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RUBIACE,E. CLXVI1I. COFFEA. 



O6oi>a<e-leaved Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



13 C. J.ANCEOLA'TA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 6. p. 

 412.) stems, petioles, nerves, and primary veins of leaves under- 

 neath downy ; leaves lanceolate, glaucescent beneath, feather- 

 veined ; cymes axillary, usually solitary, few-flowered, on short 

 peduncles ; stipulas small, ovate-triangular, caducous. fj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, near Jalapa. Leaves 2-3 inches long, acumi- 

 nated. Calyx with a clavate tube, and small acute teeth. An- 

 thers linear, exserted. 



Lanceolate-leaved Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



14 C. TETRA'KDRA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2 p. 193.) leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, acute, shining ; stipulas bifid ; peduncles axillary and 

 terminal, in fascicles, long, slender, 1-flowered; corollas usually 

 4-cleft, with a long slender tube ; anthers inclosed ; berries glo- 

 bose. Tj . S. Native of Silhet and Chittagong, and the whole 

 east border of Bengal. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and hardly 2 

 broad. Corolla with a 4-5-cleft border. Stamens 4-5. Berries 

 size of a small cherry, blackish-purple when ripe, I or 2-celled. 

 An erect slender-branched Shrub. 



Telrandrous-fiowered Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



15 C. DENSIFLORA (Blum, bijdr. p. 965.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, clothed with fine down on the veins beneath ; 

 flowers crowded, axillary ; corollas 5-cleft. Jj . S. Native of 

 Java, on Mount Salak. There are varieties of this with smaller 

 and larger flowers. 



Dtnse-jlorvered Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



16 C. ANGUSTIFO'LIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 195.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, stiff', shining ; panicles axillary ; throat of corolla bearded ; 

 lobes of corolla linear, longer than the tube, but equal to the an- 

 thers, which are filiform and exserted. Jj . S. Native of 

 Pigeon Island, one of the Malay Archipelago. 



Narrow-leaved Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



17 C. RACEMOSA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 64. t. 214. f. a. 

 but not of Lour.) leaves oblong-oval, acuminated, glabrous ; sti- 

 pulas bifid ; racemes axillary and terminal, drooping while in 

 flower, but erect in the fruit-bearing state ; flowers almost ses- 

 sile, 5-cleft ; anthers exserted ; berry oval, fj . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves at Pati and Macora, where it is called Cafe. 

 Rudgea racemosa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 755. Flowers white. 



Racemose Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



18 C. ZANQUEBA'RIS: (Lour. coch. p. 145.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, many-together, short, 

 1 - flowered ; corollas C-7-cleft ; berries oblong-ovate, angularly 

 nerved. Tj . S. Native of Africa, on the coast of Zanquebar, 

 in woods. Amajoua Africana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 126. Flowers 

 white. Berries red. This species is cultivated near Mozam- 

 bique in gardens along with C. Arabica, and where the seeds are 

 used as a substitute for the common coffee. 



Zanquebar Coffee-tree. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



19 C. I'NDICA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 14.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous ; stipulas very short, undivided ; panicles 

 short, divaricate, terminal ; pedicels elongated ; fruit small, ob- 

 obovate, not crowned, by the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Java. 

 Flowers unknown. 



Indian Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



* Panicles terminal. Flowers ^-5-parted, tetrandrous or 

 pentandrous. 



20 C. PANICULA'TA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 152. t. 58.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, shining ; branches tetragonal ; stipu- 

 las acute, caducous ; panicles terminal, divaricate; flowers 4-cleft ; 

 anthers inclosed. lj . S. Native of Guiana, in woods. Tetra- 

 merium paniculatum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 409. Flowers white, 

 sweet-scented. Berries ovate-globose, bluish, containing 2 seeds 

 or nuts, one of which is usually abortive. 



Panicled-fiowered Coffee-tree. Clt. 1822. Sh. 6 to 8 feet. 



21 C. MOZAMBICA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 500.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, scabrous from tubercles ; racemes terminal, erect, 

 brachiate ; peduncles tetragonal. lj . S. Native of the eastern 

 coast of Africa, in the island in Mozambique Channel. C. ramosa, 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 198. C. racemosa, Lour. coch. 

 p. 145. but not of Ruiz et Pav. The flowers are unknown, but 

 are probably tetrandrous. Berries small, red, watery, roundish, 

 1 -celled, 2-seeded. Seeds truncate, marked by a furrow inside. 



Mozambique Coffee-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



22 C. SEMIEXSE'RTA (Colebr. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 195.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; corymbs terminal. ^ . S. 

 Native of Bengal, in Silhet. Berries purple, size of large peas. 

 Habit of Ixora. 



Half-exserted-stamened Coffee-tree. Shrub. 



SECT. II. HO'RNIA (named after M. Van Horn, who, in the 

 year 1690, carried coffee from Arabia to Batavia, and in the 

 year 1710 to the gardens of Amsterdam). D. C. prod. 4. p. 500. 

 Tube of calyx increasing after the flowers have fallen, and 

 crowning the berry by a neck, having the teeth almost obsolete. 

 Flowers 5-cleft. Stigma bifid. Throat of corolla glabrous. 

 Berry ovate or globose, usually 1 -seeded from abortion. Shrubs, 

 natives of Peru. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. Stipulas soli- 

 tary on both sides, undivided, never toothed nor ciliated. 



23 C. SUBSE'SSILIS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 64. t. 215. 

 lower figure,) leaves glabrous, coriaceous, sessile, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, excavated at the base ; stipulas ovate ; racemes 

 axillary, trichotomous, shorter than the leaves. >j . S. Native 

 of Peru, on the Ancles in forests at Chinchao, Quebrada, and 

 Pati. CofFfea macrophylla, Dietr. nachtr. 2. p. 344. Leaves 

 a foot long, shining above. Peduncles quadrangular. Berries 

 ovate, at first red, but at last becoming purplish, ovate, 1 -seeded, 

 size of cherries. Probably a species of Faramea. 



Sessile-\eaved Coffee-tree. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



24 C. UMBELLA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 64. t. 215. up- 

 per figure,) leaves glabrous, coriaceous, petiolate, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, nerved by transverse veins ; stipulas roundish ; peduncles 

 terminal, usually by threes ; flowers crowded, umbellate, invo- 

 lucrated. Tj . S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in forests. 

 Branches dichotomous, rather tetragonal. Involucrum 4-leaved, 

 and involucels 7-leaved. Berries red, ovate. 



Umbellate-flowered Coffee-tree. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



25 C. ? ACUMINA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 64. t. 214. f. 

 b.) leaves petiolate, oval, acuminated, glabrous, villous in the 

 axils of the veins ; stipulas ovate, deciduous ; racemes terminal, 

 few-flowered ; flowers crowded. T? . S. Native of Peru, on 

 the Andes in forests. Branches tetragonal, a little compressed. 

 Corollas white, 5-cleft (ex descript.), with revolute segments. 

 Berries oval, red, 1 -seeded, size of cherries, blunt at the apex, 

 crowned by the tubular limb of the calyx. 



^cummata/-leaved Coffee-tree. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



SECT. III. PANCRATIA (named after M. Pancras, who first 

 transmitted the coffee-tree from the gardens of Amsterdam to 

 those of Paris, in the year 1713). D. C. prod. 4. p. 501. 

 Throat of corolla bearded. Berries crowned by the vestiges of 

 the calyx. Racemes or corymbs terminal. Stipulas usually 

 fringed or ciliately toothed, as in Rudgea, but differs from that 

 genus in the calyx not being parted, and in the lobes of the 

 corolla not being horned. Flowers 5-cleft. Glabrous Peruvian 

 shrubs. 



* Stipulas ciliated. 



26 C. CILIA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 65. t. 216. f. a.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated ; stipulas truncate, ciliated : racemes 

 subpanicled, terminal ; flowers aggregate, sessile, 4-5-cleft ; 



