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and fragrant fcent. A pafte is alfo made of the powder of the 

 wood, with which the Indians^ Cbinefe^Perfians^ Turks, and Arabs, 

 anoint their bodies, iifing their perfumes as the Romans did 

 of old. Gerard, p. 1585, fays, that the Indians life a deco6tion 

 of the wood in fevers, and various difeafes. 



Red Sanders, Santalum rubriim, the Pterocarpus fanta- REoSANDBRSk 

 llnus, Linn.fuppL pL 318, Fl. Zejl. N°4i7. Draco arbor, Com- 

 mel. hort. i. p. 213, tab. 109, Rati hiji. pi. iii. arbor. 113, grows 

 here. It has a place in our difpenfaries, and its wood is made 

 "ufe of in various works, and all the different forts of houfe- 

 hold furniture, benches, tables, &c. * and toys, on account of 

 the agreeable fcent. Blocks of the wood of this tree are of a 

 ftoney hardnefs and weight t. The gum and fap are of intenfe 

 rednefs %. 



The Amomwn Cardamomum, or Minus, of Runipb. Ajnboin. v. Cardamomum, 

 152, tab. 65, grows here naturally, particularly in places covered 

 with the aflies of plants burnt on the fpot. Confult Gerard, 

 p. 1542, for the form of the fruit. The feeds are ufed in the 

 Indian made-diQies ; and, mixed with Areca and Betel, chev/ed 

 to help digeftion, and llre.igthen the ftomach. We retain it in 

 our difpenfary. 



As to the Amomuin Zinziber, our common ginger, Rumph. Ginger, 

 Amboin. v. 156, tab. 66, IVoodvUle, i. 31, the beft in all India is 

 cultivated in this country, and univerfldly ufed to correcSt the in- 

 fipidity of the general food, rice ; and is alfo mixed in the 

 difhes of perfons of rank. This was one of the imports of the Spicy Expoe,«-s. 

 Romans, as was the Cardamomum, Piper, Myrobalanus, Calamus 



* Rumph. Amboin. ii. + Rail Hift. ii. 1805. J Same. 



aromaticuSy, 



