28 Dr. Falconer's Description of Aucklandia, 



Costus Arabicus. 3rd. Root is used at the present day for the same purposes 

 in China, as Costus was formerly applied to by the Greeks and Romans. 

 4th. The direct testimony of the Persian authors, that Kbost comes from the 

 " borders of India," and that it is not a production of Arabia. 5th. The com- 

 mercial history of the root gathered in Cashmeer under the name of Root. 

 It is collected in large quantities and exported to the Punjab, whence the 

 larger portion goes down to Bombay, where it is shipped for the Red Sea, 

 the Persian Gulf and China; a portion of it finds its way across the Sutluj 

 and Jumna into Hindoostan Proper, whence it is taken to Calcutta, and 

 bought up there with avidity, under the designation of Putchuk, for the China 

 market. These proofs appear to be as conclusive as a question of the kind 

 will admit of. 



In M'Culloch's 'Commercial Dictionary .,• it is stated thaf'Putchok" is the 

 root of a plant which grows abundantly in Sinde. I have no means of refer- 

 ring at present to his original authority; but it is probable that this is a mis- 

 use winch has onginated in Smde being one of the countries through which 

 lI-fT I " COm ' nerCial tranSit ! in Uke ,nanne '' M il ™ -.let. Com* 



t::x^r ients ' - Arabia ^ the -^ *- *« - - 



KirkptS'Vs? 16 ? lD H iCa+ ;' " K °° tka " iS me " ti0ned > « «* -tbority of 



^£SL t plant ;:; " f ePal Th!S ' h °— ' is the ^J e <* 

 names ? ' " ^ ™ ^'^ ™ th **><» b -des the similarity of 



tion in the Himalayas is very Ibid T"' T ^ °' Ma - 



I-— i vicinity o'fCashmi 111 ^r^ nd ' ^ " the 

 *»* and Rhododendron anthoT^tT - ' """**"" W "' 

 have a very extensive ranee of H k plantS Wlth *>»<* it is associated, 



Himalayan' range It 2 t TT ? *"< * —« half ° f '* 

 Krishna Gunga^ere tZ^^^T T *° *"* ° f "" 

 valley of the Indus Proper either in k ^ ""* with U in th <= 



per, other ,„ or below Little Thibet. I know not 

 2»d edition, p. 959, Art. ••Putchok." 



t Vol. i. p. 165, 



