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Case No. 226. Copal or Anime, various commercial vari- 

 42. ties. The produce principally of Trachylobium home- 

 mannianum, Heyne, a tree of Zanzibar. The best Anime 

 is that which is dug from the ground near the roots of 

 trees, or where the trees once stood, and is in a semi-fossil 

 state. Specimens of recent Copal attached to the bark of 

 the tree are exhibited, also fruits of the Copal tree. 

 Specimens of the flower and fruit of other Copal trees 

 are much desired. T. verrucosum, Oliv., of Madagascar 

 is a closely allied species. 



Note on an upper shelf of the next division of this case 

 a section of the trunk with Copal exuding, of an undeter- 

 mined species of Trachijlobium, together with another 

 sample of the copal, from the Congo. 



Observe also fruits of the Dattock of the Gambia 

 {Detarium senegalense, Gmel.). The edible pulp is prized 

 by the negroes. 



No. 227. Balsam of Copaiba. An oleo-resin obtained 

 by making incisions in the trunks of several species of 

 Gopai/era, the principal of which is C. Lansdo7\ffii^ Desf., 

 a tree widely distributed in Brazil, varying in height from 

 that of a shrub to 60 feet. The other species which yield 

 Balsam of Copaiba are G. officinalis^ L., a native of 

 Venezuela, Trinidad and Central America ; G. Martii^ 

 Hayne, of British Guiana and North Brazil ; C. guyanensis, 

 Desf., of the same localities, and probably some other 

 species. The balsam as it flows from the trees is very thin 

 and colourless, but soon becomes thicker and assumes a 

 yellow tint. It is imported from Maracaibo, Rio Janeiro, 

 Demerara, Carthagena, and some of the West Indian 

 Islands, and reaches this country often by way of Havre 

 or New York. A specimen of the stem of a species of 

 Gopaifera is exhibited showing the balsam exuding. 



No. 228. Purple Heart, the wood of Gopaifera. 

 pubiflora, Benth. A large timber tree of British Guiana, 

 where the wood, which is of a beautiful purple colour 

 when freshly cut, is used for structural purposes on 

 account of its great strength and durability. 



On the lower shelves are various specimens of African 

 Copal : — Lisbon Copal, recent and fossil ; Pebbly 

 Copal ; a fine mass of Accra, and another sample from 



