644 



(46) A. MTjEicATtrs. (Ret%.) 



Bent. Eetz. obs. III. 95 and V. 20.— Eoxb. 1. c. p. 265. 



Syn. Anathemm muricatum, Bemm. — Phalaiis Zizania, Linn. — 

 A. squarrosus, Lmn. — ^Vetiveria odorata, Virey. 



Engrav. Beauv. Agr. t. 22. 



Spec. Chae. Culm erect, compressed, 5 — 6-feet : nodes smooth : 

 leaves linear, narro-w, sub-bifarious, rigid, elongated : panicle verti- 

 ceUed: branches numerous, simple, spreading: joints of the rhachis 

 smooth: glumes minutely prickly on both sides, nearly equal, 

 muricated. 



Bengal. Peninsula. From the fragrant roots are made the 

 "Khuskus" tatties. 



(47) A. ACICTOATTTS. (Ret%.) 

 Ident. Eetz. 1. c. t. 22. 



Syn. Chrysopogoa aciculatus, Trin. fund. p. 88. — Centrophorum 

 chinense, Trin. I. c. t. 5. — Ehaphis triviaJis, Zour. Coch. 676. 



.Enyrav. Trin. Ic. I. t. 8, 9. — Eheede Mai. xii. t. 43. 



Spec Chab. Culms erect, rooting at the base, simple or 

 branched, 1— !2-feet: nodes, sheaths and leaves smooth, the last 

 somewhat radical and abbreviated, lanceolate, margins rough and 

 prickly : panicle terminal, linear-oblong, branches sub-verticelled, 

 simple, hirsute towards the apex : glumes of the hermaphrodite 

 floret almost equal, upper 2-cleft with the awn about twice the 

 lengtb of the floret. 



Bengal. Peninsula. Travancore. 



(48) A. VEETICILLATTTS. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 263.— Dalz. 1. c. p. 303. 



Spec. Chae. Boot woody, perennial : culms erect, simple, very 

 leafy, round, smooth : margins of the leaves minutely spinous, 

 hairy on the inside near the base : panicles erect, conical, lax, 

 composed of many verticelled, simple, fiBfbrm, waved, drooping, 

 3-flowered branches : spikelets surrounded with much brown hair : 

 inner glume of the hermaphrodite floret awned. 



Mountainous localities. 



(49) A. PETioLATTJs. (Bok.) 

 Ident. Dalz. 1. c. p. 303. 

 Syn. A. petiolaris, TVw. (under Spadiopogon). 



