90 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (March, 1909. 
n my tour I collected, at the stills themselves, samples of 
Motia oil, and I also bought both oils in Ellichpur. A part of 
each sample of oil that I procured was sent to Messrs. Schimmel 
and Co., who reported thus : 
types show small differences, it is true, but they all have a Pal- 
marosa character ..... The sample described as Sofia is an 
excellent ginger grass oil.’’ 
This report from Messrs. Schimmel and Co. I quote to show . 
that in the parts visited by me the Motia and Sofia give their 
distinct and typical oils. 
I expected to find in the field, and set myself to seek for, 
; ; I 
otia on the railway banks near Chandni station was six to 
eight feet high : Sofia in the fort of Asirgarh was but three or 
rarely four. 
__ One point was evident, viz., that the two plants grow in 
different habitats. 
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who are gathering Motia, are unlikely to meet with much Sofia 
when collecting in profitable places. But still the two do mix. 
From Ellichpur I first visited two stills at the very foot of the 
