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central free, sessile or shortly stipitate, 2-ovulate ; style slender ; 

 stigma terminal, truncate or small capitate. Legume stipitate or 

 subsessile, either obliquely elliptical or else falcate ovate or obovate, 

 compressed or rather turgid, sometimes subdrupaceous, finally 

 coriaceous, 2-valved. Seed 1, descending ; funicle dilated round hilum 

 into a fleshy aril either entirely enveloping seed or oftener incom- 

 pletely cupuliform or sacciform, or more rarely absent {Gorskia). 

 Embryo exalbuminous ; cotyledons thick fleshy, 2-auriculate at 

 base round short straight included radicle, rarely notably cor- 

 rugated. — An unarmed tree ; leaves alternate paripinnate ; leaflets 

 1- oc -jugate coriaceous oblique, penniveined or co-ribbed; stipules 

 small ; flowers in racemes or oftener in spikes : inflorescence simple 

 or compound, much-branched terminal and axillary ; bract and bract- 

 lets small scale-like caducous, or more rarely larger {Gnibourtia) 

 persistent round flowers {Tropical America and Africa). See 

 p. 133. 



62. Detarium J. — Flowers of Copaifera ; sepals 4, subhypogy- 

 nous, valvate or slightly imbricated. Stamens 10, hypogynous free. 

 Germen central sessile 2-ovulate ; style revolute ; apex capitate 

 stigmatiferous. Fruit sessile drupaceous orbicular crasso-com- 

 pressed ; sarcocarp interwoven with branching fibres ; endocarp 

 thick very hard, wrinkled outside. Seed compressed exalbu- 

 minous. — Unarmed trees ; leaves paripinnate ; leaflets few, usually 

 alternate ; stipules minute or ; flowers in compound branched 

 spikes ; spikes axillary or lateral on last year's branches ; bracts 

 and bractlets small scale-like caducous {Western tropical Africa). 

 See p. 136. 



63. Hardwickia Eoxb. — Flowers of Copaifera; sepals 5, much 

 imbricated. Stamens 10, subhypogynous free, either all fertile or 1-3 

 superior sterile. Germen 2-ovulate ; style slender ; broadly peltate 

 at stigmatiferous apex or subulate ; stigma minute. Fruit piano- 

 compressed, 2-valved at apex only. Seed 1, compressed; testa thin; 

 embryo exalbuminous fleshy. — Unarmed trees ; leaves paripinnate ; 

 leafless coriaceous 1-3-jugate ; flowers small, in slender much- 

 branched racemes ; bracts and bractlets scale-like {Tropical Asia and 

 Africa). See p. 136. 



