546 SANTALACEJi}. SANDAL-WOOD TRIBE. 



frequent. A low shrub, about 2 feet high, very little 

 branched, and remarkable for its smooth, erect stems, 

 which are bare of leaves except at the summit. The 

 leaves are smooth, shining, and evergreen ; the flowers 

 are green, and in mild weather fragrant ; the berries, 

 which are egg-shaped and nearly black, are, as has been 

 noted above, poisonous. From the tendency of this 

 plant to bear its proportionally large leaves only on the 

 summit of the stem, it has some resemblance to a group 

 of Palms. If transplanted from the woods and potted, 

 it may be employed with advantage as a stock on 

 which to graft the delicious D. Indica. The operation 

 should be performed in Spring with the leafy extremity 

 of a shoot rather less in diameter than the stock. Fl. 

 March. Shrub. 



* D. Mezereum is occasionally found in situations 

 where it is apparently wild ; but it is not considered a 

 native ; its purple, fragrant flowers appear before the 

 leaves, and are sessile on the branches ; the leaves are 

 not evergreen ; berries red. 



ORD. LXXIIL SANTALACE.E. SANDAL-WOOD 

 TRIBE. 



Perianth attached to the ovary, 4- or 5-cleft, valvate 

 when in bud ; stamens as many as the lobes of the 

 perianth, and opposite to them ; ovary 1 -celled ; style 

 1 ; stigma often lobed ; fruit a hard, dry drupe. The 

 plants of this order are found in Europe and North 

 America, in the form of obscure weeds ; in New 

 Holland, the East Indies, and the South Sea Islands as 

 large shrubs, or small trees. Some are astringent, others 

 yield fragrant wood. Sandal- wood is the produce of 

 Sdntalum album, an East Indian tree, and is used both 

 medicinally and as a perfume. In New Holland and 

 Peru the seeds of some species are eaten. The only 

 British plant belonging to this tribe is 



1. TH^SIUM (Bastard Toad-flax). Characters given 

 above. (Name of doubtful origin.) 



