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Sub-Tribe 3rd. — Copfeace^. 



COFFEA, Pentandria Monogynia. Caffee a province of Africa, 

 where it grows, Graham. We consider this derivation very doubt- 

 ful. The Latin name is probably a transmutation of the Arabic 

 one " Kawa." 



4. C Arabica, W. and A. 1339; Roxb. 1, p 539; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1303; Ainslie Mat. Ind. 1, p 81 ; Wight Ic, part 3, t. 63.—- 

 " Kawa," Hindoostanee ; " Boon," Maratha. Native of Africa; is 

 grown to some extent in the south-west part of Belgaum Colle'c- 

 torate, as at Jambotee, Khanapore, &c. The climate further north 

 does not suit the plant, though it may be here and there seen in 

 gardens reared as a pet production. Its introduction near Bombay, 

 on a small scale, has been several times attempted, as at Howay, 

 &c., but without any success. In Malabar, Wynaad, and Mysore, 

 it is fast rising into im[)ortaiice as an export. Ceylon now pro- 

 duces annually 56 millions of pounds; Wynaad and Mysore about 

 1 1 millions. The cultivation of the tree by natives is, as may be 

 seen in Malabar, very slovenly, as compared with that followed by 

 the liuropean planters ; the fruit also is often picked by them in an 

 unripe state. 



5. IxoEA Stricta, W. and A. 1307, Roxb. Fl. I,p379; Bot. 

 Mag t. 169; Rumph. Arab. 4, t. 47; Don's syst. 3 p 571.— An 

 erect-growing shrub, in gardens, Bombay ; flowers of an orange, 

 scarlet colour, much crowded. Native of China. 



6. I Barbata, Roxb. Fl. 1, p 384; Hheede Mai. 2, t. 14; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2605. — A shrub, with pure white flowers, appearing in 

 the rains ; terminal panicles. Sir R. de Faria's garden, Mazagon. 



SERISSA, Pentandria Monogynia, Lam. t. 151. 



7. S FcETiDA, W. and A. 1356; Roxb. Fl. 1, p 579; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 361. — A small shrub, with shining acuminate myrtle- 

 like leaves, which, as well as the small white flowers, are very 

 fcBtid on being bruised. 



8. Pentas Caenea. — Native of Sierra Leone ; demi-herbaceous, 

 with spreading branches from the roots, and terminal heads of long- 

 tubed, pink flowers. 



HAMELIA, Jaq. Amer. p 71 ; Linn. Gen. p 232; Lam. lUustr. 

 t, 155. — So-called in honour oi DuHamel, the celebrated Vegetable 

 Physiologist. 



9. H Patens, Jaq. Amer. p 72, t. 50 ; Pict. t. 72. — A six feet 

 shrub, with ovate villous leaves, entire, markedly veined ; flowers 

 in lateral and terminal cymes ; scarlet and yellow. Native of South 

 America; Plant received from Royal Gardens, Kew. Hewra, 

 Dapoorie, and Parell. 



