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( Bot. ) Having a tendency to promote the formation of cambium, the zone of cells between the wood and bark of exogenous plants, from which new ti ues are produced. Cambodia. ( Geog .) A country of Indo-China, on the middle Mekong river, bounded N. and W. by Siam, E. by Annam and French Cochin China, and S. by the Bay of Siam. Its area is about 32,370 sq. m., its populalation estimated at 1,500,000. In the north and west are mountains, some of them over 3,000 feet high, and containing iron and some copper. The country as a whole, however, consists of alluvial plains, which are completely inundated during the rainy season, through the overflow of the river and its branches. The principal stream is the Mekong-otherwise known as the Cambodia, and Tonlé-Tom-with its branching channels. The Tonlé-sap forms a kind of backwater, which expands into the Great Lake, 100 miles by 25 in area. In the northeast are tracts covered with forest. The climate is divided into a rainy season, from April to October, with an interruption in August, and a dry season for the remainder of the year. The range of the thermometer is from 70° to 104° F. Inland the country is well cultivated, especially along the rivers and on the lakes, but the interior abounds with extensive jungles, in which elephants, lions, tigers, and wild buffaloes find shelter. There are also deer, goats, hogs, and many species of wild fowl. The agricultural products are rice, tobacco, cotton, maize, pepper, cinnamon, sugar cane, indigo, maniòc, vanilla, gutta perch a, . The forests yield much excellent timber. The tree Garcinia gambo go ides yields the finest gamboge. Teak, sandal-wood, and numerous dyestuffs abound. In addition to iron, tin and precious stones are found, and the gold mines of Bontabang are noted.- Population . The Cambodians are le Mongoloid and more nearly approach the Aryan type than the neighboring peoples, they presenting some resemblance to the Malay and Indian types. Their language is of the monosyllabic character of the Chinese. Pnom-Penh, the capital, stands at the junction of the "Four Arms" of the river, and has a population of 35,000. In addition to the industries mentioned, fishing in the Great Lake is of importance, and silk raising is likely to become of great value, there being great plantations of mulberry trees whose silk worms yield silk of the finest quality.History. The kingdom of Cambodia or Khmer formerly embraced much of Indo-China. It is claimed to have arisen 2,400 years ago. Buddhism was probably introduced in the fourth century. About 1540 the Cambodian king attacked Siam, but the war ended in the subjection of C., which became tributary to Siam. In the 16th and 17th centuries Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch factories were succe ively set up at the mouth of the Mekong. In the last part of the 18th century C. fell under the control of Annam, which in 1809 divided up its provinces with Siam, dismembering the kingdom. The Cambodia us in consequence offered to place themselves under the protection of France. The movements in this direction were consummated in 1863, and since 1887 C. has been practically a French province- Anti quities. The most remarkable feature of C. is the splendid ruins of its early architecture. The temples and palaces of Angkor, the old capital, are of striking artistic value, and of great size and number. The principal edifice, Nakhon Udat, is composed of a central tower surrounded by four turrets and flanked by two other towers, all connected by extensive galleries. These buildings are covered with exquisite sculptures in bas-relief. There are also several ma ive stone bridges of great size and solidity. Cam'bridge, in New York, a village of Washington co. Pop. 1,589.