160 DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 



COFFEA, L. (Coffee.) Calyx, tubular, 5-toothed ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, separated at the crown into 5 reflexed lanceolate divisions ; 

 stamens 5 in number ; anthers oblong ; style, with 2 stigmas ; ovary 

 2-celled. Shrubs. 



1. C. Arabica, Alpiuus. Stem 10 to 15 feet iu height, and 2 to 4 inches in 

 diameter, diffusely branched ; branches slender and drooping ; bark greenish- 

 brown. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, entire, crenate or wavy, 3 to 5 inches 

 long, on short foot-stalks, opposite and evergreen. Flowers white, in axillary 

 small, nearly sessile, clusters. Fruit, a dark-red berry, in form of a cherry, 

 with a glutinous, tasteless pulp inclosing 2 plano-convex seeds about three 

 eighths of an inch in length, two eighths wide, a groove extending along the 

 longer axis of the plane side. 



2. C. occidentalis is no doubt a variety of C. Arabica, from which have 

 arisen most of the varieties which are known in South America. 



Like all plants grown from the seed, coffee sports freely, hence we have 

 many species, among which the following are well marked and constant. 



Growing in Brazil : — 



3. C. Australis. 7. C. jasminoides. 11. C. meridionalis. 



4. C. nodosa. 8. C. parvifolia. 12. C. stipulacea. 



5. C. biflora. 9. C, magnolifolia. 13. C. minor. 



6. C. paguiodes. 10. C. sessilis. 14. C. truncata. 



Growing in the East Indies are four species ; — 



15. C. semiexserta. 17. C. tetrandra. 



16. C. Travancorensis. 18. C. Wightiana. 

 Three species are cultivated in Mexico : — 



19. C. Mexicana. 20. C. obovata. 21. C. rosea. 



In New Granada there is one species : — 



22. C. spicata. 



The following species grow in Peru ; — 



23. C. nitida. 26. C. umbellata. 29. C. ciliata. 



24. C. racemosa. 27. C. verticillata. 30. C. acuminata. 



25. C. subsessilis. 28. C. longifolia. 



In Java there are two prevailing species under cultivation .- — 



31. C. densiflora. 



32. C. Indica. 



In the Molucca isles one single species prevails : — 



33. C. pedunculata. 



In the Sandwich Islands two species are cultivated : — 



34. C. Chamissonis. 



35. C. kaduana. 



In Arabia and Abyssinia the C. Arabica prevails, and is very constant. On 

 the western coast of Africa two species are cultivated : C. laurina, and 

 C. Liberica ; while on the eastern coast the C. Mozambicana and the C. Zan- 

 guebarica are grown. 



Geography. — Coffee will grow and ripen its fruit in all regions of no frost 

 and is grown in all tropical and subtropical countries. The market is largely 



