QUANDANG NUT.--A medium size Australian tree, the _Santalum acuminatum_, of the sandalwood family (_Santalaceæ_). It produces a plum-like fruit, which is best known in its native country as the quandang nut. It is used as a preserve, but is little known, except in or near its native habitats. QUEENSLAND NUT.--See Australian hazelnut. [Illustration: FIG. 105. PARADISE OR SAPUCAIA NUT.] SAPUCAIA NUT.--The Brazilian name of, at least, two species of large forest trees growing in the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries. The best known of these is the _Lecythis Zabucajo_, a lofty tree of the myrtle family (_Myrtaceæ_). It is closely allied to the more common Brazil nut of commerce. The sapucaia nuts are produced in an urn-shaped, woody capsule, which has received the name of Monkey-pot, because when these capsules ripen the lid at the top is suddenly liberated, emitting a sharp sound, which, as heard by the monkeys, gives them notice that the nuts are falling, and that the first on the ground becomes the fortunate possessor of the largest number. The capsules or pots are about six inches in diameter, and the lid opening at the top about two inches. The nuts, which are packed very closely in the shell, are about one inch in diameter, and two to three in length, with a thin, brown, and very much wrinkled and twisted shell (Fig. 105). The kernel is white, sweet, oily, and somewhat more delicate in flavor than that of the common Brazil nut. In New York city these nuts are sold under the name of Paradise nuts. But this is probably only a local name, for I have been unable to find it in any botanical work. These nuts rarely come to this country in any considerable quantities; a few hundred pounds at a time would be considered a large consignment. SASSAFRAS NUT.--See Nutmeg, Chilean. SASSAFRAS NUT.--See Nutmeg, Puchury. SNAKE NUT.--A large, roundish fruit, about the size of the black walnut, the product of the _Ophiocaryon paradoxum_, a large tree of the soapberry family (_Sapindaceæ_), native of British Guiana. This nut takes its name of "Snake nut," from the peculiar form of the embryo of the seed, which is curled up spirally. The Indians, thinking there must be some virtue in form, use these nuts as an antidote for snake bites, although, so far as known to science, they do not possess any medicinal properties. [Illustration: FIG. 106. SOUARI NUT.]