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up with grass. — 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, 

 vol. iii., p. 161. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Kattah Bark (Ixora sp.). — A celebrated vermifuge 

 of Sierra Leone.- — Kew Museum. 



Coffee {Coffea arabica, L.). — Tree 10 to 15 feet 

 high, or large shrub. Native of Tropical parts of 

 Africa, and cultivated for its fruits, which afford the 

 well-known coffee of commerce. Coffee-leaf tea 

 from Jamaica and the East Indies are exhibited in the 

 Kew Museum, as are also walking-sticks made of the 

 wood. — ' Medicinal Plants,' Bentley and Trimen, 

 vol. ii.. No. 144. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District 



Liberian or Monrovian Coffee (Coffea liber ica, Bull 

 and Hiem). — Native of Liberia. A larger and more 

 robust plant than C. arabica, and producing consider- 

 ably larger berries and of a finer flavour. This species 

 probably affords the Cape Coast Coffee. — ' Medicinal 

 Plants,' Bentley and Trimen, vol. ii., No. 144 ; ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 181. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea. 



Coffea stenophylla, G. Don. — Small tree 20 feet high, 

 or shrub four to six feet. The fruits of this species are 

 the source of the Highland Coffee of Sierra Leohe. — 

 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 182. 



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