452 TETRANDKIA MONOGYNlA. Smitalum. 



larv, generally single, short, every were coveied with flowers. — Brac- 

 ^t's solitary, small, oval, one-tlowered. — FLzcers smuU, sessile, yellow. 

 — Calyx inferior, one-leaved, gibbous ; moutk four-toothed.— Carol 

 none, except the calyx, or nectary be accounted one. — Nectary four- 

 leaved ; leajiets cordate, acute, half the length of the calyx, inserted 

 round the base of the germ and embracing \t.-^ Filaments four, insert- 

 ed into the base of the calyx, and rather shorter than it. AiitherSy 

 ovula within the calyx. — Berry oblong, smooth, red, juicy, size of a 

 pea, one-celled. — Seed single, shaped like the berry. 



SANTALUM. Schreb. Gen. N. 215. 



Calyx semi-supera, campanulate, four-cleft. Corol none. NectO' 

 rial scales four, alternate with the stamina. Germ one-celled, one- 

 seeded, af.achment inferior. Berry one-seeded. Embryo inverse, 

 and furnished with a perisperm. 



1. S. album, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. JVilld. i. 69 1. 



Leaves oblong. 



Sandaluru album, Rumph. Amb. n. 4'2. ^.1], 



Chandana, Asiatick Researches, vol. iv. p. 253. 



Santahiiu veruu), Linn, Mat. Med. 102. 



Sans. 'iVci'^XX''' Giuudhasurn, Jj'^qj',:, Muluyiiju, ^'^^t> Bhw- 

 drwshrce, t^t^«^, Chuiiduna, 



Be)ig. Chundun. 



Fers. Suuilul-sMfed. 



Sandal-w«)od, Buchanan's Journey i. 186, and 202. ii. 117, 132, 

 and 536. iii. 192. 



A native of the mountainous parts of the Coast of Malabar. That 

 of Timoj, anil the neighbourhig Islands is most probably the same 

 species. Iw the Botanic (Jarden near Calcutta, the trees reared from 

 seeds, brought from the former country, thrive luxuriantly, and pro- 

 duce tiowers and ripe seed nearly the whole year round. 



Trunk in trees of twelve years growth in the Botanic Garden, only 

 a few feet high, when they divide into branches ; and there from two 



