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oil which was examined by Kohler* and found to consist almost 

 entirely of methyl salicylate. 



G. punctata,t also a native of the same localities in Java, and 

 known to the natives as Tjatagie-ivangie.\ This plant w^as found 

 by De Yrij to yield Ho per cent, of oil, consisting of methyl 

 salicylate and a little gaultherilene. 



Gaultheria fragrantissima, Wallich, As. Res., xiii., p. 397. 

 Wight, Icones, t. 1195-96 ; Bot. Mag., 1984. This shrub, called the 

 " Indian AYintergreen," is an inhabitant of the Hills of India, 

 Burma and Ceylon. In Nepal it is know^n as Sheaboogi (it is a 

 native of IS'arainhetty). It is found also in Java and there known 

 as Gandapuro. It is accurately described and figured in the 

 " Asiatic Eesearches " above quoted. It is the G. fragrans of 

 Don§ and the Arhutus laurifolia of Hamilton. 



The leaves of this plant are from two to four inches long. The 

 corollas are pale red, and very sweet-scented. 



Dr. Dymockjl says, " This ramous shrub with thick coriaceous 

 leaves, white flowers and blue berries inhaljits the grassy hills and 

 affords an essential oil nearly identical with that of G. 

 procuml}cns." 



Broughton (the late Government Quinologist at the Nilgiris), in 

 a Pieport to the Madras Government on the subject of this oil 

 says : — " The oil from this source contains less of the peculiar 

 hydrocarbons which form a natural and considerable mixture wdth 

 the Canadian oil, and therefore is somewhat superior in quality to 

 the latter." 



The shrub has no vernacular name on the Xilgiris and does not 

 appear to be used by the natives, except the berries, which are 

 eaten by the Badagas. 



G. odorata, mentioned by Humboldt*[ and by Persoon,** is a. 



* Ber. Deutsche. Chem. Ges., xii., p. 246-8. 

 t Bliinie, loc. cit., p. 856. 



X For the meaning of Wangic, see page 296, Series i. 

 § Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 151. 

 li Pharmacographia Indica, ii., p. 325. 



IT Personal Narrative of Travels, i., pp. 397 and 599, and in his "Nova. 

 Plantarum Genera," iii., p. 285. 



** Synopsis Plantarum, i., p. 482. 



