plant found by Schimper, but I am unacquainted with it, and 
Meisner reduces it to Breweria. 
At all events this is the plant that yields Lignum Rhodium, 
a wood smelling strongly of roses, yielding by distillation a 
bitter oil, and employed by perfumers for adulterating or 
altering Oil of Roses. The roots which accompany the stems, 
as they are imported, are said to be much stronger scented 
than the stems. The old writers on drugs, misled by the 
name, imagined that this product must come from Rhodes, 
translating the name Rhodeswood, and after hunting in vain 
in the writings of either ancients or moderns for the plant 
that yields it, arriving at the erroneous conclusion that it was 
the Aspalath of the Greeks. It is however certain that the 
name really signifies Wood smelling of Roses. Oil of Rhodium 
is the name given to the oil obtained from this plant. The 
wood when powdered has been recommended to promote 
sneezing, and forms an agreeable snuff. It is valued for 
fumigation, and when burned diffuses a most delightful 
fragrance. 
It is scarcely necessary to add that the Rosewood of 
cabinet-makers is quite different from this. 
It is a half-shrubby plant, requiring the protection of the 
greenhouse during winter. It is increased by seeds, and re- 
quires about the same treatment as most of the other half- 
hardy species ; namely, a rich loamy soil, and to be kept 
rather dry during the winter when in a dormant state. It 
flowers in September and October. 
