EUCOFFEA HOOK. F. 59 



Geographical Distribution: — Botucatu, Brazil. 



History: — This variety was discovered in 1871 in Botucatu Dis- 

 trict in the Province of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is cultivated in this 

 region to a very slight degree. It has been introduced into India 

 by the English. 



Bibliography: — Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 263. — 

 Lecomte Le Cafe (1899) 24. — Jumelle Les Cult. Col. PI. Aliment, i 

 (1901) 352. 



Economic and Cultural References: — Pobequin Essai sur la Fl. 

 Guin. Frang. (1906) 352. — Fauchere Cult. Prat. Cafeier (1908) 4. — 

 Hartwich Die Menschlich. Genuszm. (1911) 277. 



Coffea arabica L. var. leucocarpa Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond. sen 2, i (1876) 171. 



A glabrous shrub with terete branches, somewhat compressed 

 toward the extremities. Leaves short, 2 cm. to 3.5 cm. wide by 7 

 cm. to 15 cm. long, elliptical or oval-oblong, obtusely acuminate, 

 cuneiform, narrowed, thinly coriaceous; 6 to 7 first-rank veins, in- 

 conspicuous, not glandular in axils; stipules pointed, 0.3 1 cm. long, 

 ovate, sheathing at the base ; petiole not longer or only slightly longer 

 than the stipules, i.e., petiole 0.31 cm. to 0.42 cm. long. Flowers 

 few, aggregated in axillary clusters; bracts ovate, 0.2 cm. to 0.31 cm. 

 long, i.e., shorter than the small fruiting pedicel. Fruit single or in 

 pairs, white, erect, size of a pea ; seeds 0.62 cm. long. 



Geographical Distribution: — Sierra Leone. 



History: — This white-fruited variety of Cojfea arabica L. was 

 first described from a specimen in the collection of Th. Vogel dated 

 June, 1 84 1. This variety is considered by some botanists to be 

 individualistic enough to warrant its elevation to specific rank. It is 

 cultivated to a slight degree in Upper Guinea. 



Bibliography: — Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. ser. 2, i (1876) 

 171; in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. 3 (1877) 181.— K. Schum. in Engl. & 

 Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4, Abt. 4, (1891) 104. — Raoul Cult. Cafeier 

 in Man. Cult. Trop. de Raoul & Sagot pt. i, 2 (1897) 231. — Froehner 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 264. — Lecomte Le Cafe (1899) 25. — 

 Jumelle Les Cult. Col. PL Aliment, i (1901) 352. 



Economic and Cultural Reference: — Hartwich Die Menschlich. 

 Genuszm. (1911) 277. 



Coffea congensis Froehner in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin No. 7, 

 I (1897) 233, 235. 



