SANTALACE^. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 193. 



SANTALUM. 



Calyx urceolate, 5-parted. Stamens 4, opposite the sepals. 

 Sterile stamens 4, alternate with the sepals. Ovary occupying 

 the whole tube of the calyx. Ovules solitary, erect. Drupe 

 with a rim at the apex. 



Two species of this genus principally yield the Sandal wood of 

 commerce, a kind of timber much esteemed for its fragrance. " It is 

 made into musical instruments, cabinets and curious boxes, for which 

 it is valued, as no insect can exist, it is said, nor iron rust, within its 

 influence." It is used in Eastern Countries as an incense. White 

 Sandal wood is the young timber, yellow Sandal wood the old. It is 

 here introduced because the native doctors of India consider it sedative 

 and cooling. It is also used by French Apothecaries ; its oil is said to 

 be used to adulterate oil of Roses. 



663. S. myrtifolium Spreng. syst. i. 489. Decaisne herb' 

 Timor. 41. Sirium myrtifolium Linn, mantiss. 200. JRoxb. 

 corom. i. t. 2. Santalum album Willd. sp. pi. i. 691. (Breyn. 

 ic. 94. t. 5. f. 1.). Continent of India ; Timor. 



A small tree. Leaves narrow, oval, hardly ovate, acute at each end, 

 quite smooth, on petioles about \ their own length. Flowers small, 

 yellow, in stalked, capitate, 3-fid, axillary cymes, shorter than the 

 leaves. A cluster of hairs at the back of each stamen. Ovary 

 superior. This is the plant with which the Portuguese are reported 

 to drive, or to have driven, a great trade. The Sandal wood of Malabar 

 is from the same species, but is considered of better quality. 



664. S. paniculatum Hooker and Arnott in Beecheys Voyage, 

 p. 94. Owhyhee on the Volcano. 



A small tree. Leaves oblong, obtuse, acute at base, quite smooth 

 and shining on the upper side, covered with an excessively short nap 

 on the under, and apparently glaucous. Flowers in panicled axillary 

 cymes as long as the leaves; branches covered with a fine down. 

 Calyx glaucous. Stamens with a tuft of hairs at the back. Ovary 

 superior just at the point. This is unquestionably the Sandal wood 

 of Owhyhee, as was ascertained by the late Mr. Macrae, from whose 

 collection I have specimens. 



665. S. Freycinetianum Gaudich. is also said to produce San- 

 dal wood in the Sandwich islands. 



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