326 ODOROGRAPHIA. 
Sandwich Islands santal wood was furnished for a number of 
years, until the reckless cutting down of the young trees nearly 
destroyed it, by Santalum Freycinetianum, Gaud., and its varieties 
ellipticum, paniculatum, and pyrularium, Gray, natives of these 
islands (where they were called Lau-ala); only a few isolated 
specimens being left of the magnificent groves that formerly covered 
parts of the Islands of Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai. 
The supply of Santalum Homei from the island of Eromanga 
seems to be equally worked out. In Tahiti the S. msulare, Betero, 
formerly grew and has probably met with the same fate; it was 
known by the native name “ Hai.” 
In New Caledonia the wood was yielded by S. austro-caledonicum, 
Vieill., known to the natives as Tibean. The tree in its natural 
state having been nearly exhausted, it is now cultivated, and small 
parcels are sent from thence to France. 
In New Zealand the wood is said to be yielded by S. Cunning- 
hami, Hook. ; it is locally known as Mairi. 
In the Percy Isles, Repulse Bay, Cape Upstart, and the Palm 
Islands, an inferior kind has been met with, it is the wood of 
Exocarpus latifolia, R. Br.*. Balfour also states that a white 
santal wood called Lava or Lawa is imported from Zanzibar into 
Bombay. “In the Kew Museum there is a specimen of wood 
labelled ‘Santal vert’ (Croton sp.), exported from Madagascar 
and Zanzibar into India, where it is said to be used for burning 
the bodies of Hindus.” Also a specimen from J. Heathcote from 
Professor MacOwan, received 6 Feb. 1886, labelled “‘ Wood lke 
Santal wood (Croton sp.).” It is ground and mixed with water, 
and used by the natives at Inhambane to anomt themselves. 
“These iatter are not properly santal woods. They are mentioned 
as indicating the possible source of what is called santal wood at 
Madagascar ” ft. 
The wood of Plumieria alba, belonging to the Apocynacee, is 
sometimes substituted for santal wood. 
Mewican santal-wood bark.—This name is applied in Mexico to 
what is considered to be the bark of a species of Myrowxylon or 
Myrospermum (leguminous plants), indigenous to Mexico and some 
of the Central American Republics. It is used as incense in the 
* Balfour, Cyclo. of India, 1873, v. 
+ Kew Bulletin, May 1888. 
