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FIG. 389. Coffee tree growing in Costa Rica. An evergreen shrub, with elliptical 

 leaves resembling somewhat those of the laurel. The flowers are white, fragrant, and are 

 formed in clusters among the branches, being followed by the berry-like fruits, which when 

 ripe are about the size of and resemble the cranberry. Each fruit contains two elliptical 

 plano-convex seeds, which on being separated constitute the so-called coffee bean of com- 

 merce. Reproduced by permission of The Philadelphia Commercial Museum. 



