100 COFFEE 



Cojfea liffustroides S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 40 (1911) 



94. 



A glabrous shrub with the younger branches somewhat resinous, 

 slender, not greatly crowded at first but later becoming close and 

 rounded out by the foliage. Leaves oblong-lanceolate; apex gen- 

 erally obtuse but frequently cuspidate; petiole short; lamina thinly 

 coriaceous; secondary veins on both surfaces forming about 8 small, 

 spreading arches; stipules wide at the base, gradually diminishing 

 into a long, pointed apex. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicel dis- 

 tinctly longer than the ovary; calyculus double, margin lobed or 

 slightly truncate; corolla 4-partite; tube funnel-form; lobes ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, very little longer than the tube; calyx-limb poorly 

 developed. Stamens 4; filaments short; anthers exserted, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse. Style exserted; arms linear. Ovary narrowly 

 ovoid; ovules affixed to the center of the septum. Fruit oblong, 

 without sap, usually i -seeded. Perennial shrub, flowering in De- 

 cember; fruiting in July. 



Diagnostic Characters of the Species: — Leaf-lamina possesses many 

 minute, pellucid glands; 5 cm. to 7 cm. long by 1.5 cm. to 2 cm. 

 wide, dark olive color above when dry, green below; veins quite 

 distinct above, somewhat less prominent below; stipules about 4 mm. 

 to 5 mm. long. Pedicel 4 mm. long. Flowers white. Ovary 1.5 

 mm. long. Corolla-tube 5 mm. long; throat 3 mm. in diameter; 

 lobes 6 mm. long; 4 in number. Anthers 4 mm. long; filaments 

 rather thick. Style 7 mm. long, arms capitulate, 2 mm. long. Fruit 

 yellowish, about i cm. long by 7 mm. broad; seeds 7.5 mm. long, 

 oblong. The tetramerous flowers and the small leaves assist in dis- 

 tinguishing this species from any closely allied, economic form. 



Common Name: — Chirinda Coffee. 



Geographical Distribution: — Chipete Forest Patch in Gazaland, 

 Africa. Altitude 11 40 M. 



History: — This comparatively new species of economic Cojfea 

 was first adequately described and published in the Journal of the 

 Linnaean Society, Bot. 40 (191 1) 94. It had, however, been col- 

 lected previously, at least as early as 1905; for the specimen which 

 I have studied was collected by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton in 

 December of that year. His specimen No. 67, was kindly loaned 



