frame-work and boxes. Sp. gr.. 830 kgs. Is met with in 
the North of the State. 
Copahyba. 
VARIETIES: Copahyba parda. Copahyba vermelha. 
SYNONYMS: Pdo de Oleo. Oleo de Copahyba. Copahy. Copa- 
htiva. Oleo de Copahiva. 
CLASSIFICATION: Copaifera Langsdorffii Desf. 
Order: Leguminosae. 
DESCRIPTION: Trunks from 8 to 10 metres in length and 
60 to 80 cms. in diameter. 
Colour light-red, uniform. Grain coarse and _ straight. 
Easily carved. 
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Copahyba parda: From 840 to 1,078 kgs. 
Copahyba vermelha: From 790 to 875 kgs. 
RESISTANCE: Copahyba vermelha: To crushing: 888 kgs. 
USES: Cabinet-work, carriages, turning. Ship-building, masts of 
ships. Yields a medicinal resin. The bark is used for tanning. 
The two varieties are of equal value. 
HABITAT: General throughout the State. 
OBSERVATIONS: A tree of ordinary growth. Flowers small, 
in clusters. Compound leaves. 
Flowers in summer. 
Corana. 
Coirana. Coerana. Goerana. 
Timber white, compact, with straight grain. Used 
only for interior work and ordinary furniture. The plants 
are as small as the olive and yield a fine red dye used for 
writing-ink. 
CLASSIFICATION: Solanum auriculatum Ait. 
Family: Solanaceae. Order: Personatae. 
Eucalyptus. 
The Eucalyptus is a native of Australia and the adjacent 
islands. It was first botanically described by Baron von 
Miiller who proclaimed its worth and introduced it into 
the United States about the middle of last century. 
According to von Miiller the first Eucalyptus brought 
to Europe was planted in the Botanical Garden of Naples 
in the early part of last century. It soon become perfectly 
acclimatised in the South of Europe and its growth spread 
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