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ILLUSTRATION.—None. 
SYNONYMS. 
Andropogon coloratus, Nees, in Wight, Cat. (1833) no. 1703 
(name only). 
A. Nardus, var. coloratus, Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., vol. vii, 
p. 206. 
DISTRIBUTION.—From the Tinnivelli District to the Ana- 
mallai Hills and throughout the Carnatic. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—MADRAS PRESIDENCY: 
Tinnivelli Distr., Courtallum, Thomson (Herb. Hanbury); Man- 
dunthorai Ghaut, Barber Coll., 2765, 2769; Koilpatti, Barber 
Coll., 3437; Madura District, Palni’ Hills, 300-600 m., Burton 
Wright in Barber’s Coll.; bBeddome (Brit. Mus.) ; Coimbatore 
District, Anamallai, Poonachi Ghaut, Barber Coll., 3582, 3752; 
Trichinopoli Distr., Trichinopoli, Griffith; North Arcott Dis- 
trict, Beddome (Brit. Mus.); Cuddapa District, Beddome (Brit. 
Mus.) ; without precise locality: “Sent from Fort St. George ” 
(Madras), Bulkley (Herb. Du Bois); Klein, 9 July, 1808 (a specimen 
of Klein’s is in Wight’s Herbarium, placed with Wight, 1703, 
distributed as “ Andropogon (Cymb.) coloratus, N.K.,” and it is 
possible that the specimens distributed by Wight as 1703 were 
taken from Klein’s material); Wight, 3087, 3094 ; Wight, 1700c 
and 1700d (the latter diseased); Heyne in Herb. Wallich, 8794, 
By Di 
O1t.—Unknown. The grass is possibly one of the ‘lemon- 
erasses’ of the Malabar District. 
VERNACULAR NAMES.—Tamil : Manjen pillu (Bulkley, 1703) ; 
Manakru pillu (Klein, 1794); Senga manu mala pillu (Griffith) ; 
Sengana pillu (Herb. Barber). 
7. Cymbopogon citratus, Stapf.—Transferred from Andropogon 
(A. citratus, DC.; Nees). 
DESCRIPTIONS.—Rumphius, Herb. Amboin., vol. v., p. 181 
(ander Schoenanthum amboinicum) ; Nees in Allgem. Gartenzeit. 
vol. iii. (1835), p. 266 ; also my remarks on pp.,3322, 333. 424 
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Rumphius, l.c., tab. 72; and the plate accom. 
panying this paper, presented by the Bentham Trustees. 
SYNONYMS. 
Andropogon Schoenanthus, L., Syst. ed. x. (1759), p. 1304, not 
of Spec. Plant.; Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. (1820), 
vol. i., p. 278.—Original from Roxburgh’s garden at the British 
Museum. 
A. citratus, DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. (1813), p. 78 (only very 
imperfectly described); Nees, in Allgem. Gartenzeit., vol. iii. - 
(1835), p. 266 (full description).—Based on specimens cultivated 
in various Kuropean gardens as A. citratus or A. citriodorus, or 
‘Lemon-grass,’ in the earlier part of the last century. A specimen 
of this ‘ Lemon-grass’ from Lambert's garden (not later than 1810) 
is at the British Museum, 
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