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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 , T\ 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 Dipterocarpece, 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, Rawang 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. 1 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 Dryobalafiops aromatica , Gaertn. 
The other two kinds are not yet identified, no specimens of them 
having been received. I heard lately however from Mr> NlSBET 
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. aromatica , 
Gaertn, D. beccarii Dyer, D. oblongifolia , Dyer and D. lanceolate, 
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 l| inch wide, point h inch stiffly 
coriaceous with a short | inch petiole. They are pohshed 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 \ 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 \ inch long and f inch across, the lobes de- 
veloped into oblong blunt wings narrowed at the base 2f inch lono- 
nearly f inch wide red. 
