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a pleasant odour and aroma : indeed coffee itself after 

 roasting owes its sensible properties to the same 

 matters. Theine is practically flavourless. 



" I am of opinion that the two Cassias cannot be 

 considered in any way injurious to health." 



For any more detailed information on the indigenous 

 coffee of West Africa generally, and its distribution, I 

 must invite the attention of my readers to Oliver's 

 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' and to W. P. Hiern's 

 paper on the African Species of the Genus Coffea : 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, April, 1876, 



