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INDIAN MEDICINAI PLANT. 
1340. A. Nardus, Linn., h.f.b.i., vii. 205. 
Syn. : — A. nardus proper. 
V ern. :--Ganjui ; ganjui-k'i-glms; pust-buru (H.) ; Kam'a-kher 
(B.) ; Ganjui ; Usadhana (Mar.); Kainakshi-pullu ; mandap- 
pullu ; kavattam-pullu ; shunmirip-pullu (Tam.) ; Kamakshi- 
kasuvu ; kamanchi-Gaddi (Tel.) ; ganda-hanclii-kbaddi (Kan.). 
Habitat : — Common in the plains and lower bills of the 
United Provinces and Panjab ; abundant about Travancore. 
Rootstock stout, stem tall stout leafy, leaves long narrow, 
panicle large often supra- decompound oblong or subpyramid al 
more or less interrupted, branches loosely or closely packed 
erect at length often drooping, spathes laxly or closely imbricate 
lanceolate, proper spathes in., spikes with 4-5 pairs of 
spikelets, joints and pedicels rather slender densely or laxly 
ciliate, sessile spikelets in. lanceolate awned, glume 1 
narrowly winged, awn long or short. 
Uses : — The oil is officinal in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. In 
its properties the oil resembles that of 4. citratus. The infusion 
of the leaves in doses of i to 2 ounces is used as a stomachic 
(Irvine’s Mat. Med of Patna). It is used as a carminative in the 
bowel complaints of children (Dymock). 
1341. A. citratus, DC., h.f.b.i., vii. 210. ( Where 
it is considered either A. Nardus or A. schoenanthus) 
Roxb. 92 
Sans. : — Bhustrina. 
V ern. : — Gandha bena (B.) ; Gandha trina (H.) ; Hirvachah or 
olachah (Mar.) ; Lilicha ; (Guj.) ; Vashanuppulla ; kurpura- 
pulla (Tam.) ; Nimmagaddi ; chippagaddi (Tel.) ; Purhalihulla 
(Kan.). Hazar-masalah (Per.) ; 
Habitat : — Cultivated in gardens in India. 
Uses : — “ The volatile oil of this plant is officinal in the Phar- 
macopoeia of India, where it is described as “ stimulant, carmi- 
native, antispasmodic and diaphoretic ; locally applied rube- 
facient.” “ In flatulent and spasmodic affections of the bowels, 
