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PLUMBAGINACEAE 
(Plumbago Family) 
LIMONIUM GAROLINIANUM (Walt.) Britton. Sea lavender. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle*— Metzger and 
Grant (277), 
. uKBAGO ROSEA L. Synonyms P. ooccinea (Lour.) Boiss. 
PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA L. Synonym: P. auriculata Blume. 
In India the milky juice was used for ulcers and scabies. — Watt 
(422, v. 6, pt. 1, pp. 295-296). 
This plant is widely distributed in India. A 5-percent alcoholic 
extract of the roots killed 100 percent of the caterpillars, Euprootis 
fraterna (Moore), end 80 percent of beetle grubs, Epilachna sp. A 
5-percent extract of the stem bark killed 100 percent of each species.— 
Futtarudriah and Subramanism (312). 
POACEAE 
(Grass Family) 
AGROPYRON REPSNS (L.) Beauv. Quackgrass. 
^Sxtracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle, — Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
Extracts of the roots killed only 35 percent of the mosquito lar- 
vae tested-.--Hartzell and Wilcoxon (1 88 ) • 
BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA Retz. Synonyms _B. or i3ntalis Nees. Spiny bamboo. 
In India the most efficacious application for dislodgment of worms 
in ulcers was a poultice made by pounding the young shoots of the bam- 
boo.— Watt ( 422 , v. 1, p. 391). 
CYWBOPOGGN CITRATUS (DC) Stapf. Lemon grass. 
Oil of lemon grass was of no <ralue as a repellent or attractant to 
the screwworm.— Parman and cow ;kers ( 302 ) . 
In Africa it has been suggested that this grass be planted as a 
local deterrent to the tsetse fly.— Dalziel ( ii2 ) . 
In Russia when oil of lemon was applied in 2-percent emulsion 
sprays, more tnan 90 percent of "the red spiders and ootton aphids were 
killed within 24 hours.--Kayumov (226) . 
