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for  this  reason  alone  the  furthering  of  the  cultivation  must  prove 
the  means  of  subsistence  in  comport  to  a large  number  of  the  in- 
habitants and  add  generally  to  their  welfare  as  also  to  the  benefit 
of  the  States  both  directly  and  indirectly. 
L.  C.  BROWN, 
Inspector  of  Coco-nut  Trees,  F.  M . S. 
From  the  Selangor  Government  Gazette  of  15th  May,  1903. 
THE  CAMPHOR  TREE. 
Dyrobalanops  aroma tica, 
' The  Camphor  tree,  Dryobalanops  aromatica,  Gaertn,  belonging 
to  the  order  Dipterocarpeoe,  is  a native  of  Sumatra,  Borneo  and 
the  Malay  Peninsula,  where  however  it  appears  to  be  very  local,  at 
present  the  only  localities  known  for  it  here  are  the  Endau  River, 
Johor,  Ravvang  in  Selangor,  Kwantan  in  Pahang  where  it  has  just 
been  discovered  by  Mr.  CRADDOCK  and  at  Bundi  in  Kemaman. 
Some  account  of  it  has  already  been  published  in  Vol.  i p.  61  of  the 
Bulletin  and  an  account  of  its  collecting  and  the  peculiar  customs 
connected  with  it  in  the  Journal  of  the  Straits  branch  of  the  Royal 
Asiatic  Society  Vol.  26  p.  35. 
Mr.  Craddock  sends  the  following  notes  together  with  speci- 
mens of  wood  leaves,  a seedling,  and  the  two  forms  of  Camphor. 
“There  are  said  to  be  three  kinds  of  Kapor  found  in  the  forests 
of  the  northern  part  of  Kwantan  in  the  vicinity  of  Baloh  viz.  Kapor 
tembaga  or  Kapor  batu,  Kapor  bunga  and  Kapor  Tuman.  The 
specimens  he  sends  are  those  of  Kapor  Tembaga  which  proves  to 
be  Dryobala7iops  aromatica,  Gaertn. 
The  other  two  kinds  are  not  yet  identified,  no  specimens  of  them 
having  been  received.  I heard  lately  however  from  Mr.  NiSBET 
who  was  travelling  in  British  North  Borneo  lately  that  there  also 
were  three  recognised  species  of  Camphor  tree.  There  are  alto- 
gether four  kinds  of  Dryobalanops  described  viz.  D.  arornatica, 
Gaertn,  D.  beccarii,  Dyer,  />.  oblongifolia,  Dyer  and  D.  lanceolata , 
Burck.  The  last  three  are  only  known  at  present  from  Borneo. 
D.  aromatica,  is  a very  large  tree  about  150  feet  tall  and  three 
or  four  feet  through  and  buttressed  at  the  base,  adult  leaves  round 
with  a long  point  2 inches  long  li  inch  wide,  point  \ inch  stiffly 
coriaceous  with  a short  ^ inch  petiole.  I hey  are  polished  green, 
with  a turpentiney  scent.  Young  leaves  of  seedlings  are  larger  and 
narrower  as  well  as  thinner.  The  flowers  in  small  terminal  bun- 
ches about  2 inches  long.  They  are  white  and  sweet  scented  with 
a calyx  of  5 lobes  oblong  obtuse  J inch  long,  5 ovate  petals  barely 
as  long  and  20  linear  stamens  with  very  short  filaments. 
The  fruit  is  3 inches  long  including  the  wings,  the  calyx  cup  is 
short  and  broad  about  J inch  long  and  f inch  across,  the  lobes  de- 
veloped into  oblong  blunt  wings  narrowed  at  the  base  2j  inch  long 
nearly  J inch  wide  red. 
