Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



XXXIII. DILLENI 



ACROTREMA. (W. J.) 



Dodecandria Trigynia, 



Calyx pentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala patens. Stamina 

 qiiindecim, erecta, filamentis brevibus, antheris longis line- 

 aribus apice biporis. Ovaria tria, distincta, ^-spora, ovulis 

 angulo interior! affixis. Styli tres. Stigmata simplicia. 

 Capsulae unilocular es. 



Herba acaulis pilosa, pedunculis racemoso-multijloris. 



Genus Saxifrageis affine^ numero partium inusitato dis- 

 tinctum. 



ACROTREMA COSTATUM. Y ^« J-) 



Found on hills, and among rocks at Pulo Pinang. 



Root tapering, sending out a few fibres. Stem scarcely 

 any. Leaves alternate, spreading, short-petioled, six inches 

 long, oblong-obovate, obtuse, sagittate at the base, dentato- 

 serrate, somewhat ciliate, pilose, furnished with a short 



other utensil better approved of ; in this manner, a party proceeds 

 through the woods wounding the Camphor-tree till they attain their 

 object. The Camphor is procured in pretty nearly the same way. The 

 trees are cut to the heart about the same height from the ground 

 as in the former instance, till the Camphor is seen ; hundreds may be 

 thus mutilated before tke sought-for tree is discovered ; when attained, 

 it is felled, and cut in junks of a fathom long, which are again split, 

 and the Camphor is found in the heart, occupying a space in circum- 

 ference of the thickness of a man's arm. The produce of a middling- 

 sized tree is about eight China catties, or nearly eleven pounds, and of 

 a large one, double that quantity. The Camphor thus found is called 

 Se Taniong. It is often the case that the trees which have been cut, 

 and left standing in that state, will produce Camphor in seven or eight 

 years after, which is distinguished by the name of Oogar, but is inferior 

 in appearance, though of the same quality. The sorts of Camphor 

 called helly and foot, are the scrapings of the wood that surrounds it. 



