158 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Cinnamomum Tamala, southern Europe. (©. grandi- 
florum, southern Asia. 
Coffea arabica. Rubiaceae. Coffee—The name is derived 
from the Arabian word for drink. The berries may be dried 
as picked and the seeds afterwards extracted by a hulling 
machine, or the outer fleshy material may be removed before 
drying by a huller, leaving the coffee in its parchment. It 
is then fermented, washed to remove a slimy covering, and 
dried, after which its tough inner integument or pare iment 
is removed by other machines, and the beans polished, 
graded, and marketed. 
Coffea mauritiana, Mascarene Islands. C. bengalensis and 
C. zanzibariensis, South Africa. 
Cola acuminata. Sterculiaceae. Cola-nut tree.—Cola-nuts 
are the seeds of a small tree native of west tropical Africa 
and naturalized in the West Indies. Powdered cola-nuts 
thrown into foul water are said to clarify it and render it 
agreeable to taste. The nuts are chiefly used, however, as 
an article of food and are said to enable those who eat them 
to endure prolonged labor without fatigue: The seeds con- 
tain about 2 per cent of caffeine, and are highly esteemed 
by natives of tropical Africa, a paste, similar to chocolate, 
being prepared by grinding them. 
Cryptocarya sp. Lauraceae. Australian Gaeta large 
tree, native of Australia, with aromatic fruit. The nuts are 
called nutmegs but are poor substitutes for the true nutmeg 
(Myristica fragrans). 
Ilex paraguensis. Tlicineae. Paraguay tea—A small tree 
native of Paraguay. An aromatic beverage, similar in its 
effects to coffee ariel tea, is prepared from the leaves. These 
are scorched and dried while still attached to the branches, 
after which they are beaten, separated, coarsely ground in 
rude mills, and packed in skins and leather bags. 
Laurus nobilis. Lauraceae. Laurel.—A tree attaining 
40-50 feet in height, native of southern Europe. The leaves 
are aromatic and are used for flavoring c and puddings, 
and a few are often packed in fig boxes to give the figs a 
flavor. The tree is used ornamentally for esplanades, archi-- 
tectural appurtenances, ete., the head being trimmed to as- 
sume any desired shape. 
_ Pimenta acris.— Myrtaceae. Wild clove.—The dried un- 
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