ORDER XXXII.—ELÆOCARPÆ.—THE ELÆOCARPUS TRIBE.
East India shrubs and trees, little known in Britain. “The hard and wrinkled seeds of Elæocarpus are made into necklaces in the East Indies, and, set in gold, are sold in our shops.”—(Hook.)
ORDER XXXII*.—DIPTEROCARPÆ.—THE CAMPHOR TREE TRIBE.
There are two kinds of Camphor, one produced by boiling the branches of a kind of laurel, and the other (the Camphor of Sumatra) is found in large pieces in the hollow parts of the branches of Dryobalanops Camphora, one of the species included in this order. None of these trees have been introduced into Britain.
ORDER XXXIII.—CHELONACEÆ, OR HUGONIACEÆ.
Small trees and shrubs, natives of the East Indies and Madagascar; only the genus Hugonia is known in Britain.