PENTANDRIA. $9 



from Yemen, where the coffee is most abundantly 

 cultivated. 



Coffee has been cultivated in Batavia and Surinam 

 by the Dutch, in Cayenne and Martinico by the 

 French, and in Jamaica by the English : of these, from 

 mismanagement or some cause not understood, our 

 colonial coffee is said to be the worst. The Mocha 

 coffee is superior to all others. 



Whether coffee be more or less prejudicial to 

 the human constitution than tea has not yet been 

 ascertained, and its particular effects must still be left 

 to the experience of individuals. These two qualities, 

 however, appear to be common to all constitutions ; 

 that when the stomach is oppressed with animal food 

 strong coffee affords considerable relief, and conse- 

 quently is supposed to promote digestion, and also, 

 that it suspends the inclination to sleep 



WOODY NIGHTSHADE. Solanum dulca- 

 mara. This plant is common in hedges, particularly 

 if well supplied with water, and the flowers appear 

 about the latter end of June. 



The roots and stalks of this Nightshade, on being 

 chewed, first cause a sensation of bitterness, which is 

 soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness ; 

 and hence the plant has obtained the name of Bitter- 

 sweet and the specific distinction, dulcamara. It pro- 

 duces red pendulous berries, which though not of so 

 poisonous a quality as those of the Deadly Nightshade, 

 yet there is no doubt of their possessing deleterious 

 effects; and as they may be mistaken by children for 



