314 XLVIT. § CHSALPINIEH (OLIVER). | Copaifera. 
seoments. Petals 0. Stamens 10, free; filaments glabrous; anthers 
elliptical, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary shortly stipitate, 
compressed; style involute in bud, slender, stigma capitate; ovules 
2 (-4), superposed. Legume stipitate or sessile, flat or compressed, 
falcate-ovate or somewhat semi-orbicular, coriaceous, l-seeded. Seed 
exalbuminous, with or without an aril; cotyledons plane plano-convex 
or plicate—Unarmed trees. Leaflets unijugate, coriaceous, very oblique. 
Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles or racemes. 
Chiefly a Tropical American genus. The following species are peculiar to this Flora, 
unless it be C. coleosperma. C. Mopane may prove generically distinct. 
Leaflets l-nerved, penniveined . . . . . =... - ~~ ~~ J. C. coleosperma. 
Leaflets 3—4 nerved. 
Buds sessile, ellipsoidal; bracteoles closely investing base of 
WO ee a a Doe ae. 2 Coe usbourae 
Buds subsessile, globose ; bracteoles obsolete . . . . . 3. C. Gorskiana. 
I a ic ce es Oe 
1. ©. coleosperma, Benth. in Linn. Trans. xxv. 316, t.48 A. A 
large tree; branches slender, wholly glabrous. Leaflets unijugate, 
falcate-ovate or oblong-ovate, obtusely acuminate or more broadly 
pointed, coriaceous, glabrous, strongly reticulate, 2-23 in. long, 1-14 
in. broad, petiolules about 1 line, petiole }-1 in. Flowers (not seen) 
in terminal and axillary panicles. Legumes much compressed, coria- 
ceous, somewhat semiorbicular, glabrous, rugulose or finely tuberculate- 
corrugate when dry, ?—11 in. long on a gynophore of 2—3 lines. Seeds 
conspicuously arillate ; testa shining; cotyledons plano-convex, uni- 
form, not resiniferous. 
South Central. Batoka highlands, Dr. Kirk! 
Dr. Kirk states that in some localities this tree “has been planted at least 100 years 
ago.” The red aril is used in preparing a nourishing drink. 
As pointed out by Mr. Bentham, this plant—so far as fruiting specimens enable one 
to judge—is identical with the Cuban C. hymeneifolia, excepting in the aril. Are they 
the same species? Which, if either, is the introduced plant? 
The leaflets in this species are more completely penniveined than in O. Gorskiana, 
in which the nervation is that of Bauhinia, the principal nervures usually radiating 
from the base. 
2. C. Guibourtiana, Benth. in Linn. Trans. xxv. 317. Tree; extre- 
mities rather stout sinuous rugulose, giving off numerous ascending 
branches, puberulous or obsoletely pubescent at first. Leaflets 1-jugate, 
coriaceous, broadly semi-elliptical or -obovate, obtusely acuminate, 3-4- 
nerved with subprominent reticulation, 24-3} in. long, 1-14 in. broad, 
sessile ; petiole 2 lines. Flowers numerous, sessile in panicled ascending 
spikes, overtopping the leaves. Bracts ovate, 1-1} lines long, caducous. 
Bracteoles truncate or broadly rounded, closely investing the base of 
the calyx. Buds ellipsoidal, 2 lines long. “ Sepals 4, imbricate, coria- 
ceous, subequal in length, elliptical, obtuse, elabrous. Ovules 2-4.” I 
have not seen expanded tlower or fruit.— Guibourtia copallifera, Bennett 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 150. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Dr. Daniell! 
Called Kobo tree by the natives. Said to afford a valuable copal. “ Wood odoriferous.”’ 
