EUCOFFEA HOOK. F. 17 



of the corolla-tube; style short; calyx-limb 5-dentate, the margin 

 with numerous shaggy hairs. Fruit not readily seen, about 0.83 cm. 

 in diameter, much broader than long, didymous, with deep furrows 

 between the lobes. 



Diagnostic Characters of the Species: — Flowers in August and 

 September. The calyx is enveloped by a resinous gum; shaggy and 

 numerous hairs. Style short. Bark whitish or ash-like in color. 



Common Name: — Kaddumallikai (Tamil Dialect). 



Geographical Distribution: — Southern and Western India; in dry 

 places from Coorg (or Kurg) to Travancore. Ceylon in the hot, 

 drier parts of the island, rather rare; occurs in Jaffna, Mihintale, 

 Uma-oya, Atakalen Korale. Grows up to 850 M. altitude. 



History: — C. Wighttana Wall, was first noted about 1828. It 

 occurs only in the drier regions of India and Ceylon up to an alti- 

 tude of 850 M. It is the source of some local coffee-consump- 

 tion in the above regions. 



Uses: — Mainly as a substitute for the seeds of C. arahica L. 



Bibliography:— Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 6246.— Wight & Arn. Prodr. 



1 (1834) 436.— Wight Ic. PL Ind. Or. 4 (1850) t. 1598.— Thwaites 

 Enum. Ceylon PL (1859) I54-— Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 154.— 

 Trimen Cat. Flow. PL & Ferns Ceylon (1885) 44; Handb. FL Ceylon 



2 (1894) 352- — K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, Abt. 

 4, Nachtr. (1897) 3i5- — Froehner in Notizbl. d. Kgl. Bot. Mus. 

 (1897) 231; in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 252, 256. — Valeton in BulL 

 Inst. Bot. Buitenz. 8 (1901) 17, 23. — Cornaillac El Cafe, la Vainilla, 

 el Cacao, etc. (1903) 21. 



Economic and Cultural References: — Watt Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind. 2 

 (1889) 461.— Sebire Les PL UtiL Senegal (1899) 179.— Gamble Man. 

 Ind. Timbers ed. 2 (1922) 422. 



Cojfea fragrans Wall, ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 154. 



A bush with glabrous or puberulous branches. Leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely caudate-acuminate, 1.2 cm. to 2.5 cm. 

 wide, 4 cm. to 8 cm. long, glossy. Flowers solitary, synanthous, 

 5-merous; corolla-tube 1.6 cm. to 2.5 cm. long; calyx many-toothed. 

 Fruit 0.83 cm. in diameter, broadly didymous. 



Diagnostic Characters of the Species: — Leaves more brilliant 

 (shining) than the allied species C. ti-avaucorensis Wight & Arn.; 

 veins raised to a greater degree. Calyx-limb deeply cupped, many- 

 toothed. 



