XXIII. 
COFFEA* ARABICA. 
The Coffee Tree. 
Synonyms.—Coffea arabica floribus quinquefidis dispermis, Linn. Spec. Plant., 
2nd edit. Jasminum arabicum lauri folio cujus semen apud nos Coffé dicitur, 
Juss, Act. Gall., 1718, p. 388. Jasminum arabicum castanee folio, flore albo 
odoratissimo, Till. Prif., tab. 32. Evonymo similis egyptici fructu baccis lauri 
simili, Bauh. Thv., 498; Pluk. Phyt., 272. Arbor Bon cum fructu suo buna, 
Prosp. Alpin,, Venet., 1591. 
Forrtign Namus.—Fr.: Le Caffayer. Germ.: Der Kaffebaum, Dut. : Kofly 
boom. Jtal.: Tl Caffé. Span.: El Cafe. Russ.: Kofé. Pol.: Kawa. <Arab.: 
Cauba. Egypt.: Caova, Choava. 
Nat. Order, Rusiacem, Juss.; PEntranpria, Monocynti. 
Gun. Cuar.—Calyz five-toothed, teeth deciduous. Corolla salver-shaped. 
Stamens on the tube. Anthers arrow-shaped. Berry superior, two- 
seeded. Seeds arillate, flat on one side, convex on the other. 
Spec. Cuar.—Flowers five-cleft. Berries with two seeds. 
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History.—Pietro del Valle, the Roman traveller, in {his 
“Viaggi in Turchia, Persia e India, dal 1614 al 1626,” main- 
tains that Coffee is the same as the Nnzev$ns of Homer. Others, 
namely, Sir Henry Blunt, Sandys, and Howell, in a letter 
prefixed to Ramsay’s “Organon Salutis” (in which work the 
liquor is styled “the Turks’ Physic of Cophie,”) will allow the 
Coffee no place in antiquity but as the black broth of the 
Fig. 1. Magnified view of the flower. 2. Corolla, opened, to show the stamens. 
3. Germen and pistils. 4. The berry. 5. Transverse section of the seed. The 
drawing was taken from a natural specimen in the hothouse at Longleat, Wilts. 
* According to Bruce, its true name is Caffe, from Caffa, the south province of 
Narea, in Africa, where it is indigenons in great abundance. 
