TJ^ Ufeful Fafmly Herhal, 



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A 



The Red Saunders Tree 



SANTALUM RUBRUM. 



Tree, Native of the JVeJl- Indies^ but of 



we 



feen nothino; but the Wood, and 



They 



have 

 ceived very imperfc6l Defcript 



fay it grows forty Feet high : That 

 fmall, but many fct near together 



IS a 



dufky G 



: Thei 



and their Subllan 



k 



and fleiliy 



The Flowers are like Pea BiofTom 



and- the Fruit is a Pod, containing 



four 



o 



Seeds. This is all we have been informed con- 

 Tree, and Part of this by Hearfay 



only. 



The Wood is ufed. It is of a deep red Co- 

 lour. It is aflringent, and is good againft vio- 



former P 



Menfe 



for 



it is civcn 



Deco(ft 



But it is not much 



The Yellow and White Saunders 



Tree. 



SANTALUM FLAVUM ET ALBUiM. 



A Beautiful Tree, Native of the Eajl-Tvdies. It 

 J\ ^.^«.c fortv or fifty Feet high, and is very 



Tnuch branched 



The Leaves ftand 



Pairs upon a Stalk, in the Manner of thcfe or 

 the Lentifk, and are not unlike thofe of that 1 roe 

 ''- Shape, they are of a dark green Colour, Ima.l, 



' . The Flowers are moderately 

 large,' and of a deep duf]<y Bl^i^^/^^^ ^ruit j^s 



oblong, and flefliy 



of theBignefs of 

 is black when ripe. The Wood is white in tne 

 outer Part, and yellow at the Heart, and tl ele 

 ^wo Parts are kept feparatc, and were l^'^g *"?' 



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