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| Camphire or Henna. Separate flower, fruit, and seeds. |
Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Camphire, the Hebrew copher, is mentioned in the Song of Solomon (1: 14), "My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi; " also in 4:13. Camphire is an old form of the word camphor. The revisers have substituted "henna" in those texts. Henna (Lawso- nia alba) is a shrub found in Northern Africa, and in Asia from Syria to India. It bears numerous small, white, sweet-smelling flowers in large clusters. But the plant has been from remote antiquity famous as a cosmetic, being used to give a reddish-orange stain to the nails, tips of the fingers, palms of the hand, and soles of the feet. The young stems and leaves are reduced to a powder, and when used, are made into a paste with hot water, and applied for a night to the parts to be stained. The stain of the henna has been detected on Egyptian mummies.
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