406 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
DominicaN ReEpusuic: Province of Santo Domingo, Ekman H 
11419. Moncion, Ekman H 13052. Santo Domingo City, Ekman 
H 13292. Cuesta Piedras, Hkman H 14298. Without locality, 
FIGURE 360.—Vetiveria zizanioides, X 1% (Hitchcock 9435). 
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Wright, Parry, and 
Brummel 616. 
110: VETIVER PA 
Bory, in Lem., Bull. 
Soc. Philom. 1822: 
43. 1822 
Racemes long, slen- 
der, solitary, on long 
filiform peduncles 
borne in whorls on an 
elongate axis, forming 
a large panicle; spike- 
lets awnless (in ours), 
arranged as in Andro- 
pogon, the filiform ra- 
chis tardily disjointing. 
Coarse glabrous peren- 
nials- “with stout 
rhizomes. 
In the Grasses of the 
West Indies this genus 
was described under 
Anatherum Beauy. 
This name was there 
typified by A. murica- 
tum Beauy., the first 
of two equally eligible 
species. Jt seems bet- 
ter to take the second 
of these species, A. 
bicorne Beauv. (Andro- 
pogon bicornis L.)as the 
type, reducing Anthe- 
rum Beauv. to a syno- 
nym of Andropogon 
and leaving Vetiweria 
for the aromatic grass 
commonly known un- 
der that name. 
1. Vetiveria zizanioides 
(L..) Nash,in Small, Fl. 
Southeast. U. S. 67. 
1903. KHuUS-KHUS. 
Phalaris zizanioides 
Li, Mcatant co eal eee 
L771... Indias: 
Andropogon murica- 
tus Retz., Obs. Bot. 3: 
43. 17838. “India: 
