(137) 
From the firu@ure of the flower oft the Santalum, as here de- 
lineated, and from the defcription of it which is given above, it does 
not appear to have been fufficiently underftood by any of the bota- 
_ nifts, who have hitherto defcribed it; fo that we have been under the. 
neceflity of afligning to. this genus, a new effential ‘character.* 
_ The four glands, placed within the corolla, were probably miftaken 
for ftamina, which induced Linneus at firft to clafs the Santalum 
among the oftandria. 
‘In the laft edition of the Sy/fema Popctabiliais this error is cor- 
rected, and had nothing more been done, the charaéter would have — 
remained tolerably complete ; but unfortunately Cor. 1-petala was 
changed to 4-petala 5 ‘and thus a new error was sappaneel, which 
_ we hope will in future be adjufted.” : free. 
White Saunders wood is of a pale white, | éften, ae a yellowith 
tinge; and being deftitute of tafte or odour, it is fuperfeded by 
the Santalum trinum, which is of a brownith. yellow colour, of a 
bitterith aromatic tafte, and of a Pleafant {mell, approaching to that 
of the rofe, ~- ; 
Both kinds are brought from the Eat Indies in billets, confifting 
of large thick pieces, which, according. to Rumphius, are fometimes 
taken from the fame, and fometimies from different trees. For though 
the white and the yellow Saunders are the wood. of the fame fpecies 
of tree, yet the latter, which forms the central part of the tree, is 
not always to be found in fufficient quantity to. repay the trouble 
and expence of procuring it, efpecially unleis the trees be old; while 
the white, which is the exterior part of the wood, is always more 
abundant, and is confequently much cheaper. 
“ Yellow Saunders, diftilled with water, yields a fragrant effential 
_ oil, which thickens in the cold into the confiftence of a balfam, 
approaching in fmell to ambergris, or a mixture of ambergris and 
rofes: the remaining decotion, infpiflated to the confiflence of an 
extrad, is bitterith and flightly pungent. Redtified fpirit extracts by 
digeftion confiderably more than water : the colour of ae tincture i is 
a + Refpedting the calyx. we are unable to fpeak decidedly donk our own obfervation. 
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