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r. articidatum. The sample was a small one, but it was sufficient 

 to determine by analysis that the trace of alkaloid present was 

 neither strychnine nor brucine. The leaves contained a pecu- 

 liar tannic acid, giving a green precipitate with ferric salts, and 

 a resin soluble in ether and alcohol, striking a blood-red colour 

 with strong sulphuric acid. The chemical constituents of the 

 leaves of the parasite were altogether different to those of tha 

 leaves of the Nux Vomica tree. 



SANTALACE^. 



SANTALUM ALBUM, Lmn. 



Fig.— J5«M. Fl. Sylv., t, 256 j Hayne, Arm. Gewachs. t., 

 f[;Bentl and Trim., t. 292 ; Rumph. Amb. ii.,t. H- San- 

 dalwood [Eng.), Santal blanc {Fr.). 



Hab. — Deecan Peninsula. The wood and essential oiL 



rer«ac«Zar.— Chandan, Suf ed- chandan {Eiyid.), Sandanak- 

 kattai ( Tarn. ), Qandliapu- eliekka ( Tel. ) , Chandana-mutti ( Ma I ] , 

 Gandhada-chekke {Can.), Chandon, Sada-chandon [Ben;/-), 

 Chandana, Sukhada (Guz.), Chandana, Gandlia-che-klior 

 {Mar.). 



History, Uses, &C. — Sanskrit writers make two kinds 

 of Chandana : the darker, heartwood, they call Pitachandana, or 

 yellow Sandal ; and the lighter wood, Srikhandn, or white Sandal. 

 Chandana is mentioned in the Nirukta, or writings of Yaska, to 

 oldest Vedic eomraentary extant, said to be written not later 

 than the 5th century B.C. It is also referred to in the ancient 

 epic poems of the Hindus, the Ramayana and MahabJiarafa. 

 According to the Kathdsaritsdgara, it is one of the trees of the 



Buddhie paradise, and the chariot of the sun is made of its 



wood bound with gold. 



Sanskrit medical writers describe sandalwood as bitter, 

 cooling, astringent, and useful in bilious fever and heat of body ; 



