322 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Eleagnee. 
paper, is manufactured from the inner bark of D. cannabina, setburwa of the natives. 
(v. Moorcroft. Asiat. Res. V. xii., and Hodgson. Journ. As. Soc. of Bengal. 1. p. 8.) 
Daphne mucronata ; floribus terminalibus sessilibus 2-3 aggregatis, laciniis corolle incano-villose 
acutis, foliis alternis lineari-lanceolatis basi attenuatis mucronatis glaberrimis, ramis junioribus sericeis. 
—Tab. 81. fig. 2—(a b) Flowers; (c) The same, cut open; (d) berry; (¢) the same, cut transversely ; 
(f) seed; (g) cut transversely; (ih) embryo. 
141. SANTALACEZ. 
Santalacea, allied both to Eleagnee and Thymelea, as well as to Aquilarinee, are, 
with the exception of the genus from which the order is named, chiefly prevalent in 
the temperate zone of both hemispheres, as in Europe and N. America, New Holland, 
the Cape of Good Hope, and 8S. America. Santalum album, so well known as affording 
the fragrant sandal wood of commerce, is diffused through many of the tropical islands 
of the East. It is described by Dr. Roxburgh, though that of Malabar is the best, as 
being found wild in the mountains north of the Rajamundry Circar. This he 
distinguishes from his S. myrtifolium, found in the same mountains, but of which, 
the wood, he says, is of little value, though Dr.Wallich states of the Botanic Garden 
specimen ‘‘ certe odoratissimum.”” The southern parts of India, as Travancore, and 
similar parts of the Indian and Malayan Peninsulas up to Silhet, seem best suited 
for the growth of this tree. | 
In the Himalayas we have species of a genus found in Europe and Central Asia, 
N. and S. Africa, and in New Holland. This is Thesium, of which the species, 7. Hima- 
lense, nob., which I found on the arid rocky soil near Choupal, to the north of Choor, 
is nearly allied to 7. liniphyllum: apparently the same species is also found in 
Kunawur. a 
Osyris, distinguished by its dizecious flowers, with their ternary division of parts, is 
usually referred here, but sometimes formed into a separate order. Of three species, 
one is found in the S. of Europe, the second in Japan, and the third, O. Nepalensis, 
Don (arborea, Wall.), all along the foot of the Himalayas. The leaves of this plant 
are in Kemaon employed as a substitute for tea: hence some travellers have been led 
into the error of stating that the true tea-plant was to be found in this part of the 
mountains. 
142. ELZAAGNEZ. 
The Elgagnee, containing but few genera and species, are allied both to Thymelee 
and to Santalacee, as well as to Proteacee, and are found in the northern hemisphere, 
both in the Old and New World. The genera found in India are Elgagnus and 
Hippophae; the former affecting warm parts of the world, extends from the S. of 
Europe to Sumatra. Species are also found in Japan and India, existing in the latter 
chiefly in hilly situations, as in Travancore, the Neelgherries, and the vallies of the 
Himalaya in northern, but at moderate elevations in southern parts: they are, how- 
ever, cultivable in the plains. Hippophae, found in the northern parts of Europe, 
occurs 
