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Title: Odorographia : a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry : intended to serve growers, manufacturers and consumers
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Sawer, J. Ch. (John Charles)
Subjects: Perfumes Aromatic plants Flavoring essences
Publisher: London : Gurney & Jackson
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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especiallyby the Araljs and Persians, and used by the Hindus as incense inworship, consists of the dried root of Hedyclimm sjncatum, Smith,figured and described in the Botanical Magazine, t. 2,300, and inLoddiges Botanical Cabinet, t. 653. The w^ord Hedychium is derived from rjhv^;, s%veet, and %twz^, snoiv,in allusion to the fragrance, elegance and whiteness of the flowersof the original species (H. coronarmm) of this genus of Zingi-heracece, all of which are handsome plants with tuberous,herbaceous stems, clasping leaves, and a terminal spicateinflorescence. H. spicatum is a native of Xepal and Silhet. Dr. Stewartf saysit is not uncommon in the Punjab Himalayas up to near theJhelam at least, at from 3,500 to 7,000 feet. Dr. Dymock, in his Notes on Indian Drugs, says thatthis dried root forms a considerable article of commercein India and China, and is also exported to Europe. Two * Archiv. der Pharm., xxx. p. 265 ; and Ber. Deutsch Cheni., Ges., xxiv.p. 81. t Punjab plants, p. 239.
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Hedychium spicatum (reduced). ^—Section of dried root as found in the Chinese market.B,—The flat starch-granules of the root, seen in face and edgeways.C.—The characters used in Szechuen Province to designate this drug.D.—The characters used in Kiangsu Province. 74 ODOROGRAPHIA. kinds are found in the Bombay markets, viz., the Chineseand the Indian; the latter was supposed Ijy Royle to bethe Lesser Galangal of Ainslie* called Sittarittee, butModeen Sheriff states that the sittarittie of the Tamils is thetrue lesser galangal, which statement appears to be correct. Theroot of Indian Kapur-Kachri when entire is reddish-brown,marked with white rings, bearing considerable resemblance to thetrue Lesser galangal, whence, perhaps, the confusion of names.M. C. Cookef says, It differs from Galangal in being very whiteand friable, internally starchy in structure, fragrant, slightly warmand aromatic in taste, but not peppery or pungent. Its peculiar,strong odour is at any time almost of i

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