SANTALACEiE EL^AGNACEiE. 303 



ORDER CXXXVIIL— SANTALACEyE, R. Br —Lindl. Nat. Syst. 



p. 193. 



THE SANDEKS-WOOD TRIBE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees, referred to 18-20 genera. Of these Spreng. 

 syst. enumerates 21 species for New Holland ; 9 for Europe ; 8 for N. 

 America ; 2-4 for Chili and Peru ; 1 for Patagonia ; and I for Japan. In 

 S. Africa have been found 40 species, {Harvey,) and in the E. Indies, 

 according to our materials, 10 ; viz. 1-2 of Thesiura, (Peninsula, Hima- 

 layas) ; 1-2 of Santalum ; 2 of Osyris, (Nepal, Peninsula) ; 1-2 of Sphse- 

 rocarya, (Nepal, Khassya Mountains) ; 1 of Scleropyrum, (Malabar) ; and 

 1 of Octarillum. (Lour.) Properties under Santalum album. 

 Santalum, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 373, No. 538.) 



1. album, L. {Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 442 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 462; — /. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 177,— B.M. 60, t. 3235;— Buck, journ. Mysore, I, p. 186 

 and 202—2, p. l\7 and 1 32—3, p. 1 92 ;— IV. Griffith. On the ovulum 

 of Santalum album, in Linn. soc. trans. 18 vol. page 59-71. — Sanda- 

 lum album, Rumph. 2, t. 11.) ^^•^ Chundun. Sandal-Wood, b China. 

 Cochin China. Both Peninsulas of India, Assam. Fl. small, first straw- 

 coloured, afterwards deep ferrugineous-purple, inodorous, and fr. nearly 

 the whole year. Yields the Sandal- wood of commerce, which is usually 

 cut into billets, and disposed of in that state. It is burnt to perfume 

 temples and dwelling houses, both in China and India. Reduced to 

 powder, it enters into a composition for marking the forehead. (/. 

 Grah. I. c.) 



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Osyris nepalensis, Don. (O. arborea, Wall. Cat.) Nepal. Sirmore. 

 Hurdwar. — 0. Wightiana, J. Grah. Kandalla. Mahableshwur. — Sphce- 

 rocarya edulis. Wall. ; Wight, icon. 1, t. 255. Nepal. — Scleropyrum 

 Wallichianum, Am. Wight, icon. 1, t. 241. 



ORDER CXXXIX.— EL^AGNACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 194. 



THE OLEASTER TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 4 genera, of which Spreng. syst. 

 assigns 5 species to Japan ; 3 to N. America ; and 2 to Europe, Asia Mi- 

 nor, Tauria and Egypt. In the E. Indies have, according to Roxb. 

 Wall. Cat. and Royle. ill. been discovered 8 species of Elceagnus, (Hima- 

 layas, Khassya Mountains, Garrow Hills, Ludak, Neelgherries, Travancore, 

 Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, (one also a native of Japan,) and Hippophae con- 

 ferta, Wall, a native of the Himalayas. Properties unimportant. 



