61. Sepals 5, distinctly imbricate in bud. Stamens 10. Ovary sessile. Stigma acute. Bracteoles present.—Species 2. West Africa (Cameroons). They yield timber. (Under Copaiba Mill. or Hardwickia Roxb.) Oxystigma Harms
Sepals 4. 62
62. Stamens 4, inserted on the outside of a spathe-like disc cleft on one side. Sepals imbricate in bud. Ovary nearly sessile. Bracteoles present.—Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons). Stemonocoleus Harms
Stamens 8-10. 63
63. Ovary sessile. Fruit sessile, drupe-like, indehiscent. Bracteoles present.—Species 3. Central Africa. They yield timber, fragrant resin, arrow-poison, and medicaments. The fruits of one species are edible, of another poisonous. “Dattock.” Detarium Juss.
Ovary stalked. Fruit stalked, oblique, with a leathery rind, dehiscing by two valves. Bracteoles none.—Species 9. Central Africa. They yield timber, a resin (copal) used for making ornaments, lacs and varnishes, dye stuffs, medicaments, and edible seeds. (Copaiba Mill.) Copaifera L.
64. Petals 1-2. Bracteoles large. Trees. Leaves pinnate. 65
Petals 5. 67
65. Stamens 3. Sepals 4, small, scale-like. Petals 1, orbicular.—Species 10. Central Africa. Cryptosepalum Benth.
Stamens 10. 66