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SANTALUM RUBRUM. 
A Tree, Native of the We/t-Indies, but of which 
we have feen nothing but the Wood, and 
have received very imperfect Defcriptions. They 
fay it grows forty Feet high: That the Leaves are 
fmall, but many fet near together: Their Colour 
is a dufky Green; and their Subftance thick 
and flefhy. The Flowers are like Pea Blofloms, 
and the Fruit is a Pod, containing three or four 
Seeds. This is all we have been informed con- 
soning the Tree, and Part of this by Hearfay 
only. 
The Wood jis ufed. It is of a deep red Co- 
tour. It is aftringent, and is good againft vio- 
~ lent Purgings, and Overflowings of the Menfes: 
_ For the former Purpofe, it is beft given in Pow- 
den in fmall Dofes ; and for the latter, it is give 
in Decoétion. But itis mot much ufed. 
The Ujeful Family Herbal 
The Yettow anv WuiTe SAUNDERS 
ve TREE. ; 
SANTALUM FLAVUM ET ALBUM. 
= A Beautiful Tree, Native of the Laf-Jndies. It 
grows forty or fifty Feet high, and is very 
much branched. The Leaves ftand two or three 
Pairs upona Stalk, in the Manner of thofe of 
- the Lentifk, and are not unlike thofe of that Tree 
~ in Shape, they are of adark green Colour, {mall, 
_ oblong, and fiefhy. The Flowers are moderately 
= and of a deep dufky Blue, the Fruit ts 
a Berry of theBignefs of a large red Cherry, which 
is black when ripe. The Wood is white in the 
outer Part, and yellow at the Heart, and thefe 
~ gwo Parts are kept feparate, and were long fup- 
ae Y 4 poled: 
