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Bengal large tracts of waste land are covered with this grass. (Carey.) 

 The fresh leaves are much used as a substitute for tea. The white 

 succulent centre of the leaf-bearing culms is often put into curries, to 

 give them an agreeable flavour. {Roxb.) The natives of the Moluccas 

 extract a pleasant tasted essential oil from the leaves. {Carey.) 

 Q.Martini, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 277; ^d. Carey, 1, p. 280.— A. 

 nardoides, Nees. ? — A. Calamus aromaticus, Royle. ?) % Central India 

 extending north as far as Delhi, and south to between the Godavery 

 and Nagpore. In H. C. G. fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. This grass has a 

 strong aromatic and pungent taste, so that not only the flesh of the 

 animals (which eat it voraciously) but also the milk and butter, have a 

 very powerful scent of it. (General Martin.) It yields the fragrant 

 grass-oil of Namaur. 

 7. Iwarancusa, Blane. (Roxb. fi. ind. 1, p. 275 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 279.) 

 %. Hurdwar. Kheree Pass. Fl. and fr. C. S. Comes remarkably near 

 A. Schoenanthus both in habit and taste. (Roxb.) 

 S.Nardus, Rottl. ? (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 287 i—Roxb. H. B. p. 7.) %. 

 Ccrurtallum. Tinnevelly. In H. C. G. fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. Ainslie calls this 

 grass ginger, or spice-grass, and says that the natives use its infusion as 

 a stomachic, and occasionally prepare from it an essential oil useful 

 in rheumatism. (Royle.) It is not mentioned in Roxb. fl. ind. but it is, 

 evident that Dr. Carey, in H. B. 1. c. took it to be A. Iwarancusa, Bl, 

 which it perhaps may be. 

 9.glaber. Roxb. (fl. ind. ], p. 267 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 271 ; — Spreng. syst. 

 \,p. 288. % Elevated parts of Bengal. In H. C. G. fl. C. S. ; fr. H. 

 S. (Roxb ) 



10. punctatus, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 264; ed. Carey, 1, p. 268; — Spreng. 

 syst. \,p. 288.) © Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



W.Bladhii. Retz.) Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 259; ed. Carey, 1. p. 263;— 

 Spreng, I, p. 286.) C^ftlTtl^ Loari. © Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. C. 

 S. ; fr. H. S. 



12. pertusus. Willd. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 286.-/2. Br. pr. 1, p. 202;— 

 Eoxb. f.. ind. 1 , p. 258 ; ed. Carey, \, p. 263 — Holcus pertusus, Kon. ; 

 L. Mant.) © Bengal, Peninsula of India. New Holland. Fl. C. S. ; 

 fr. H. S. 



\3.scandens, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1. p. 258; ed. Carey, 1, p. 262. — Spreng. 

 syst. 1, p. 286 ;— y. Grnh. Cat. B. pi. p. 238.) O^ v-/ Bengal. Penin- 

 sula of India. In H. C. G. fl. C S. ; fr. H. S. (Roxb.) 



\4.trispicatus, Schult. (A. tristachys, Roxb. fl, ind. I, p. 257 ; ed. Carey, 

 \,p.2d\; not Humb.) © Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



15. Roxburghiamis, Schult. (A. filiformis, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 256 ; ed. Ca- 

 rey, I, p. 260 ; not Pers.) © Bengal. (Serampore.) Fl. C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



l6.conjugatus, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 255; ed. Carey, 1, p. 260.— Sac 

 charum conjugatum, Spreng. \,p. 283.) © Bengal, (Serampore.) FI. 

 C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



