Daphnalbs. ] 



LAURACEjE. 



" 



of tJi>- t\\i'_ r > acts as a verinifuL'c ; the ..il of the berries, which 



stiinulant. These berries are said to have been used in th< 



American war as a substitute for Allspice. Lauras nobilis has also aromati 



(hey are chiefly used by confectioners. Among fatty matt re maj be mentioi • i tli 



Tetranthera Roxburghii, whose fruit yields a greasy exudation, hi- i) which 



is supposed to constitute the principal part of the Bruit oi r ich 



esteemed in the West indies under the name of Che Avocado Pi ar. Cami hor - I 



means an uncommon secretion <>)' these plain-. It :urs abundantly in - 



of Cinnamomum, especially in their roots, which are so much contaminated by it 

 as to be unfit for use as a spice. The Camphor of commerce, how 



Camphor. is obtained in Camphors officinarum from the w 1. branch - and l< 



means of dry distillation. It is a kind of Stearoptine remaining after the Elaeoptim 

 ethereal oil of the live tree is evaporated. — Nees. it is chiefly produced in the island 

 of Formosa, and brought by the Chinchew junks in very large quantitii ton, 



whence fon sign markets are supplied. In some cases a volatile "il is obtained from tin- 

 Laurels in large quantities : that of On odaphne opifera, a tree found in vast foi 

 between the Oronoko and the Parime, is produced in great abundance by mei 

 making an incision into the bark with an axe, as deep as 1 1 1> • liber. It gushes out in 

 such quantity, that several quarts may be obtained by a single incision. It has the 

 reputation of being a powerful discutient. The fruit of this tree yields upon distillation 

 a limpid volatile oil of a yellow wine-colour, an aromatic acrid taste, and smell a- it old 

 oil of Orange-peel had been mixed with oil of lt"s. mary. It is used in Brazil in contrac- 

 tions of the joints, pains in the limbs, and similar cases, under the name ol Canella de 

 Cheiro. — Martbus. 



GENERA. 



Caryodaphne. Illume. 

 pliyllum, Juss. 

 ■ ertn. 

 - -mer. 

 Mc-pilodaphne, A 

 Vydendron, ATi 

 Kvonymodaphne, Nee*. 

 Acrodiclidium, A 

 Misan; - htend 



Cinnamomum, B>rnn. 



'(itltntm, Burm. 

 ('amphora. A 

 ApoUonias, 

 I'lui 

 Persea, Gtertn. 



Eriodaphne, Nees. 

 Machilns, A 

 Boldu.JruW. 

 Alseodaphne, Nee*. 

 HuMandia. AFi 

 Dehaasia, Blume. 

 . liluoie. 

 Endiandra, /;. Br. 

 Beilscbmiedia, ' 

 Cecidodapbne, .'• 

 Cryptocarya, R. Br. 



Pen i 



.{■!..■•' I ' 



Keulia, Molina. 



Nectandra, Bottb. 



N - 

 /'■■ - iireb. 



Dicypellium. 



irio, Aubl. 

 uathera, - 1 * 

 'thyrium. 



■ 

 Ajovea. Aubl. 

 Douglatia, Schreb. 



Ehrhartia, scop. 



End Nees. 



Nees. 

 Oreodaphne. 

 .•I/., riphracta, Nees. 

 Aqri Nees. 



Gsrtn. f. 

 Ceramophora, N 

 Adenotracheliui N 

 Sees 

 ': .Mem-strata. Floi 

 : Linharea, Am 

 Gamphoron 

 ;, Aubl. 



N 

 ■i. Nick. 



Gymnobalanus, .v,,.t. 



Sassal 



Benzoin, A 



Tetranthera, Jacq. 

 Littca, Lam. 



nnb. 



/ . Klein. 



. l.our. 

 // i ur. 



an. 

 lei. 

 . 

 Lauras, 



Actini 



■ 

 Daphnidium, .N 



- 



1'anrii, 



Numbeks. Gen. 46. Sp. 450. 



Atkerospt 

 Position. — Thvmelaceae.— Lauraci 



ADDITIONAL 



Parthenoxylon, Bl. near Sassafras. 

 Landera, Tkunb. = Benzoin, A 

 Nothaphosbe, Bl. near Phoebe. 

 Dictyodaphne, Bl. near Endiandra. 

 Dehaaaia, Bl. near Cryptocarya. 



1- 

 Aperui 



laphno, /• 



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