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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



Coffea arabica is a small evergreen tree or shrub with lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, entire, slightly coriaceous, dark green, short- 

 petiolate leaves, which are partly united with the short inter- 

 petiolar stipules at the base. The flowers are white, fragrant, and 

 occur in axillary clusters. The fruit is a small, spherical or ellip- 



FiG. 178, Ipecac plant [Cephaelis (Uragoga) Ipecacuanha]: A, flowering shoot; B, 

 flower in longitudinal section ; C, fruit; D , fruit in trans verse section ; E, seed; F, annulate 

 root. — After Schumann. 



soidal drupe with two locules, each containing one seed, or coffee 

 GRAIN. The coffee plant is indigenous to Abyssinia and other 

 parts of Eastern Africa, and is widely cultivated in tropical coun- 

 tries, notably in Java, Sumatra, Ceylon and Central and South 

 America, particularly Brazil, over 600,000 tons being produced 



