especially the root abounds with camphor, which the pea- 
santry prepare from it bya rude distillation. It is exported 
to the East Indies and to Europe, where it is refined by 
sublimation, and comes to our market in large cakes, freed — 
' from all impurities. _Camphor is also procured from the 
same or some other kind of tree in Sumatra and Borneo. 
According to Tuunsere, the Camphor-tree varies with 
red, yellow, and dark purple berries. The natives make 
candles of a fatty substance procured from these berries by 
pressure. 
Our drawing was taken by Dr. Grevitte, from a plant 
that flowered in the Edinburgh Botanical garden, and com- 
municated to us by Professor GRAHAM. 
