130 MUNOCOnLKDONKS. 



e. I'huit iij flower. 



Lahoro, Aug., 184G ; i'loni Dr. .1. I), ifooker; 18 .Un., 

 1859. 

 /. Plant in flower. 



Piuijal), Dr. Tlumisoii ; from Di: .1. D. Hfwltcr, 18 Jan., 

 1859. 



Andropogon laniger, var. Iwarancusa. 



(/. Plant in flower, and detached flowers. 



A. hmrunni.m, Hlaiie in Hcrl). lioxb., fide Wallich, Catal, 

 No. 8793; Dr. Wallich. ("Very aromfttic."—D. Han- 

 bury.) From Dr. J. D. Hooker; 18 Jan., 1859. 

 " Col. Munro admits thi.s to be the true A. Iwaranrusa of 

 Ro\-bur{,'b, but adds that it is the A. Schmimnthm of 

 Nees von Esonbeck, Blano and of Sir J. K Smith : 

 .WNov., I860."— D. II. 

 //.. Leaves and detached spikelet. " Andropogon," 



Called Khavi-ka-tel. Ludiana ; T. W. H. Tolbort ; 1869. 

 [It has a rose-geranium flavoiw.] 



590. Andropogon muricatus, Retz. 



u. Inflorescence. 



Cultivated ; Campinas, Prov. Sao Paulo, Brazil ; J. Correa 

 de Meilo. 



591. Andropogon Nardus, L. (A. citratwin, D. C). 



a. Detached lea^•es and flowers. 



Received from G. H. K. Thwaites, 21 Oct., 1859, who 

 sent it under the name of A. Sclmm/ithu.i. stating it 

 be the soiu-ce of citronelle oil. (In a letter, dated . 

 Ceylon, 23 Dec, 1853.) Very abiuidant in Ceylon 

 up to an elevation of 3,000 feet. A. Nardus (fide 

 Miuiro). [The lea\ es have a citronelle flavour.] 

 h, c, d. Three portions of one plant. 



Pangii-i-maana grass. {Aiulropogmi Schananthus, var. fide 



Thwaites. ) 

 Ceylon ; from G. H. K. Thwaites, May, 1859. Length to 

 summit of flower spike nearly seven feet. 

 e. Plant in flowei'. 



Watwalla, about four miles from Galle, Ceylon. Cultivated 

 bj- Mr. J. A. Hume and gathered by Thomas Hanbury ; 

 Nov., 1858. The oil of citronelle is distilled by Ui\ 

 Hume from this grass. [Specimen e has a rose- 

 geranium, not a citronelle flavom-.] 



