45+ FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



25 per cent, of paper pulp bleached. — Kew 

 Museum, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Cape Verd Islands. 



Ginger or Lemon Grass, &c. {Andropogon Schcenan- 

 thus, L.). — Erect perennial plant. An essential oil 

 known as Lemon grass, often also as " rusa " or rose, 

 and Geranium oil is the produce of this species. The 

 leaves are distilled in the Khandesh coUectorate of 

 the Bombay Presidency. The oil produced in the 

 Namar district of the Nerbudda Valley is sometimes 

 called grass oil of Namar. The export of the oil 

 from Bombay during the year ending March, 1867, 

 was 41,643 lbs ; it is shipped to England and 

 the Ports of the Red Sea, and its largest consump- 

 tion is for the adulteration of Otto of Rose. The 

 fresh leaves are much used in India as a substitute 

 for tea, and the fully-developed leaves roasted arc 

 considered by Indian practitioners as an excellent 

 stomachic. The white succulent centre of the culms 

 is often put into curries as a flavouring agent. The 

 whole plant has an aromatic bitter flavour, and is said 

 to be much liked by cattle. — ' Spon's Encyclopaedia 

 of the Industrial Arts, Manufactures and Commercial 

 Products,' p. 1422 ; Lindley's 'Flora Medica,' p. 612, 

 &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Sangare-Sangue {Andropogon sp.). — The fruiting 



