356 
Coll. 20, 36, Gamble; Coimbatore District, Anamallai Hills, 
Beddome (Brit. Mus.); Madura District, Palni Hills, Naduwattam ; 
Barber, 2642, 2643. CEYLON: Bundarawatta, Jowitt, 2382, 2387, 
2390, 2391; without precise locality, Gardner, 1037 ; Maawell. 
Oiu.—Not produced commercially ; ‘good’ according to Willis, 
but the yield is small. Properties unknown. 
VERNACULAR NAMES.—Singalese: Mana. Toda (Nilgiris) : 
Bambe (Hohenacker). 
5). Cymbopogon fiexuosus, Stapf.—Transferred from Andropogon 
(A. flecuosus, Nees ex Steud.). 
DESCRIPTIONS.—Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. vol. i. (1855), p. 388; 
Hack. Androp., p. 603 (under A. Nardus, var. flecuosus) ; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind., vol. vii. p. 207 (under A. Nardus, var. flexwosus). 
ILLUSTRATIONS.—Rheede, Hort. Malab. vol. xii. tab. 57 (Kodi- 
pullu) ; Bentley and Trimen, Med. Pl. tab. 297 (under A. Nardus). 
SYNONYMS. 
Andropogon flecuosus, Nees in Wight, Cat. (1833), p. 100 (name 
only); Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum., vol. i. (1855), p. 388.—Based on 
Wight, No. 1704 (17la of Wight’s own herbarium). 
. A. Nardus, var. flexuosus, Hack., Androp. (1889), p. 603. 
DISTRIBUTION.—Tinnivelli District and Travancore. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—TRAVANOORE: “abun- 
dant on the plains,” Waring (Herb. Hanbury): Cochin, Barber, 
2934. MADRAS PRESIDENCY: Madura District, Palni Hills, at 1200 
m., Beddome (Brit. Mus.); Naduwattam, Barber, 2695; Tinnivelli 
Distr., Courtallum, Klein. (A specimen of Klein’s is in Wight’s 
herbarium, placed with Wight, 1704, distributed as “ Andropogon 
(Cymb.) flecuosus, N.K.” They are so much alike that it seems 
probable the distributed specimens were made up from Klein’s 
collection). A specimen of this flowered at Kew last year. 
Another cultivated specimen, grown in the A. H. Gardens at 
Madras is in the herbarium of the India Museum, Calcutta. 
Oin.—(Malabar or Cochin Lemon-grass oil).—Export from the 
Malabar Coast (1896-97), 270,000 kilos = 595,080 lbs. (Gildemeister 
and Hoffmann). Yield in per cent. of the dry or fresh grass un- 
known. Composition: Mainly citral (70-75 per cent.); specific 
gravity: 0°899-0°903. Angle of rotation uncertain. Readily 
soluble in alcohol, even in dilute alcohol. 
VERNACULAR NAMES.—VMalayalim (2): Kodi-pullu (Rheede, 
1703; can this be meant for the Canarese Kadi pillu = sour 
grass ?) or Pullu (grass; Bourdillon); Vamil: Shukkunari pillu 
(Courtallam, Herb. Wight; literally ginger-grass ; Ainslie, 1813). _ 
6. Cymbopogon coloratus, Stapf. —Transferred from Andropogon 
(A. coloratus, Nees). 
DESCRIPTIONS.—P. 321 of this paper ; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., 
vol. vii., p. 206 (under A. Nardus, var. coloratus). 
