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' DISTRIBUTION.—Only known in cultivation: Ceylon, parti- 
-cularly in the South; Malayan Peninsula; Java. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — CEYLON: without 
precise locality, Macrae; Walker; Thwaites, 2733: Watwalla, 
near Galle, cultivated, Thwaites, Nov. 1858 (Herb. Pharm. Soc.) ; 
Galle, cultivated as “Old Citronella grass’’ (Winter’s grass), and 
other specimens as “ New Citronella grass (Lanu Batu),” comm. 
‘Breitenstein: Bundarawalla, Joiwzitt, 2383-2386, 2388, 2389. 
PENANG: Batu Feringi, cultivated (?), Curtis, 91. JAVA: 
Buitenzorg, cultivated, Lreub. JAMAICA: Hope Gardens, culti- 
vated, Harris. 
Oim.—(Oleum Gironelites Citronella oil). — Production in 
Ceylon (1905), 1,282,471 lbs. (Tropic. Agricult., Aug. 1905) from 
40,000-50,000 acres ; in the Malay Peninsula (1903) about or under 
30,000 Ibs. from about 2000 acres (Gildemeister and Hoffmann). 
Yield in per cent. of the dry or fresh grass unknown ; per acre 
about 352-440 oz. in the summer, 110-220 oz. in the winter. Com- 
‘position: (a) Maha Pangiri, Citronellal 50°45-55°34 per cent., 
Geraniol 38:15-31°87 per cent., Methy] Eugenol 0:78-0:84 per cent. ; 
(b) Lenubatu Pangiri, Citronellal 28:2 per cent., Geraniol 32°9 per 
cent., Methyl Eugenol 8:0 per cent. Specific gravity : (a) Maha 
Pangiri 0°886-0°900 ; (6) Lenubatu Pangiri 0°$00-0°920. Angle 
of rotation: (a) Maha Pangiri, ap = —0°34 to —3°; (b) Lenubatu 
Pangiri, ay = —d° to —21°. 
VERNACULAR NAMES.—Singhalese: Panagiri mana; Maha 
Panagiri mana (the original variety, also known as Winter’s or Old 
Citronella grass); Lenubatu Panagiri mana (the new variety, New 
Citronella grass). English: Citronella grass. 
4, Cymbopogon confertiflorus, Stapf.—Transferred from Andro- 
pogon (A. confertiflorus, Steud.). 
DESCRIPTIONS.—Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. vol. i. (1855) p. 384; 
Hook. f., Fl. Br. Ind., vol. vii., p. 206 (under A. Nardus, var. 
nilagiricus). 
ILLUSTRATION.—None. 
SYNONYMS. 
Andropogon confertiflorus, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum., vol. i. (1855), 
p. 884.—Based on Hohenacker, Pl. Ind. Or. (M. Nilagiri), no. 932, 
a. ibuted as A. nilagiricus, Hochst. 
A. nilagiricus, Hochst. in Hohenacker, Pl. Ind. Or. (M. Nlagtet) 
(1851), no. 932.—Name only, on the distribution label ; quoted as 
a synonym by Hackel, Androp. (1889), p. 604. 
A. nardoides, « major, Hochst. ex Steud., 1.c.—Quoted as 
a synonym by Steudel, l.c. 
A. Nardus, var. nilagiricus, Hack. Androp. (1889), p. 604.— 
Based on Hohenacker, no. 932. 
DISTRIBUTION. —Nilgiris, Anamallai and Palni Hills ; Conar 
chiefly in the ‘patanas’ up to 1500 m. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—MADRAS PRESIDENCY : 
Nilgiri Hills, Schmidt ; Hohenacker, 932; Thomson; Madras 
