282 CINNAMOMUMS OF NEW SOTJTH WALES, 



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tillation. Only bark from the stem was treated, but if the whole 

 bark of a tree were distilled, and also the leaves and roots, — for 

 each of these gives a distinctive oil, — then the total quantity of 

 oil to be obtained from a tree of 70 or 100 feet (average height) 

 would be considerable, and should prove a remunerative industry. 

 Efforts will now be made to obtain the exact value and com- 

 mercial possibilities of this oil, — which we propose shall be known 

 in future as Oliverian oil. 



Dr. Lauterer states* that this bark is frequently used by bush- 

 men to improve the flavour of their tea, a little bit of bark being 

 infused therewith. This bark has been used by many medical 

 men as a convenient aromatic astringent in diarrhoea, and has 

 been recommended by the Medical Society of Queensland for 

 insertion in the B.P. 



Hah. — Mullumbimby, Tweed River (W. Bauerlen); Port Mac- 

 quarie (Forester Brown); and probably extends along the whole 

 coast district to the Illawarra (C. Hedley). 



CiNNAMOMUM VIRENS, Sp.nOV. 



" Wild Camphor Laurel." " Copal Tree."t 



A tree about 90 feet high and up to 2 feet in diameter. Leaves 

 opposite or occasionally alternate, rigid, coi'iaceous, shining above, 

 green and glabrous on both sides, the reticulations prominent 

 on the underside, lanceolate-acuminate, either cuneate or 

 rounded at the base, margins nerve-like, 4 to 6 inches long, tripli- 

 nerved but not prominently so, petiole rarely exceeding \ inch. 

 Panicles opposite in the axils of the upper leaves, bearing a few 

 flowers in the raceme shorter than the leaves, slightly pubescent. 

 Pedicels the length of the calyx. Perianth tube about 1 line, 

 segments or lobes 2 lines long, constricted for about half its length 

 so as to give it a calyx-like appearance as soon as the ovules are 

 fertilised. Stamens shorter than the lobes. Stigma Aery slightly 



* Loc. cit. p. 24. 

 t On account of the liigh polish of the leaves and frnit. 



