oS DOR—DRY 
A reputed anthelmintic; for tenia; operating, it is alleged, 
mechanically. Is it worth a thought? 
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reed 
No. 232—Dortens1a ContTRAyERVA. 
Orricrnan. Contrajerve radiz. Lond. Dortensix Conirayer- 
ve radix. Edin. Contrajerva root. 
_ Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 271—figure of the plant, 
~No. a : 23 : 
A sudorific tonic. Dose of powdered root, grs, y—3j—sel- 
dom used alone. 
| Orrie. Prev. Pulv. Contrajerve comp. L. 
No. 233.—DracontTium raeTipum. One of the sy- 
nonyms of Skunk-cabbage, Symplocarpus 
fetida, which see. 
No, 234.—Drocur AmEre. ~ : 
A French bitter tincture, made of mastic, thus, common 
resin, myrrh, aloes, and creyat root, (Justicia paniculata, 
which see.) For this last, calumba root is sometimes sub- 
stituted. Proper proportions of them being taken, the 
whole are steeped in brandy for a month together, in the 
sun in dry weather, and then carefully strained and drawn 
off. ; ; 
No, 235.—DryozaLanops CAMPHORA. Colebrooke, 
Asiatic Researches, Vol. XII. p. 539. 
ane S 13. Ord. 1. Polyandria Monogynia. Nat. ord. Guttifere, 
Juss. 
Genus nova. Cal. 1-leafed, permanent; enlarged into a gibbous 
_ cup, with 5 ligulate, long, scarious wings. Corol. 5-petal- 
ed. Caps. superior, 1-celled, 3-valved; seed solitary. Em- 
__. bryo inverse, without perisperm. 
» Ogrrerwat. Camphora. Lond. Edin. & U.S. Camphora; 
ss gesina. Dub. Camphor. 
_ Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 273—figure of the tree, 
No. 274. 
This tree grows to a great height, in forests on the north-east. 
coast of Sumatra, and especially in the vicinity of Tampa- 
nooly. The greater part-of the camphor, as well as cam- 
Phor oil, found in the Indian bazaars, is not the produce 
Laurus Camphora, which grows in Japan and China— 
is taken to India from Sumatra and Borneo: that of 
ra_is good—but of Borneo, the ‘hest in the world. 
by the Dryobttiunops Camp 
the eastern countries, the oil is more 
