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SANTALACEJil. 



In an article in the " Indian Forester " for April 1878, Vol. iii., No. 4, 

 entitled " Notes on Sandal," 8 trees or groups of trees in Mysore are mentioned, of 

 whose approximate age there is some evidence. In some cases the girth was taken at 

 the hase ; in others the mean girth is given. 



The following are the measurements given in that paper : 



These measurements give an average of 9'2 rings per inch of radius. It will be 

 seen that no approximately correct generalisation as to the usual rate of growth can 

 be obtained. In good conditions it seems probable that 5 to 6 rinijs per inch is about 

 the average rate, while in unfavourable places the average growth cannot be taken at 

 much lees than 10 rings per inch. 



The weight of sandal wood is given by Fowke at 551bs. ; by Skinner, No. 113, at 

 581bs. ; our specimens average 61'5 Ibs. per cubic foot. Fowke gives P = 878 ; 

 Skinner 874. The heartwood is used for carving, for incense and perfume. It is an 

 important article of trade in India, and is largely exported to China and Arabia. It 

 has been found to be well suited for engraving. Sandalwood oil is distilled from the 

 wood. 



It is chiefly spread through the agency of birds, and comes up in hedges and under 

 the shade of shrubs. It is very impatient of mutilation, is difficult to transplant, and 

 suffers greatly from wounds in the bark. Plantations of sandal have been established 

 in Mysore and Madras. 



E 2489. Botanic Gardens, Calcutta (from 



down in the Cyclone of 1864) 

 Mysore ..... 



a tree which was blown 



D 1209. 

 D 2307. 

 I) 3140. 

 1) 1360. 

 No. 41. 



Salem, Madras 

 Salem Collection 



ibs. 



56 

 71 

 60 

 60 

 61 

 61 



B 1950, 62 Ibs., was sent from Tavoy under the name of Kalamet. The specimen is 

 evidently very old, of a brown colour, like that of the heartwood of sandal, and in struc- 

 ture it differs only in having more prominent medullary rays, which are broader than in 

 suidal, uniform and equidistant. The wood is scented, resembling that of sandal- 

 wood, and it may possibly be another species of Santalum. 



ORDER XCII. UETICACE^E. 



A large Order remarkable for many useful products, chit-fly fibres, given by 

 In-longing to it. The chief fibrous plants are the nettles, the ' Rhr/i.' tin- ' Tuva,' the 

 Paper livlbnj| Ant'uiris and iSpvnia. Fruits are given by the mulberries, fig* a- d 



