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They were brought to that place from Sumatra, or 
Java by Governor Vanderstell, in 1692-3, the trunk of 
these trees, now 1798, is short in proportion to their thick- 
hess, rather crooked, and from ten to twelve or even 
more feet in circumference. The whole tree has much the 
appearance of a fine old oak. I saw about twenty of them, 
besides which many have been cut down for the wood, nor 
could I learn that any attempts had been made to pro- 
cure Camphire from them ; though the owner, Mynheer 
De Vos says, he has often observed minute whitish 
grains amongst the fibres of the wood, but knew not 
what they were, and paid no attention to them. Many 
young trees and plants are to be found in the neighbour- 
hood. They all seem perfectly at home. M. De Vos 
would certainly find it worth his while to cut up into 
chips every refuse piece, and sublime, or distil it with 
water in an iron retort, covered with an earthen, or 
wooden head, in the cavity whereof hay or straw should be 
put to which the Camphor as it'tises would adhere, See 
Kemp. Amoen. p. 772. Thunberg, &c. authors who have 
written on the subject. 
The Leaves are alternate, petioled, ovate, and oblong- 
lanceolate, smooth, entire, pointed, triple-nerved, the 
herves less regularly disposed than in any of the other spe-_ 
cies, and vanishing about the middle of the leaf ; they are 
from three to four inches long including the petiole, which 
is from a third to a fourth of the whole. 
Stipules none. Panicles axillary, solitary, about as 
long as the leaves, and composed of small, alternate, — 
Corymbiform ramifications. Flowers numerous, all her- 
maphrodite that I have examined, small, of a pale green- 
ish yellow. Bractes small, caducous. Corol, nectarial 
glands, stamina, pistil and berry exactly as in L. Cinna- 
momum, See the description thereof, 
The alternate leaves, and alternate ramifications f 
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