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an inferior kind was reported to be produced in Samarcand. He says 
a month's journey by sea does more to injure it than a year's by 
land. All the best qualities are land-borne. In Colloquy XII. he 
mentions that rhubarb was very liable to decay in India, scarcely last- 
! ing through the four months' rainy season. 
Garcia acknowledges that his information on this subject is defec- 
tive. 
[Rhubarb is not much used in India ; it is not even mentioned by 
Khory]. 
[References. — Clusius (Acosfa), p. 46 ; Zinschoten, ii., p. 101 ; 
Ainslie, i., pp. 342-4; Fluchiger and Hanhury, p. 442.] 
COLLOQUY XLIX. 
De tees Maneiras de Sandalo. 
[The three kinds of Sandal wood. The white and yellow (the 
heart wood) 8antalum album, Linn. The red, Pterocarpus santalinus, 
Linn. 
Called chundana in Malacca (Borneo ?) ; circanda {suhhada) by the 
Deccanis and Gujaratis ; sandal by the Arabs {chandanu Hind and 
Beng, &c.) 
Garcia says the white and yellow Sandal grow in Timor, and other 
Malayan Islands, but the red {vermelho) is obtained from Tenasserim, 
and on the Coromandel coast. The latter is used in fevers, but the 
chief use is in the manufacture of idols. The yellow and white kinds 
grow in the country beyond the Ganges. Both natives and Moors 
anoint themselves with it dissolved in water. Garcia is in error in 
stating that it differs from " Brazil " wood in not yielding a dye. He 
gives a full description of the varieties obtained in the different ports. 
He says a false sandal which was used for the same purpose was 
found in Malabar : it was called samharume. Odorous woods were 
also obtained from the island of S. Lorenzo (i.e. Madagascar), and in 
some places on the coast of Melinda (^T.E. Africa). 
[References.—- C7/w5«W (Acosta), p. 23; Zinschoten, ir., p. 102; 
Bontius andPiso, lib. iv., p. 43 ; Ainslie, i., pp. 376-9 ; Fluchiger and 
Hanbury, p. 540 ; Khory, p. 509.] 
