PATCHOULI. 293 
PatcHOuLi. 
Pogostemon Patchouli, Pelletier-Sautelet, Pharm. Journ. [1] 
vill. p. 574, with figure. 
Pogostemon Patchouli, var. suavis, W. J. Hooker, Hooker’s 
Journ. of Bot. and Kew Mis. 1. p. 328, tab. 11, and Hooker’s 
Flor. of Brit. Ind. iv. p. 634*. 
A labiate plant cultivated at Silhet, Penang, the Straits Settle- 
ments, Java, Island of Bourbon, and Mauritius. 
In appearance the plant much resembles a Coleus. It grows 
2 or 3 feet high, and sometimes higher ; the branches are obtusely 
4-cornered. The leaves juicy, somewhat fleshy, and covered, 
especially on the inferior surface, with a soft pallid pubescence ; 
they are opposite, petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, at the base 
wedge-shaped and shortly attenuated; rather acutely, unequally 
duplicato-dentate, somewhat serrate, the teeth being obtusely 
serrated, green above, the under surface pallid, strong smelling , 
with innumerable small glands visible by the aid of a powerful 
lens. The leaves measure 2 to 4 inches. All the young parts 
are densely villous. The under surface of the leaf has a very 
thick rib and nerves, and largely reticulated veins. The large 
stems are round and woody, and when cut transversely show the 
pith surrounded by a thick layer of wood remarkable for the dis- 
tinct medullary rays. The imodorous flowers are minutely de- 
scribed by Pelletier-Sautelet. 
The generally accepted name, “ Pogostemon Patchoult,” was 
given by Pelletier-Sautelet{. Bentham was of opinion that this 
plant was identical with, or not really specifically distinct from, 
his Pogostemon intermedius t, of Silhet, Penang, and the opposite 
shore of the Malay Peninsula, or from P. parviflorus, of Silhet, 
Assam, and Saharunpur, or even from P. Heyneanum, Benth., 
which Drury describes as “probably merely a variety with 
larger spikes, and more drooping in habit,” and says that it 
* Also Journal de Pharmacie, 1826, xii. p. 261. Pharm. Journ. [1] iv. p. 80; 
vi. p. 482; ix. p. 382; [8] iv. p. 362; and xi. pp. 409, 813. 
_ + Mém. de la Soe. Roy. des Sciences d’Orléans, v. no. 6, 1845. Bentham in 
De C. Prodr. xii. p. 153. 
} Wall. Cat. p. 2327. 
