Brazil-nut Tree. 



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zons, in aspect and foliage not unlike a gigantic chestnut- 

 tree. It grows along all the Brazilian rivers in the valley, 

 but not on the Marauon. Specimens have measured fully 

 200 feet high. The wood, like that of its relative, the Sa- 

 pucaya, is not very durable, lasting but two or three years 

 in the tropics; but it might be very enduring in another 

 climate. 



Leaves, Nut, and Flower of Sapucaya. 



GuAEitiBA is a reddish wood of the texture of Plard Ma- 

 ple, growing on the Maranon. 



CopAHiBA, CoPAivA, Or CijpatJba. — This tree, the Miro- 

 carpus coj)aifera, furnishes the well-known resinous oil 

 of materia medica. It is a high tree, growing on the terra 

 firma all along the Amazons. The wood resembles pine. 



