ANDROPOGON

(Lat.), n. m. and n. *n)-dro-po’go’n. Gen., peerrog ia (or, irreg., andropo’gi). From dvñp, a man, and wéyr, the beard. Fr.,barb on. Ger., Bartgras. Sp., andrô- Pogon. A genus of perennial gra es of the tribe Saccharieæ, distinguished by bearing a pair of spikelets at each joint of the rhachis —one mounted on a icel, the other se ile and containing two flowers, of which the upper one only is fertile. Both rhachis and flowers are hairy. [B, 31.|—A. acicular is [Retzius], A. acieulatum [Roxburgh]. See CHRYSOPOGON aciculatus.—A. à odeur de citron (Fr.). See A. citriodorus.—A. aromatic us [Roxburgh]. See A. muricatus.—A. à sucre (Fr.). See SORGHUM saccharatum, bicorn is [Linnæus]. Syn.: An a the rum bicorne [P. de Beauvais]. A species growing in the West Indies and in South America, where its root is employed in medicine. [B, 180.]—A. calamus aromatic us. A species yielding the gra -oil of Namur. [B. 7.] See, however, A. Martini.—A. citratum, A. citratus [De Candolle]. ios té limon [Mex. Ph.]. Ea tae a species ind i; nous to Bengal and Travancore, and cultivated in Coromand The leaves are fragrant, aromatic, and bitter, and furnish an e ential oil, That of the first distillation, which is high-colored, is called lemon-gra oil, or Indian meli a oil;-redistilled with charcoal, it is clear, and is called e ence of verbena or citronelle. A tea made from the leaves is used as a cooling, drink, a stomachic tonie, and a diuretic. The oil is used externally in rheumatism and internally in cholera. [B, 8, 17, 121, 172.] The cultivated té limon of the Mex. Ph, is supposed to be the same plant. An infusion of the leaves (1 to 250) is used as a digestive stimulant and antispasmodic. [J. M. Maisch, “ Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” March, 1886, p. 122.)—A. citriodorus. Fr., a. à odeur de limon, 1. Of De Candolle, the 4. schænanthus. 2. Of the Paris Bot. Gard. Catal., the À. nard us. [B, 188.]—A. eriophorus {Willdenow}. See A. laniger.—A. fil i for me [Per so on]. See A. serratus.—A. insular is (Linnæus]. The Panicum insulare of Meyer. [B.]—A. iwarancusa [Roxburgh]. From the Bengali name twaran-ku a, Ger., I war ankus a-Bartgras. A species growing in the mountains of northern India, where its roots Lat., androphorum (from are us as a remedy for intermittent fever. In appearance and taste it resembles the A. citratus, but is said to yield no oil. By Nees von Esenbeck it is a igned to A. schenanthus. Its root isa variety of the vetiver i a root (radix iwarancusæ, seu vetiver iæ). [B, 172, 180.]—A. javanicus [Nees]. See CHRYSOPOGON aciculatus. —A. laniger, A. lanigerum [Desfontaines]. An Arabian species, furnishing the schenanthus of the ancients, employed. by Hippoc- Sa eee by Dioscorides. [B, 121, 188. me Sr rhenl xburgh]. ou a-gra , ginger-gra ; a species found in the fomands of India, It Ae a highly rubefacient, aromatic, straw-colored volatile oil (the gra -oil of Nemaur) closely resembling demon i eras oil and used for the same purposes, also as a tonic for the hair and to prevent it from falling out after acute diseases. The gra also furnishes a fibre used for making paper. [B, 172.) By Bentham this species is identified with A, schenanthus. [B.J—A. micra nth us, A. montan us [Kunth]. See Curysopo- GON parviflorus.—A. muricatum, A. muricatus [Retzius]. Fr., a. muriqué, vétiver, chien-dent des Indes. Syn.: A. squarrosus Linnæus], Phalaris zizanioides [Linnæus], Agrostis verticil lat a Lamarck], Vetiver i a odorata [Virrey], Ana m _ muricatum, de Beauvais]. The cuscus-gra (Tamil, vetti-vea; Malay, vettiver; Bengal. and Hind., vet i-veria); a species wing in the East. Indies and cultivated in the Isle of France. An infusion of the root is used as a stimulating and cooling drink. The root is also used in bilious affections, as a cooling erpucation to the skin, and to prevent the ravages of insects. It is said to be antispasmodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, and emmenagogue. [B, 121, 180, 188.]—A. nard us. The broad-leaved lavender, considered by some to be identical with 4. Martini, and said to furnish lemon-gra (citronella) oil. _ It is official in the Ind. Ph. [B,5,72.] Cf. 4. citratus.—A. pachnodes. An Indian species; it furnishes a volatile oil resembling that of A, citratus, used as a counter-irritant in rheumatism, neuralgia, ete, It is official in the Ind. Ph. [B, 172.)—A. parancusa [Llave]. dia for like purposes as the A. citratus. [ I—A. sac char at us [Roxburgh]. See SORGHUM saccharatum. schoonanthus [Linnæus]. Syn.: Cymbopogon schænanthus [Spres l"gell. The sweet rush, by some identified with A. citratus; an Oriental species, furnishing ginger-gra oil (roshé oil), used for Seeing attar of rose. The root is used by the Chinese for ions on the scalp. [B,-172; L, 75, 119.)—A. serratus [Ret Syn.: A. fil i for me [Per so on], Lepeocercis serrata [Trinius] A species used in Ini 121, zius]. ies, [B, 188.]—A. sorghum [Brot]. Fr., a. (ou barb on) sorgl See Soranum vulgare.—A. spicatus [Linneus]. The Perotis latifolia of Aiton. [B 180-4. squarrosus. See À. muricatus.—Oleum andropogi citrati [Ind, Ph.], Oleum andro pogo nis. Syn. oleum grum in is indici, Indian-gra oil a volatile oil distilled from the leaves of several species of A. (di ferent varieties being known as lemon-gra oil, citronella oil, ginger-gra oil, etc.), used internally as a carminative and externally as a stimulating apples tion! in rheumatism, also in making perfumes aud ea inger-gra oil is said to stimulate the growth of the hair. [B,8; L, 78.)