Sad There is no evidence vice in ds ow fence of the. 
‘ existence of any form of Pogostemon Patchouli, scented or sn ae 
* in the Khasia or es region. 
ith a Patchouli " dar. native to Khasia and Assam. What this. 
“ plant A be is doubtful; but it is Y not the Patchouli of | 
It finds a place in the Flora of British India, vol. 4, 
624, as a doubtful Plectranthus (Plectranthus Patchouli, Clarke). 
atever it may be, it is widely different from any form of Pogostemon 
D m = = of course, not denied that if it has the true 
mmercial u use in ndia. There is no inherent 
3 hat, however, is a p to be worked out. upon n the. 
i p 
arded as feral disti of Pogostemon Patchouli, 
. * What may be re 
m probably mid scentless, are commonly indigenous in the Western 
 Peninsu ombay southwards. ‘There may, however, be lo 
oc 
** scented for E which are cultivated, ced for aught I know, the true 
.* commer peat Patchouli plant may be cultivated in Indian gardens i in 
“the Peninsula. All this can only be eMe by inquiry. If dried 
f a specimens of plants used as Patchouli could be obtained from differen 
* parts of India, the matter could be very readily settled by botanical 
J: y d 
gation at w 
* W. T. THIsELTON Drm." 
noue plants Indigofera tinctoria, and 
are plentifull Soon uted in West 
seu "heaven ba Indigo, . Loncho 
ea which has been n already ins inv 
Mi eid — of fruit are still. wanting to 
1 one case, wate x Randia 1 malle oro, Benth., have ‘been sent. — 
of. this Tean locally called “ Blippo,” is used by the 
the onbuttoo to dye ihoia. "The juice at first — 
colourless, an it is said to develop 
n a day or two. The frui ardenia mpra 
"Thurnlergio, and the seeds of Cren loma) verd were 
ing Indigo, but Leena under a mist 
ical with the species of Randia above menti 
j | to be the c of an aroid p 
ined st apprec ' quantity, b 
pari ossessed no special ‘properties which would render th 
r dyeing Lie as 
So far there i is nothing 
"Fe tobe 
to indicate that any of these Indigo =a 
are likely to mn e of commercia vine The. 
