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central free, sessile or shortly stipitate, 2-ovulate; style slender ; 
stigma terminal, truncate or small capitate. Legume stipitate or 
subsessile, either obliquely elliptical or else falcate ovate or obovate, 
compressed or rather turgid, sometimes subdrupaceous, finally 
coriaceous, 2-valved. Seed 1, descending; funicle dilated round hilum 
into a fleshy aril either entirely enveloping seed or oftener incom- 
pletely cupuliform or sacciform, or more rarely absent (Gorshia). 
Embryo exalbuminous; cotyledons thick fleshy, 2-auriculate at 
base round short straight included radicle, rarely notably cor- 
rugated.—An unarmed tree; leaves alternate paripinnate; leaflets 
1--jugate coriaceous oblique, penniveined or o-ribbed; stipules 
small ; flowers in racemes or oftener in spikes: inflorescence simple 
or compound, much-branched terminal and axillary ; bract and bract- 
lets small scale-like caducous, or more rarely larger (Gwibourtia) 
persistent round flowers (Zropical America and Africa). See 
p. 133. 
62. Detarium J.—Flowers of Copaifera; sepals 4, subhypogy- 
nous, valvate or slightly imbricated. Stamens 10, hypogynous free. 
Germen central sessile 2-ovulate; style revolute; apex capitate 
stigmatiferous. Fruit sessile drupaceous orbicular crasso-com- 
pressed; sarcocarp interwoven with branching fibres; endocarp 
thick very hard, wrinkled outside. Seed compressed exalbu- 
minous.—Unarmed trees; leaves paripinnate ; leaflets few, usually 
alternate; stipules minute or 0; flowers in compound branched 
spikes; spikes axillary or lateral on last year’s branches; bracts 
and bractlets small scale-like caducous (Western tropical Africa). 
See p. 136. 
63. Hardwickia Roxs.—Flowers of Copaifera; sepals 5, much 
imbricated. Stamens 10, subhypogynous free, either all fertile or 1-3 
superior sterile. Germen 2-ovulate; style slender; broadly peltate 
at stigmatiferous apex or subulate; stigma minute. Fruit plano- 
compressed, 2-valved at apex only. Seed 1, compressed ; testa thin ; 
embryo exalbuminous fleshy —Unarmed trees ; leaves paripinnate ; 
leafless coriaceous 1-3-jugate; flowers small, in slender much- 
branched racemes ; bracts and bractlets scale-like (Zropical Asia and 
Africa). See p. 186. 
