioscoridis et Galeni ; 

 Adch-er Arabum." Detached flowers, received from 

 Professor Guiboiu't, are attached to this sheet. 



