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XIII.-PATCHOULI 



(*VMf"Won JtefcfowB, var. wimrfg, Hk. f. = P. Oa&Zm, Benth.) 



Km Bmiet /, 



with the son 



P- 133] and ac 



«* i ^ 889 ' p - 135 J are chiefly concerned with 



n ot the plant and the trade in Patchouli ; the latest 



11 J discusses the identity and range of distribution 



tent Microtoena cymosa, Prain. which has th« same 



odour a, he Patchouli of commerce! 



- v„v x a^uuun or commerce. 



^VrKB^S^^ Patchouli is given the text of a 



India in 3?Hl 1 1^ \st lreSSe i b { * ew t0 the Government of 

 able and th, S V ^n 8 ' ln whlch ^e information then avail- 

 precisely put. * rer » mri1 ^ elucidation are clearly and 



ambigSfy ; itbth^^l! trU n P 7 atcho «li Plant is free from 



Sir William Hook er In 'Z te ^°\ Patc ^rdi described and figured bv 



In'li^vol.iv.,p.6;U Tp p.J z Stands in the Flora of British 

 records an otrfnion mT? T* ^ ar * »*«*. The letter further 



doubtful whSh hW J* f rofessor D - Oliver that it is 

 Plant of commerce be n£ &r f ? rm ' which is the economic 

 s ™n has, since 1S& h^TS m any P art of India - This 

 '''tchouli plant Uich'ilh ^K confir med. The economic 

 Settlements, almost f So ln^ nd ? nt1 ?, culti ™ted in the Straits 



^'"tic so far as India is concerned Th hi T e . immi S rants ' is ai i 

 *<*** udens in Indi-T ,nS n , T he plant occurs in the chief 



Wh*bw native or EurZin U - y ° n ' . but in P ri ™te gardens, 

 produced to the RovT TW - 8 P ractic ally unknown. It was 



"*« I>>. Wallich wSSLdSSS ? ai ' den at Calcutta in 1834 > 

 charge ot rhe Botanic^ ' ' tt ° m U * G " Porter > then in 

 JM never flowered. tbm,"h 2 !? ng - At Calcutta the plant 

 vegetafvelv propag^m exiT*^ ° f the «fc*«d plants, 



fntrnT' 1 ? the B ^n c Ganlen S^** there ' Jt has never 



mt^dao,,,! f r , Mn Calcutta !? t Saharanpur, where it was 



^,n,ya,D r . Trinien ^ A he R oyal Botanic Gard 



2 1 ^% di ^or 8 hip/anaTh^ Writer H had not flowered 



ar dno. t ' Tr ° ne had ever Wrd «f • ^^apore, according to 

 adduced bv Mr . \ Vray [k 'b hea ^ ? f * * ??7 erin * . the evidence 



ven r? T?' m "' ilt ^iJftrln pLt J 36 pointB t0 i<» " ever 



Tr h J ,Gre ? ,,,> ' il ^ns a Kew ^ d T n ! the Preceding 30 

 island* 2 in ° nltiv:lti on in j a v a I hl f h show tha * this plant 



ttjfcZ&S? ne ver?ot4r d But^ aUritlU8; intheS6 



*sr nd T ^ on a commer(S s ^ ^- s« 



^IS* 8 «ttj a He r ium * "88, and 



B «t the 8ame ;« Ht ,. a ? d 8tiU * true of H, n ,° r AsFam r ^ ion - 



me » Bill I true, as re ga rd g Lt^l Cntta Herbarium. 



g S b ° th Herbaria, of China, so 



