N. 0. GRAMIKEiE, 
1369 
than the internodes, hispid with bulbous-based hairs ; ligule 
very short, membranous, densely ciliate. Racemes J-l in. 
long, resembling a string of minute beads, solitary or seem- 
ingly fascicled in the axils of the leaves, but individually 
from shortened axillary branches. Sessile spikelets 
in. long, subglobose ; callus tumid, glabrous. Glumes 4 ; 
lower invol-gume irregularly foveolate on the back ; upper 
invol. -glume closing the cavity of the lower floral glume, 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved ; lower floral glume hyaline, 
shorter than the upper invol.-glume ; upper floral glume about 
equalling the lower, broadly ovate, obtuse ; palea similar but a 
little shorter. Pedicellate spikelets equal in length to the 
sessile or longer, of 2 equal green glumes about to in. long ; 
lower invol.-glume broadly ovate or suborbicular, obtuse or 
subacute, 5-7 nerved, one margin narrowly folded, the other 
with a hyaline wing, upper invlo.-glume boat-shaped, laterally 
compressed, the keel with a dorsal byaline ciliolate wing 
(Cooke). 
Uses: — In Behar, it is prescribed internally in conjunction 
with a little sweet oil, in cases of enlarged spleen and liver 
(Ainslie\ 
1337. Andropogon squarrosus, Linn. /., h.f.b.i., 
vii. 186. 
Syn. : — A. muricatus, Retz. Roxb. 89. 
Sans : — Usir. 
Vern. : — Khas, bena, panni, senth, ganrar, onei, Bale-ke- 
gh&ns (H.); Khas-khas, (B.) ; Panni (Pb.) ; Sirom (Sant.); 
Vais (Guz.) ; L&vancha (Kan.) ; Vettiver ; romanchamver (Mai.) ; 
Vette-ver, (Tam.); Vala, kkasakkasa, (Mar.); Kas (Arab. & 
Pers.) 
Habitat : — Throughout the plains of India. 
Stems 2— 5ft., in large, dense tufts with stout spongy 
aromatic roots, sparingly branched, as thick below as a goose- 
quill. Leaves 1-2 ft., subbifarious, narrow acute, erect, keeled, 
glabrous, margins scabrid; sheaths equitant, glabrous ; ligule 
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