Coffea] LXIX, RUBIACEA. 489 
in old age inclining ; branches horizontal or even nodding, in old age 
mostly unilateral, Quite indigenous in the more elevated primitive 
forests throughout the district, and also often cultivated ; fl. Dec. 1855 
and Feb. 1856. No. 3183. 
The coffee-tree is native in nearly all the virgin forests of the moun- 
tainous districts, chiefly in elevated positions ; it occurs in this manner 
in CazENGO, DEMBos, and HunGo, and from the wild plants seedlings 
are raised to stock the coffee-plantations in Golungo Alto and Cazengo. 
It is quite erroneous to say that the coffee tree was introduced into 
Angola by missionaries. It reaches a height of 20 ft,, and its trunk 6 
to 18 in. in diameter, but when so large as this it produces only a poor 
crop, and on that account the colonists habitually cut down the old 
trees to the height of a foot, for they find that this treatment induces 
at once from the old stock numerous vigorous shoots that in the follow- 
ing year are covered with nice young fruits. The wood is one of the 
most compact and durable in the interior, and is very suitable for 
furniture, such as chairs, tables, bedsteads, etc. ; it is also excellent for 
various articles of turnery, and takes a good and very durable polish. 
The native name in these districts is ‘“ Murianbambe” or “ Muria 
Nbambe,” which is composed of the words Muria (gut) and Nbambe 
(antelope), because a species of antelope there has a preference for the 
leaves of this tree. 
CoLu. Carp, 654 consists of coffee seeds as a sample of the coffee of 
the Mahungos. CoLi. Carp. 655 consists of coffee-seeds “ Caffé de 
Mocambique ” from the London 1862 Exhibition, perhaps belonging 
to Coffea Zanguebarice Lour. 
9. C. liberica Hort. Bull. ex Hiern in Trans, Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, 
i. p. 171, t. 24 (1877), and in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 181 ; Ficalho, 
le, p. 204; Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxv. p. 269 (1898). 
GoLtunco Axtto.—A small tree, 10 ft. high ; branches spreading 
horizontally ; leaves larger than in the last species, sometimes nearly a 
foot long. In the elevated shady primitive forests of Cungulungulo, 
intermixed with the last species; altitude about 2000 ft.; young fr. 
Feb. 1855. No. 3182. 
Cazenco.—A tree of 10 ft.; trunk 4 in. in diameter at the base. 
In the elevated forests of Mount Muxaulo, on the left bank of the 
river Luinha, abundant and quite certainly indigenous ; young fr. 25 
and 26 Dec. 1854. No. 3181. 
3. C. melanocarpa Welw. ex Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. 2, 
i. p. 173, and in Oliv., .c., p. 183; Ficalho, ic., p. 205. 
GoLunco ALTo.—A shrubi4 to 6 ft., or occasionally a little tree of 
the same height ; leaves almost membranous ; berries quite black, not 
red-purple when ripe as is the case with C. arabica. In the less dense 
forests of Sobato de Bango Aquitamba and Bumba, as for instance, at 
the river Delamboa, not uncommon; fr. Nov. and Dec. 1855. 
No. 3177. A small shrub; leaves evergreen ; flowers not yet seen. 
In forests near Sange, in company with Dichrostachys platycarpa, 
sporadic ; 2 Feb. 1855. The flower-buds are peculiar for having the 
calyx so thin transparent brittle and glossy that it looks like glass, and 
the buds seem to lie in the axils like drops of water ; this peculiarity 
is retained for some time even after the specimens have been dried for 
the herbarium. No. 3179. Fl. and young fr. No. 3180. Sange ; 
July 1855. The whole fruits dried by artificial heat to preserve their 
black colour. Cory. Carp. 650. A little tree, quite like in habit to 
C, arabica ; berries black, tinged black-purple ; testa of the seeds very 
