SANDAL WOOD

The white or scented sandal wood is Uie produce of the Santalum album. It is brought from the East Indies. When distilled with wa ter il yields a thick e ential oil, smelling something like roses. Bed saunders or sandal is the wood of the Pterocarpus santalin us, ulso a native of India. Its colouring matter is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol, and is used to imparl u red tinge to certain tinctures. The resinous exudation of this tree constitutes one of the varieties of dragon's blood. SAUBIANS, Sauria. (Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) The name of an order of reptiles, Including all those which are covered wiUi scales and have four legs, as the crocodile and lizard. The mouth of the saurians is always armed wiUi teeth, and Uicir toes are generally furnished with claws; they have all u tail mow or le long, and generally very thick ut the base. A few species, exceptions to the general character, have only two legs. The most gigantic, and singular s|M-cies of the Saurian order are now extinct. 8AUS8URITE. A variety of nephrite named in honour of Sau ure, who discovered it on the bunks of the lake of Geneva In rounded ma es. [s. 1105]