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f g, h. Plants in flower. {A. Xanlus, L. ?) 

 ' Cultivated in the Iskn.l of Mauritius; received froir, 

 L. Bouton, Mauritius; 30 May, 1859. No cssenti.il 

 oil distilled from it there. This grass is of Wright's 

 Catalogue and Herbarium, No. 1692, Andropoyo,,. 

 (AMahmim)nurhnryhii,y..'E.)Andropo(joniAnam^^^^^^ 

 Schcemnthus, lloxb.; luw L. uec Wall. PI. As. rar., 

 vol 3 t 280. It is also No. 303, Mergm, Griffith, 

 in Herb. Wight's : D. H. ; 24 June, 1859. [The taste 

 of the :\Iam-itius plant is fainter than the citronelle 

 ' gi'ass, and Ijetween it and ginger grass.] 

 i. Leaves. " Lemon grass." 



Bath, Jamaica ; N. Wilson ; April, 1860. 

 ;. Leaves and flowers. 



Bath, Jamaica; Nov., 1859. 



The culm measured 10 feet, and from 9 to 12 inches 

 between the nodes. Colonel Munro marked this 

 A. Nardil^, L. 1 

 L Flowering stem. 

 /. Plant, with flowers and root. 



Courtallum, Madras; G. Thomson, from Dr. J. I). 

 Hooker; 18 Jan., 1859. A. Martini, lloxb. (JkU 

 Munro), but after fm-ther examination referred by 

 him to A.Xardus, L. "This grass appears to be thelTOO 

 c. Andropoym {Cijinh.) cmius, N. E. ; y. datiw, cuhw 

 ern-lo firwo of Dr. Wight's Catalogue, and of his own 

 herbarium ;" D. H. : 24 June, 1859. [It does not 

 taste of citronelle, lint has an aromatic taste recalling 

 that of ]iatehouli.] 



Andropogon Nardus, var. flexuosus, Nees (fide Munro); (A. 

 confertiflonis, Steud. ; A nardoides, f. major, Hochst.) 



((. Plant in flower. 



Madras, Presidency; G. Thomson, from Dr. J. D. Hooker; 

 18 Jan., 1859. ]\Iunro first referred it to A. 

 SckcwJlni.'^, L. [This grass has a bitter cam- 

 phoraceous taste like that of A. Kluimnn^, but not 

 at all resembling citronelle.] 

 ;, Plant in flower. (A. flcmosn^, var. mnfirus,fide JIunro.) 

 Received from G. H.' K. Thwaites under the name of 

 Androjjoijon Sdmnanflats ; 30 May, 1859. 



