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Sandal-wood, Red, or Saunder's-wood {Pterocarims smita- 

 limcs), a large tree of the Bean family (LeguminoscT), native of 

 India, principally abounding on the Coromandel coast. The wood 

 is heavy, close-grained, and of a red colour, it is used for dyeing, 

 and produces different colours, according to the mordants used. 

 It is supposed by some autliorities to be the almug trees of 

 Solomon. Eed Sandal-wood is also the name in India for 

 Aclenantliera pavonina, a large tree of the same family, having- 

 decompound winged leaves. It is highly valued for its timber, 

 as also for producing a red dye, which is obtained by simjjly 

 rubbing the wood on wet stones. The seeds are oblong, hard, 

 and of a bright-red colour, and are used for making necklaces 

 and other ornaments ; they are also used as a standard weiglit 

 by jewellers, each seed weighing four grains. 



Sandarach, the resin of Callitris cj^uaclrirahis, also known as 

 Tliuja articidata, a tree of the Coniferse family, native of Algeria 

 and other parts of North Africa. It seldom exceeds the height 

 of 30 feet, and has hard, dark-coloured, fragrant wood that takes 

 a fine polish, and is used in ornamental cabinet-work, of which 

 there are fine specimens to be seen in the Museum at Kew. It 

 was highly prized by the Greeks and Romans, and costly tables 

 were made of it. It is believed to be the Thyine "Wood men- 

 tioned in the book of the Eevelation, and, if it be so, " the 

 merchants of the earth " must have carried it as far as Babylon. 

 The resin is very odoriferous, and is used for varnishing. 



Sandpaper Trees. — Dillenia scahrdla and D. sarmentosa, 

 trees of the family Dilleniacese, natives of India. (See Dillenia 

 and Curatella.) 



Santa-Maria Wood. (See Calaba Tree.) 



Sapgreen. (See Buckthorn.) 



Sapodilla Plum. (See ISTaseberry Tree.) 



Sappan - wood (Cccsalpinia Sa2:)])an), a tree of the Bean 

 family (Leguminosse), native of the East Indies, attaining a 

 height of 30 to 40 feet ; it has compound winged leaves, with 

 prickly branches, and a brownish-red wood, which is the Sappan- 

 wood of commerce ; it is largely imported into tliis country for 



