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tries combined. Other 

 prominent coffee-grow- 

 ing countries are Mexi- 

 co, Central America, 

 Java, Sumatra, India, 

 Ceylon, Arabia, Ha- 

 waiian Islands, and the 

 West Indies. Of the 

 many thousand tons 

 shipped from these 

 countries, the United 

 States consumes nearly 

 one-half, averaging over 

 nine pounds a year for 

 each inhabitant. Mocha 



Flo. 297. Flowering branch of a cinchona 

 plant. After BAILLON. 



FIG. 296. Coffee-plant : A , flowering branch ; 

 B, berry ; C, section of berry ; D, seeds 

 (coffee-beans). After WOSSIDLO. 



coffee comes from Ara- 

 bia, while the sources 

 of the other kinds are 

 usually indicated by the 

 names. 



Cinchona. This is 

 the name of a genus 

 containing numerous 

 species of trees that 

 grow in South America, 

 chiefly along the east- 

 ern slopes of the west- 

 ern mountains (Fig. 

 297). The bark yields 

 the well-known quinine, 



