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with the midrib near the inner edge or anterior margin, and a few 

 strong incurved nerves (not reaching the margin) on the posterior 

 side ; petiole short, semiterete, grooved above in the first pair, and 

 about l - 5 cm. long ; stipules slender, short, subulate, soon becoming 

 brown. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Opposite, with the characters as above given. 



Hymenaea Courbaril, L. (fig. 305). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, stout, succulent, glabrous, pale brownish- 

 green, 8'5 cm. long, 5 mm. thick at the base. 



Cotyledons thick, fleshy, plano-convex, oval in outline, slightly 

 emarginate, pale brownish on the back, light green above (the green 

 part being bordered by a narrow rim), glabrous, red on the back 

 when quite young, semi-erect, auricled at the base behind, and 

 forming a short sheath, 2*2 cm. long including the sheath, 1-4 cm. 

 broad, 7 mm. thick a little above the base. 



Stem succulent at first, ultimately woody, green, glabrous ; 1st 

 internode 3*3 cm. long ; 2nd 4'15 cm. 



Leaves. Nos. 1 and 2. Simple, opposite, exstipulate, cohering 

 nearly throughout the whole length of their petioles and adnate to the 

 stem ; lamina obliquely rotund, emarginate, 5-6-nerved longitudinally 

 and finely reticulate, 5 cm. long, 5'5 cm. broad, ascending. 



No. 3. Alternate, abruptly pinnate, stipulate, with one pair of 

 leaflets ; leaflets obliquely ovate, acuminate, obtuse, conduplicate in 

 bud, and adpressed to each other by the backs of their narrow anterior 

 sides, the posterior side being the broader. 



Ultimate leaves abruptly pinnate with one pair of very shortly 

 petiolulate leaflets, articulated with the petiole ; leaflets obliquely 

 oblong, or subfalcate, acuminate, obtuse, unequal -sided, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, light or deep green, densely dotted with immersed glands 

 on the under side, with a row of submarginal, larger, suboblong or 

 oval ones, all of which are translucent when held up to the light ; 

 petioles thickened at the base and apex ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, pale green, with translucent glands and a finely ciliate margin ; 

 caducous. 



TRIBE CYNOMETRE.ZE. 



Copaifera officinalis, L. 



Hypocotyl aerial, erect, terete, stout, covered with short, minute 

 hairs, soon becoming woody and deep brown, 4-5 cm. above 

 ground. 



Cotyledons aerial, but very fleshy, oblong, obtuse, entire, sessile, 

 shortly auricled at the base, rounded on the back, flat on the inner 



