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the Gold Coast ; and Benguela ; all probably furnished CASE 

 by species of Gopaifera. Specimens are also exhibited 42. 

 of the Sierra Leone Copal {Copaifera guibou?^tiana, 

 Bth.). Inhambane Copal is produced by Copaifera 

 gorskiana^ Bth. 



In the last compartment of this case are sections of the 

 hard wood of Anjan {Hardwichia hinata, Roxb.), a 

 large deciduous Indian tree. The wood is extremely 

 durable, and is employed in India for bridge and house 

 posts and ornamental work. Note also rope made from 

 the bark, and resin yielded by the tree. The tree is much 

 pollarded for fodder and manure. Samples of resin and 

 oleo-resin from H. pinnata, Roxb., are also shown. 



No. 229. Wood, pods and bark of Mora (Dimor- 

 pJiandra Mora, Bth.). A tree 100 to 1.50 feet high, and 

 frequently unbranched for nearly half the height ; native 

 of Britisb Guiana. The trunk is often from Z to 2\ feet 

 in diameter. The wood is extremely hard and durable, 

 and considered first-class for shipbuilding ; it does not, 

 however, resist the Teredo, as a specimen in the case will 

 show. A large square trunk of Mora wood is exhibited 

 in Museum No. III., British Guiana Coll. No. 13b. The 

 seeds, which are very large, are eaten by the natives in 

 times of scarcity. 



Observe embryos, in spirit, of Dimorphandra olelfera, 

 Triana, from Rio Grande, Panama. One measures 14 inches 

 round and 6^ inches in the widest part. This is probably 

 the largest embryo in the vegetable kingdom. 



No. 230. Sassy Bark of Sierra Leone {Erythro- CASE 

 plileum giiineense, G. Don). A tree 40 to 100 feet high, 43. 

 native of tropical Africa. The bark is a powerful poison, 

 and is used by the native tribes as an ordeal (called 

 Casca on Lower Congo, used merely as a strong emetic 

 " to bring up the devil "; MWAVI in Makua country). A 

 red juice flows from the tree, which is used for the same 

 purpose. 



Sub-Order III. Minioseae. On the middle shelf of 

 this compartment are shown pods and seeds of the 

 OWALA or Opochala of West Africa (Pentaclethra 

 macrophylla, Bth.). The pods are very thick and woody 



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