and fruit, and the lettered figures at the foot have reference 

 to the dissection of the flower and fruit. 



A The flower, cut open, to show the situation of the 

 five filaments, with their summits lying upon them. 



B Eepresents the flower cup, with its four small inden- 

 tations enclosing the germ or embryo seed-vessel, from the 

 middle of which arises the style, terminated by the two 

 reflexed spongy tops-. 



C The fruit entire, marked at the top with a puncture 

 like a navel. 



D The fruit open, to show that it consists ordinarily of 

 two seeds, which are surrounded by the pulp. 



, E The fruit cut horizontally, to show the seeds as they 

 are placed erect, with their flat sides, together. 



E One of the seeds taken out, with the membrane or 

 parchment upon it. 



G The same with the parchment torn open, to give a 

 view of the seed. 



H The seed without the parchment. 



Lindley and Paxton only enumerate two species : C. ara- 

 lica, native of Yemen, and C. paniculata, indigenous to 

 Guiana. 



Continental botanists, however, describe no less than eight 

 other species : four inhabiting Peru, C. microcarpa, C. um- 

 Ijellata, C. acuminata, and C. siibsessilis; two indigenous to 

 the West Coast of Africa, G. laurina and C. racemosa ; and 

 two natives of the East Indies, C. ~bengalensis and C. Indica. 

 Some of these are probably mere varieties. 



Whatever its origin may have been, there can be no doubt 

 that there are three kinds or species now grown, differing 

 materially from each other. 



The Arabian or Mocha coffee is characterised by having a 

 small and more brittle leaf, with branches shorter, and more 

 upright than the Jamaica and Ceylon coffee ; and by its berry 



