128 I. VEGETABLES.— Unknown Woods. 



. Gentiana Indica. Bitter, aromatic ; brought by the Portuguese 

 from India. 



SanctcB Hclcnoi radix. Aromatic, odour between galangale and 

 cardamoms : brought from America. 



Ikaiu Similar to salep ; brought from China. 



MataUsta. Purgative, 3ij ; from America. 



Pefaulina radix. Similar to scorzonera, rather sweetish; 

 brought from China. 



SEEDS. 



Chouan. Kesembles semen santonicum, used in making fine 

 carmine. 



Kanari nuts. Kernels taste like filberts, beat up with sago are 

 made into cakes, and eaten as bread ; yield a fine oil. 



WOODS. 



Bar wood. Red, used in dyeing ; from Gaboon. 



Bois de calamhac de Mexique. Greenish brown, in large logs, 

 sweet-scented, bitter, used by the French cabinet-makers ; said to 

 be brought also from Timor and Solor. 



Fao aquila. Black, compact, heavy, resembles black ebony, 

 sweet-scented, bitter. 



Lignum rodiwn, Bois de rose du Levant^ Bois de Chypre. 

 Brought from Turkey, shavings sweet-scented, distilled for 

 its oil. 



Bois tapire. Veined red and yellow, sweet-scented ; supposed 

 to be a variety of Sideroxylam inerme ; brought from Cayenne, 

 in large logs. 



Violet wood, Palisanten hout, Bois violet, Bois de palexandre. 

 Dark violet, close-grained, takes a fine polish, used by the cabinet- 

 makers and violin-makers, for bows for stringed instruments ; 

 brought from the Dutch colonies in South America in large logs; 

 perhaps Acacia hcemafoxylon. 



Bois de la Chin^. Reddish, liable to split, does not keep its 

 polish ; obtained by the French cabinet-makers from Holland. 



Japans Iwut. Sold by the cwt. — Nagel hout. Sold by the 

 single lb — Sacradaans hout. Sold by the cwt. — St. Martens 

 hout; — Salmonihout. From Amboyna. — Rood ehen hout. From 

 Mauritius. — Cocus wood ; — Kincj wood ; — Snake wood ; — Tulip 

 wood; — Brazil beef icood ; — Botany-hay wood. Probably Evania 

 resinifera. 



East India satin wood; — Carabovjca wood. From a species of 

 palm, finely veined and spotted. 



