90 COFFEE 



Morris "Notes on Coffea liberica Bull," in Ferguson Coffee Plant. 

 Man. (1898) 229-279. — Boutilly V. Le Cafeier de Liberia sa cult, et sa 

 manig. (1900). — Jumelle Les Cult. Col. PI. Aliment, i (1901) 379-384; 

 Agric. Prat. Pays Chauds 2 (1902) 169, 624. — Cramer De Achteruitgang 

 van de Liber. Koffie op Java; Welke Houding Moeten Wij. Tegenover 

 Haar Aannemen in Teysmannia 18 (1907) 762-780. — Freeman & Chand. 

 World's Comm. Prod. (1907) 176 (pi. in flow.), 178 (in flow. & fr.), 

 185 (pi. 3 to 4 yrs. old in Java). — Fauchere Cult. Prat. Cafeier (1908) 

 7. — Hare, Caspari, Rusby Nat. Stand. Dispens. ed. 2 (1908) 340-344. 

 — Dudgeon Agric. k For. Prod. Brit. W. Afr. (1911) 35. — Hartwich 

 Die Menschlich. Genuszm. (1911) 273. — Van Wijk G. Diet. PI. Names 

 (1911) 346. — Wehmer Pflanzenstoffe (1911) 733- — Perrot Travaux 

 Lab. Mat. Med. Ecole Super, de Pharm. de Paris pt. 5, 10 (1913-1916) 

 No. 3, pg. 9; Les Grand. Prod. Veget. Col. Frang. (191 5) 421, 422 t. 32, 

 423-437; Nigeria 3 (1915) 364-366. — Gamble Man. Ind. Timbers ed. 

 2 (1922) 422. 



Coffea robusta Linden in Cat. PL Econ. Col. Hort. Col. Bruxelles 

 (1900) 64, t. 65. 



A small tree, 3 M. to 3.6 M. high. Branches stout, terete, 

 glabrous. Leaves large, 25 cm. long by 15 cm. wide as a maximum, 

 oblong-elliptic, obtusely caudate-acuminate, rounded at the base, 

 chartaceous, dull on both surfaces, glabrous ; midrib fiat above, promi- 

 nent below; 9 to 12 paired lateral veins, looped and much branched 

 within the margin, slightly arcuate, diverging from the midrib at an 

 angle of 45 degrees, lateral veins distinct above, prominent below, 

 veins lax; petiole 1.25 cm. long, glabrous; stipules interpetiolar, 

 broadly triangular, long-mucronate, 0.6 cm. to 0.8 cm. long, about 

 0.8 cm. broad at the base. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, about 

 4.4 cm. in diameter, commonly with a few small leaves intermixed ; 

 corolla 5-merous, tube i cm. long; calyx minute, entire; anthers 

 exserted, i cm. long, slightly twisted when dry. Fruit 1.25 cm. in 

 diameter, about the size of C. arahica L. and C. stenophylla G. Don 

 or about one half the size of C. liberica Bull; outer skin thin; 2- 

 seeded ; cherry-like in color when ripe. 



Diagnostic Characters of the Species: — General outline of the 

 tree is rounded. Leaves large, handsome; 9 to 12 lateral veins, 

 greatly looped within the margin; stipules 0.6 cm. to 0.8 cm. long 

 by 0.8 cm. wide. Fruit 2-seeded and about the size of C. arabica L. 



Synonymy: — Coffea Laurentii Wildem. in Compt. Rend. Congr. 

 Intern. Bot. (1900) 234. 



