THE CAMPHOR TREE.

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a nth r0 ' VS ’ *^ le * nner with two, stalked, compressed glands at the base;ers four-celled, the outer turned inwards, the inner outwards. Three

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tli e ' s * amens > shaped like the first, placed in a whorl alternating withgj ®hunens of the second row; three others stalked, with an ovate,h'ii ] U ar head. Fruit placed on the obconical base of the calyx.— Leavesseal e ', nerve, f) glandular in the axils of the principal veins. Leaf-buds^(Lindiey). _ _ .

of ^ 11 AH -— Leaves triple-nerved, shining above, glandular in the axils

i'l u veins. Panicles axillary and terminal, corymbose, naked.ers smootli on the outside (Nees).

p I( , 166 Young branches yellow and smooth. Leaves

evergreen, oval, acuminate, attenuate at thebase, bright green and shining above, palerbeneath. Petioles from one inch to one and ahalf inches long. Panicles axi-llary and termi-nal, corymbose. Flowers small, yellowisli-white.Berry round, blackish-red, size of a black cur-rant. Seed solitary.

Every part of the tree, but especially theflower, evinces by its smell and taste that it isstrongly impregnated with camphor.

Hab. —China, Japan, and Cochin-China . In-troduced into Java from Japan .

Extraction. — Ksempfer {Amam. Exot. p.Camphor m • 772) and Thunberg (FI. Japonica) have de-

ploy' ° n A lclnarum ' scribed the method of extracting camphor in the°f Satzuma and the islands of Gotho in Japan . The roots andto y v i the tree, chopped up, are boiled with water in an iron vessel,an earthen head, containing straw, is adapted. The camphorr p. ITles and condenses on the straw.

Method practised in China appears, from the statements of the(q Uo . Rosier (Hist. Gen. de la Chine, t. xiii. p. 335), Dentrecolles„ rtle -Hy Davies), and Davies ( The Chinese , vol. ii. p. 355, 1836), to beaa t different. The chopped branches are steeped in water, andstifrj' ar ds boiled, until the camphor begins to adhere to the stick used inc 0n ”8- The liquid is then strained, and, by standing, the camphorS " Alternate layers of a dry earth, finely powdered, and of thisj ° r > are then placed in a copper basin, to which another inverted^tyd, and sublimation effected..

ill Cn 0 hinds of unrefined or crude camphor (cumphora cruda) are knownj 'hrnerce:—

jitid i s u { c h Camphor; Japan Camphor. —This is brought from Batavia,it i;. ® ai( f to be the produce of Japan . It is imported in tubs (henceSecond e<a ^ camphor) covered by matting, and each surrounded by ac 0 tjt a - hib, secured on tlie outside by hoops of twisted cane. Each tubf ro ni 1 cwt. to 1| cwts. or more. It consists of pinkish grains,

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°Ui ti fheir mutual adhesion, form various-sized masses. It differscle an er ,e 0r( finary crude camphor in having larger grains, in being[lU eil ’ an< ^ i' 1 subliming-(usually) at a lower temperature. In coiis , lol u p these properties it generally fetches 10s. per cwt. more. Tl

In conse-

^ : properties it generally fetches 10s. per cwt. more. There

rnilc i 1 brought to England, and of that which does come thePart is re-shipped for the continent.