Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
Li b. 5, 
ThcDcfcription. 
! rp-Hc Saunders tree groweth to the bigneffe of the Walnut-tree, garpilhed with many 
goodly branches; whereon are fetleaues like thofe of the Lentiskc tree, alwaies 
greene ; among which come forth very faire fioures,of a blew colour tending toblack- 
nelTe ; after commeth the fruit of the bignefle of a Cherry, greene at the firft, and blacke when it 
is ripe ; without taft e, and ready to fall downe with euery little blaft of winde : the timber or wood 
is of a white colour, and a very pleafant fmell. 
2 There is likewife another which groweth very great, the floures . and .fruit agree with the 
other ofhis kinde :thewood is of a yellowifii colour, wherein confideththe difference. 
| 1 The third fort which wee call Red-Saunders is a very hard and follid wood, hailing lit- 
tle or no fmell, the colour thereof is very red, it groweth not in thofe places where the other grow, 
neither is the forme of the tree defcribed by any that I know of, it is frequently vfed to colour 
fauces, and for fuch like vfes. $ 
«j The Place. 
Thevvhiteand yellow Saunders grow naturally, and that in great aboundance, in an Ifland 
called Timor, and alfo in the Eaft-Indies beyond the riuer Sanges or rather Ganges, which the 
Indians call // 4 tffp?,and alfo about Iaua, where it is of better odour thananythat groweth elfe- 
where. 
The red Saunders growes within the riuer Ganges, efpecially about Tanafarim,and in the mar- 
ri ill grounds about Charamandell : .^4 uicen , Sempio, and moll of the Mauritanians call it by a 
corrupt name, Sandal : in Timor, Malaca, and in places neere adioyning, Chandama-'m Decan and 
Guzarate, Senanda : in Latin e,Sandalnm and Santalum^, adding thereto for the colour album, flauum, 
or Citrimm, and rubrum, that is, white, yellow,and red Saunders. 
T be Time. 
Thefc trees which are the white and yellow Saunders grow greene Winter and Sommer, and 
are not one knowne from another, but by the Indians themfelues,who haue taken very cerrairie 
notes and rnarkes of them,becaufe they may the more fpeedily diftinguifh them when the Matt 
commeth. 
The Names. 
Their names haue been fufficiently fpokenofin their deferiptions. 
«(f The Temper ature. 
t Yellow and white Saunders are hot in the third degree,anddry in thefecond. The redde 
. Saunders are not fo hot. t 
% The Ter t ties. 
A The Indians dovfe the decocb'on made in water, againft hot burning agues, and the ouermuch 
flowing of the menfes ,Eriftpehu, the gout, and all inflammations, efpecially if it be mixed with the 
juice of Nightfhade, Houfleeke, orPurflane. 
B The white Saunders mixed with Rofe water, and the temples bathed therewith, ceafeth the 
paine of the megrim, and keepeth backe the flowing of humours to the eies. 
C i^/imcen affirmeth it to be good for all palflons of the hart, and rnakerh it glad and merry, and 
therefore good to be put in collifes, iellies, and all delicate meates which are made to ftrengthen 
and reuiue the fpirits. 
D $ Red Saunders haue an afirifliue and flrengthning facultie, but arc not cordiall as the other 
two, they are vfed in diuers medicines and meates both for their facultie and pleafing red colour 
which theygiue to them. $ 
C h a p. 1 7 o. Of Stony wood, or wood made Stones . 
«j TheDefcripticn, 
A Mong the wonders of England this is one of great admiration, and contrarie vnto mans 
reafon and capacitie,that there fhould be a kinde of wood alterable into the hardneffe 
of a (lone called Stonie wood , or rather a kinde of water, which hardneth wood and 
other things, into the nature and matter of Hones. But we know that the workes of God are 
wonderful). 
