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at Dominica and Ceylon. Many plants appear to be out of their 

 proper environment; and their irregular growth suggests that the 

 climate is not advantageous. It seems, however, to have a greater 

 resistance to the coffee-leaf disease than C. arabica L. It has also 

 been introduced into the West Indies. The chief vernacular name 

 "Highland Coffee of Sierra Leone" is due to Dr. Daniell. The caf- 

 feine-content of the seeds varies from 1.52% to 1.7%. C. steno- 

 phylla G. Don gives a rather poor yield which has diminished its 

 cultivation considerably. When young it is susceptible to the dis- 

 ease known as Cercospora cojfeicola nearly as readily as varieties of 

 C. arabica L. ; but, when well grown, the plants are not seriously 

 affected. 



Bibliography: — Don Gen. Syst. 3 (1834) 581. — Hiern in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i (1876) 172; in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. 3 (1877) 

 182. — Kew Bull. (1893) 167; (1896) 189-191; (1897) 304; (1919) 57; 

 Nigeria 3 (1915) 367. — Elliott Col. Rep. Misc. No. 3 (1893) 35. — 

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 Agric. Hort. Soc. Madras in Trop. Agric. 15 (1895) 194. — Bot. Mag. 

 122 (1896) t. 7475. — Hart in Ann. Rep. Roy. Bot. Gard. Trinidad 

 (1896) 13. — Froehner in Notizbl. d. Kgl. Bot. Mus. 7 (1897) 233. — 

 K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4, Abt. 4, Nachtr. (1897) 

 315. — Raoul Cult. Cafeier in Man. Cult. Trop. de Raoul & Sagot pt. 

 I, 2 (1897) 229, 232.— Ann. Rep. Bot. Gard. Old Calabar Mss. (1898). 

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 el Cacao, etc. (1903) 31. — Jumelle Les Cult. Col. PL Aliment, i (1901) 

 385. — DeWild. Les Cafeiers i (1901) 41. — Valeton in Bull. Inst. Bot. 

 Buitenz. 7 (1901) 15. — Chev. Les Cafeiers sauv. de la Guin. fran^. in 

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 3 (1906) 340 t. 62, 63, 64. — Engl. & Gilg Syll, Pflanzenfam. ed. 8 



(1919) 33,9. 



Economic and Cultural References: — Article in Teysmannia, Batavia 

 18 (1907) 292 f. 15, ff. 16-17 (Hybrids, C. stenophylla G. Don C. 

 liberica Bull). Freeman & Chandler Com. Prod. (1907) 181. — 

 Fauchere Cult. Prat. Cafeier (1908) 7. — Watt Com. Prod. India (1908) 

 390. — Dudgeon Agric. & For. Prod. Brit. W. Afr. (1911) 35. — Hart- 

 wich Die Menschlich. Genuszm. (1911) 273, 300. — Van Wijk Diet. 

 PI. Names l (1911) 346. — Perrot Travaux du Lab. Mat. Med. de 

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 pg. 9. — Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2 (1914) 823. — Perrot Les Grand. 

 Prod. Veget. d. Col. frang. (191 5) 423-424. 



C off ea arabica h. Sp. PI. ed. i (1753) 172. 



A beautiful, glabrous, glossy shrub or small tree attaining 4.5 to 

 5.5 metres. Bark thin, grey. Wood white, moderately hard and 



