Odorographia : a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry : intended to serve growers, manufacturers and consumers . Hassk., PI. Jav. Kar., p. 80 ;Benth., Flor. Hongk., p. 387, Fl. Austral., vi., p. 279 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. WestInd., p. 564 ; Boeck., in Linnfpa, xxxvi., p. 283 ; Baker, Fl. Maurit., p. 410 ;Cosson, Expl. Alger. Glum., p. 247 ; Boiss., Fl. Orient., v., p. 377 ; Clarke, inJourn. Lin. Soc, xxi., 167; Home Dept. Official corresp., regarding , 238 ; Hoves tour in Bombay, pp. 112, 120 ; Elliot, Flora Andhrica, , 76, 120, 184 ; Modeen Sher
Odorographia : a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry : intended to serve growers, manufacturers and consumers . Hassk., PI. Jav. Kar., p. 80 ;Benth., Flor. Hongk., p. 387, Fl. Austral., vi., p. 279 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. WestInd., p. 564 ; Boeck., in Linnfpa, xxxvi., p. 283 ; Baker, Fl. Maurit., p. 410 ;Cosson, Expl. Alger. Glum., p. 247 ; Boiss., Fl. Orient., v., p. 377 ; Clarke, inJourn. Lin. Soc, xxi., 167; Home Dept. Official corresp., regarding , 238 ; Hoves tour in Bombay, pp. 112, 120 ; Elliot, Flora Andhrica, , 76, 120, 184 ; Modeen Sheritt, Supp. Pharm. Ind., p. 128 ; Dutt, Mat. , p. 264; Dymock, Mat. Med. W. Ind., 2nd ed., p. 844; Arjun, , p. 150; Baden-Powell, Punjab Prod., p. 382; Birdwood, Bomb. Prod.,94 ; Jnl. As. Soc, Pt. ii., p. 82; Kumph., Anib., vi., p. 1, t. 1, figs. 1, 2. 318 ODOKOGKAPHIA. This is by far the most common of the Indian species ; itdelights in a moist sandy soil, though it grows abundantly in mostsoils, being such a troublesome weed in gardens that there is noextirpating it, every little bit of the root growing readily. It occurs. ROOT-FORMATION OF CyPERUS. A—C. scariosus, R. —C. esculentus, Liim. C—C. rotundas, Linn. ( Musta or Mustaka, Sanskrit).(After C. B. Clarke.) plentifully in the Kuram Valley, Afghanistan, Gilflt, and fromKashmir to Simla, Garhwal, and the Khasia Hills, throughout theplains (Lahore, Bengal, Madras) and ascending the mountains ofthe central table-land, from Mount Abu and Poona to the Nilghiri SOUCHET. 319 Hills. The dried and powdered roots are used as a perfume byIndian ladies for their hair and clothes. An essential oil isextracted from the roots and used for the same purposes. Theroot is known in Jamaica under the name of Adrew. The ovoid or nearly round tubers are developed upon a thinunderground stem: externally they are of a dark brownish rustcolour (or nearly black when dried, according to Dymock), and giveoff numerous fin
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