RUBIACEX, CLXVIII. Corrsa. 
is unavailing, it forms one of the best vebicles for the adminis- 
tration of laudanum. It diminishes in some degree the hypnotic 
power of the latter, but counteracts its distressing secondary 
effects. When laudanum is intermixed with strong coffee for 
the cure of many modifications of head-ache, tranquillity and 
ease are produced, though there may be no sleep; when lauda- 
num, on the contrary, is taken alone, sleep will, perhaps, follow, 
but is mostly succeeded by nausea and a return of pain. Hence 
the Turks and Arabians make strong coffee their common vehicle 
for opium, from its tendency to counteract the narcotic principle 
of the latter ; and on the same account it is plentifully adminis- 
tered after the stomach has been evacuated of its contents, in 
cases of poisoning by opium. i 
-o aa purposes, infusion of coffee is the most agreeable 
o@ ot preparing it, as the aromatic and volatile principles 
are dissipated by boiling. 
A E is named by the Persians Cohwa and Coho; by the 
ae S, Chaube and Cahvey; by the Arabians, Cachua, Caoua, 
affaye, and Cahouah ; and by the Egyptians, Eleave. In Ger- 
rey is called Arabische Kafferbaum ; in Cochin China, Cay- 
> a > Peene nation of Africa, in their incursions 
beis ae 2 „being obliged to traverse immense deserts, and 
S o: : esirous of falling on the Abyssinians without warn- 
Pe me ey KE be encumbered as little as possible with bag- 
hs A ay nothing with them to eat, but coffee roasted till it 
eat a alee and then mixed with butter into balls, and 
eat re ern bag: one of these, about the size of a bil- 
a ee them, they say, in strength and spirits during a 
te ys fatigue, better than a loaf of bread, or a meal of 
Arabian or Common Coffee-tree. 
Shrub 5 to 15 feet. 
ees S onmia (Lam. dict. 1. p. 550. ill. e 160: R2) 
a = ele at both ends, reticulately veined ; peduncles 
Aas ‘tes x a 1-flowered, very short ; berries oblong, acute 
ae Ae 2+ S. Native of the Island of Bourbon, in the 
Willa, oe ae B, Willd. spec. 1. p. 974. C. sylvestris, 
white Thi in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 201. Flowers 
ce >Hi peas is known in the Island of Bourbon under 
waricty of C ees but should not be confounded with the 
Café ee rabica, known in commerce under the name of 
urbon, or Bourbon Coffee. 
: a Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
194) sane (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 15. fl. ind. 2. p. 
a a oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends ; flowers axil- 
rail pane aggregate, sessile ; stipulas undivided, subulate, 
ee aaa corolla 5-cleft, with oblong lobes ; anthers 
nae ae na z Native of Bengal, but chiefly about Silhet ; 
ped pan . i oth. nov. spec. 148. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 
— i ranches so placed as to form a bush of a pyramidal 
ath aves from ovate to oblong, glabrous. Flowers 1-3 
Scie is ae axillary, white, sweet-scented. Berry black, 
Zane = gen cherry. It was for some time much cultivated 
hen ai , ke er the idea of its being the Arabian Coffee ; it Is 
kwe glected, being of inferior quality, and not productive ; 
ver, the number of its flowers entitle it to a conspicuous 
Place in the flower-garden. 
Bengal Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
Shine Ce inp leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; 
of Sies a most sessile, axillary, 2-3-flowered. he S. Native 
S ee eone, where it is cultivated. Flowers white. Ber- 
aad ee black. The seeds of this species are roasted and 
ie s the common coffee, and are even considered superior 
Narrow-leaved Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1696. 
581 
5 C. uirsu‘rus; leaves ovate, acuminated, on short petioles ; 
young branches, petioles, and veins of leaves hairy; peduncles 
axillary, 3-flowered. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone, in the low 
lands. Flowers white. 
Hairy Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
6 C.? microca’rpa (D.C. prod. 4. p. 499.) leaves elliptic- 
oblong, short-acuminated, and are, as well as the branches, quite 
glabrous; flowers in fascicles along the branches, after the fall- 
ing of the leaves, and therefore they appear as if they were dis- 
posed in interrupted racemes, but in fact the flowers are merely 
in fascicles from the axils of the fallen leaves; fruit elliptic, 3 
times longer than their pedicels, and crowned by the cup-shaped 
limb of the calyx. kh. S. Native of Africa in Casamancia, 
in woods, at Cape Rouge, where it was collected by Perrottet 
and Leprieur. Leaves 24 inches long, and 8-9 lines broad. 
Stipulas solitary, undivided, acuminately subulate, deciduous. 
Flowers white. 
Small-fruited Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
7 C. raurina (Smeathm. in herb, L'Her. et D. C. prod. 4. 
p. 499.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, cuneated at the 
base, coriaceous, quite glabrous; racemes axillary, crowded with 
flowers, much shorter than the leaves; corolla 5-cleft, with a 
villous throat; anthers exserted, but rather shorter than the 
lobes of the corolla; berries globose. h.S. Native of Sierra 
Leone. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 14. Leaves yellowish in the dried 
state. Calyx truncate. Corollas white. 
Laurel-like Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
8 C.? strputa‘cea (D.C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves elliptic or 
oblong, petiolate, acuminated at both ends ; stipulas foliaceous, 
oblong, acute, striated lengthwise, deciduous; peduncles axil- 
lary, very long, corymbose at the apex, trichotomous. kh. S. 
Native of French Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. 
Limb of calyx obscurely but acutely 5-toothed. Flowers un- 
known. Berries ovate, not crowned. Peduncles 6 inches 
long. 
Stipulaceous Coftee-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
9 C. pepuncuta‘ra (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 195.) leaves elliptic, 
almost sessile, smooth; peduncles terminal and axillary, in fasci- 
cles, long, 1-flowered ; tube of the corolla slender, smooth ; 
h. S. Native of the Moluccas. 
Shrub. 
Flowers tetramerous and tetrandrous. 
stamens inclosed. 
Pedunculated Coffee-tree, 
** Peduncles axillary. 
—Ixora species, Spreng. 
10 C. Gurane’nsts (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 150. t. 57.) leaves 
ovate-oblong, bluntly acuminated, quite glabrous; peduncles 
axillary, aggregate, very short, 1-flowered; corollas 4-cleft, with 
acute lobes; anthers inclosed ; berries globose, small. kh. S. 
_Native of French Guiana, and of the Island of Trinidad, ex 
Sieb. fl. trin. no. 44, Ixòra Guianénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 
409. Flowers small, white. Berries violaceous. 
Guiana Coffee-tree. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
1) C. rdsza (Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. ind. ex D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 499.) leaves oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, 
glabrous; peduncles axillary, 5-flowered, much shorter than the 
leaves; corollas 4-cleft, with revolute lobes; anthers exserted ; 
berries globose. hb S. Native of Mexico. Corollas rose- 
coloured. Berries reddish, size of a pea. 
Rose-coloured- flowered Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
12 C. opova'ta (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnea, 6. p. 412.) 
glabrous; leaves obovate, cuneated, acuminated, acute, feather- 
veined ; cymes axillary, almost sessile, aggregate, short, many- 
flowered ; stipulas ovate-triangular, caducous. h. S. Native 
of Mexico, in shady places, near Masantla. Leaves half a foot 
long. Tube of the calyx ovate, with short acute teeth. Corolla 
with a short tube and a naked throat. Anthers linear, exserted. 
