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almost every part of Gangetic India above Munglier. In the 
latter country its wood is devoid of odour, and I believe it 
is exotic, being chiefly found about temples, and the tombs 
of Muhammedan saints, to which pilgrims very commonly 
bring curious plants. It is an error to call this Malabar 
Sandal, because it does not grow in that province, but on 
the mountains of Carnata, from whence it is sent to the 
coasts of Malabar and Coromandel (to use the European 
words) for exportation. Every where in the south of In- 
dia, it is called Sri Gunda, or rather Gundha^ the holy 
perfume ; and this name has been corrupted by European 
botanists into Sarcanda. Concerning the name Samharana^ 
which Rumphius says is the proper appellation of the con- 
tinental sandal, I know nothing. In the Hindwi dialect it 
is called Sandal, but in the Bengalese, as well as in Sans- 
crita, it is most commonly called Chandana, from which 
Sa?idal is no doubt a corruption. In the latter language 
it is also called Malayasa, or the produce of mountains. 
For an account of the management of the tree in its native 
country, I may refer to my Journey to Mysore (i. 186, 
202 ; ii. 117, 132, 536 ; iii. 192). 
Sandalum radiciS;, p. 46. 
Whether or not this is a distinct plant from the sandal 
of Timor, it is impossible from the account of Rumphius 
to say. The sandal of Keyely, mentioned lower down in 
the page, is probably the same with the tree producing the 
Sandalum radicis ; at least both grow in Celebes. 
Whether or not the sandal of the Feejee and Sandwich 
Islands belong to the Timor species, or Santalum alhum 
of Linnaeus, I know not ; for Rumphius (p. 46.) properly 
admonishes us, " notandumque et attendum, plurima odo- 
rata ligna a scriptoribus denotari Sandali dcnominationc, 
uti inter alios O. Daperus in Africae descriptione dicit, in 
