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leaf.  The  odor  of  the  leaves  and  bark  also  recalls  that  of  jaborandi. 
In  shape  and  venation  of  the  leaves  the  plant  approaches  the  genus 
Spiranthera,  but  the  leaves  are  much  thinner.  Until  flowers  and 
fruit  can  be  obtained  the  plant  must,  therefore,  be  considered  to  be 
one  hitherto  undescribed. 
Mr.  W.  Kirkby  at  my  request  has  kindly  cut  sections  of  the  wood 
of  Santalum  album,  the  Macassar  sandal  wood,  and  that  from  Ven- 
ezuela presented  by  Messrs.  Schimmel  &  Co.  The  first  two  present 
very  little  difference  in  structure,  but  the  Venezuela  wood  has  the 
porous  vessels  arranged  in  distinct  lines,  as  seen  in  the  transverse 
section. 
Of  the  Japanese  sandal  wood  mentioned  in  '  Pharmacographia/  I 
have  been  able  to  ascertain  nothing,  except  that  true  sandal  wood  (S.  al- 
bum) does  not  grow  in  Japan .  The  only  trees  mentioned  by  Franchet  and 
Savatier  belonging  to  the  order  in  that  country  are  Exocarjpus  latifolia, 
E.  Br.  (Santalum  latifolium),  and  Buclcleya  lanceolata,  Miq.,  but 
neither  of  these  appear  to  have  native  Japanese  names,  and  presum- 
ably are  not  used  like  sandal  wood.  Nor  have  I  been  able  to  ascer- 
tain what  wood  it  is  that  is  exported  from  Nossi-be  under  the  name 
of  sandal  wood,  or  the  source  of  the  kind  exported  to  this  country 
from  Zanzibar,  but  I  am  informed  by  a  distiller  of  sandal  wood  oil 
that  the  latter  is  considered  almost  worthless  for  purposes  of  distilla- 
tion. 
Oil  of  Sandal  Wood. — Of  all  the  different  species  of  sandal  wood . 
above  mentioned  there  appear  to  be  only  two  used  at  the  present 
time  as  sources  of  the  volatile  oil  of  commerce  (unless  the  wood 
yielding  the  Macassar  oil  proves  to  be  derived  from  a  distinct  species), 
viz.,  Santalum  album,  furnishing  the  East  Indian  and  Macassar  oil, 
and  the  Venezuela  tree  furnishing  West  Indian  "  Sandal  wood  oil." 
Inquiries  kindly  made  for  me  by  Mr.  C.  Umney  show  that  all  the 
sandal  wood  during  the  last  two  years  imported  into  this  country  has 
come  from  Bombay,  except  two  lots  from  Zanzibar,  offered  on  Feb- 
ruary 19  and  April  16  of  1884,  and  a  small  quantity  from  Champion 
Bay,  but  these  were  regarded  as  of  indifferent  quality.1  The  Bombay 
sandal  wood  \  as  imported,  varies  so  much  in  yield  of  oil  that  those 
who  are  accustomed  to  buy  the  wood  for  distillation  are  often  greatly 
1 1  learn  from  another  source  that  sandal  wood  from  the  Pacific  Islands  and 
Australia  has  very  little  scent,  and  is  used  in  this  country  for  furniture  and 
cabinet  work  only. 
