184 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
more rarely 3, lateral free; anthers subbasifixed introrse 2-rimose. 
Germen subcentral or excentric, shortly stipitate, free 2-ovulate ; 
style subulate; apex minute stigmatiferous. Fruit globose or 
ovoid, sometimes slightly compressed ; subbaccate, glabrous or 
velvety outside, pulpy within. Seed 1 (more rarely 2), slightly 
compressed; embryo greenish albuminous; cotyledons fleshy or 
leaf-like, sometimes folded ; radicle short straight.—Unarmed trees ; 
leaves alternate imparipinnate; leaflets usually alternate coriaceous ; 
stipules small or 0; flowers in compound cymiferous much-branched, 
terminal or axillary racemes; bracts and bractlets small scale-like 
caducous (All tropical regions). See p. 129. 
60. Ceratonia L.—Flowers polygamo-dicecious ; receptacle short 
broadly depressed turbinate, lined by a thick glandular orbiculate, 
subpileiform disk. Sepals 5, very short imbricated in young bud, 
finally free or hardly visible. Petals 0. Stamens 5, oppositisepalous 
inserted below disk; filaments free thread-like; anthers 2-celled 
introrse versatile 2-rimose. Germen central; in male flower sterile, 
shortly conical abortive; in female and hermaphrodite, shortly 
stipitate oo-ovulate: style short; apex peltate, stigmatiferous. 
Fruit elongated compressed, thick-coriaceous, indehiscent, both 
sutures thick ; epicarp and endocarp glabrous; mesocarp subcarnose 
pulpy, produced into thick septa between seeds. Seeds ®, transverse 
obovate compressed ; testa hard glabrous; albumen copious horny; 
embryo greenish ; cotyledons flat; radicle straight, shortly exserted. 
—aAn unarmed evergreen tree; leaves alternate paripinnate ; leaflets 
paucijugate coriaceous; stipules small lateral; flowers in short, 
solitary or fascicled racemes along wood of last year’s branches; 
bracts and bractlets minute scale-like caducous (Jnland regions). 
See p. 131. 
VIT. COPAIFEREA:. 
61. Copaifera L.—Flowers small subregular; receptacle minute, 
convex or slightly dilated. Sepals 4 (highest sepal broadest), more 
rarely 5; either much imbricated in estivation, margins tapering ; 
or slightly imbricated, margins obliquely cut ; or more rarely valvate. 
Corolla0. Stamens 5-10, free, subhypogynous or a little perigynous ; 
4—5-alternisepalous much shorter; filaments glabrous, inflexed in 
bud; anthers uniform introrse 2-celled 2-rimose versatile. Germen 
