Laurus. 
32T 
OBS . t. De arbore camphorifera, modoque cam- 
pboram colligendi, relationes dederunt Arent Syl- 
vius (*) & Engelb. K/empferus /♦ c . 
OBS. 2. Camphora e pluribus arboribus & plantis 
aromaticis extrahi potefh Sic ipla Laurus Cinnamo¬ 
mum, ex quo vetuftior evnfir, adeo camphora fcen eft, 
ut cortices magis camphoram quam cinnamomum fpi- 
renr (**). Certe vera camphora fvaveolcns e radicibus 
arboris Cinnamomi fublimari potuit, fi fides Grim- 
mio (***). Radix arboris Lauri Catfiae & Cinnamomi 
indici camphora dives eft, obfervantibus Rheede & 
Jacquino, Inter deftillandum Schcenanrhum perficurn 
& arabicum, Camphorae copiam obtinuit K/empferus. 
E plurimis nofiris plantis ringentibus aromaticis, ut 
Msjorana, Mentha crifpa & Piperita, Rosmarino, Sal¬ 
via, Lavandula &c. camphora extrahi poreft. Puram 
Camphoram ex arbore quadam, a Lauro Camphora dis- 
tin&a > in Poulo Chinco colligunt, ut docet Arent 
Sylvius, & confirmat ci. Gaubius 
OBS. 3. Lignum & radices arboris camphorifeice 
in fruftula concidunt ruftici japonenfes, & cum aqua 
coquunt in velica terrea, impolito capitello ;fictili> am¬ 
plo, ftramine replero; unde fit, ut camphora fubiime- 
tur ftraminique adhtereat. Haec vero camphora crucia 
eft, granulata & cinerafeens, fub qu? forma in Eu¬ 
ropam rransferrur & purificatur In hunc finem, im¬ 
mittatur Camphora, mixta cum calcis exrinftae vigefi- 
ma circirer ad eam parte, vafi vitreo hemifphaerico , 
aequalis ex omni parte crafiitiei, terminato collo tubu¬ 
lato, reffco j orificio colli fere libero, folo papyro con- 
X tor- 
(*) Vide Valentini Simplic . 488 » ubi hacc relatio recu- 
fa invenitur 
(**) Pbilof. Tratisncl. N\o 499. p. 103. 
(***j Bartholini Aci. msd. v. $, p. 
(*{■) Advcrf. /.1 p. iOfi. 
