XIV. 
DRYOBALANOPS CAMPHORA.* 
(THE CAMPHOR-TREE.) 
SynonyMs.—Dryobalanops Camphora, Colebr. Dryobalanops aromatica, Gartn. 
Shorea, Camphorifera, Rosb. Pterygium teres. 
Forrtan Names.—Fr.: Camphre. J¢al.: Canfora. Span.: Aleanfor. Germ.: 
Kampher. Dut,: Kamfer. Swed.: Kamfert. Dan.: Campher, Russ. : Kam- 
phor. Sanserit.: Carpura, Arab,: Cafir. Hind. : Capur. Malay. : Kapur- 
barus. 
Nat. Order, GutT1FER®.—PoLyaNDRIA, MonoGYNiA. 
Gey. CHar.—Calyx one-leaved, permanent, enlarged into a gibbous 
cap, with five ligulate, long, scamose wings. Corolla five-petalled. 
Capsule three-valved, one-celled. Seed solitary. imbryo converse, 
without perisperm. . 
Spec. Cuar.—Leaves superior, alternate, inferior ones opposite, elliptic, 
obtusely acuminate, entire. Petioles short. Stipules in pairs, subulate, | 
caducous. 
Hisrory.—Camphor was unknown to the ancients, but the 
Arabian physicians Avicenna and Serapion speak of it under 
the name of Kaphor. Sprengel (Hist. de la Méd., t. ii. p. 238) 
considers that Simeon Seth (De Aliment. Facult.) gives the 
earliest record of it. No medicine has been so much used in 
Various diseases as Camphor: it has been generally an ingre- 
dient in almost every prescription, and advised for affections 
Fig. 1. The perianth and capsule. 2. The capsule, transverse section, 3. The 
embryo. , 
* Camphor is found in many plants, but only in two in any great quantities, viz., 
Dryobalanops Camphora and the Laurus Camphora, or Camphor Laurel, which 
was supposed formerly to be the only plant which yielded the Camphor of com- 
merce, ; : ee 
