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50625 to 50634. 



From Cape Town, Cape Colony. Seeds presented by J. Burtt Davy through 

 George H. Murphy, American consul general. Received June 18, 1920. 

 '.\n exceedingly valuable consignment which might be useful in Porto Rico." 

 50625 to 50633. Coffea spp. Rubiaceae. Coffee. 



50625. Coffea arabica columnaris Cramer. 



A variety of Coffea arabica which is characterized by its slender columnar 

 gro^\i;h. (Adapted from Teysmannin, vol. 18, p. 230.) 



50626. Coffea arabica maragogipe Froehn. 



This variety is distinguished by the larger size and thicker character 

 of the leaves and fruit, and in these points it tends toward Coffea liberica. 

 • It was discovered by Crisogono Jose Fernandez in 1870, and because of the 

 fine flavor of the beans has been introduced into Brazil and the English 

 colonies. (Adapted from Engler, Botanwche Jahrbiicher, vol. 25, p. 263.) 



50627. Coffea arnoldiaxa Wildem. 



A Belgian Kongo plant with deep-green obovate or oblong leaves, shining 

 above, becoming a deep reddish bro^vn when dry. There are one to five 

 flowers to an involucre in the axillary inflorescence; the calyx is glossy and 

 the disk prominent in the fruit. (Adapted from Wildeman, Mission Emile 

 Laurent, p. 326.) 



50628. Coffea aruwimiexsis Wildem. 



A sturdy tree with oblong or oblong-lanceolate leaves, obtuse at the 

 apex, the tip shortly acuminate, cuneiform at the base, brown when dry, 

 paler beneath. The fiowers with short involucres are in axillary globular 

 clusters. The persistent sepals completely inclose the fruit, which is 

 surmounted with a short cylindrical disk. The inflorescence is covered 

 with a thick varnish, which is shining when dried. Native to Belgian 

 Kongo. (Adapted from Wildeman, Mission Emile Laurent, p. 321.) 



50629. Coffea canephora sankuruensis Wildem. 



A plant with elliptic- oblong leaves shortly acuminate, rounded at the 

 base and summit, dull and paler beneath, shining above. The 5-parted 

 fiowers are in dense cymes united in a common involucre of which the 

 stipulelike bracts are triangular and keeled. There are three to four 

 inflorescences in each leaf axil. The fruits, Avith one or two seeds, are in 

 dense, almost sessile clusters. (Adapted from Wildeman, Mission Emile 

 Laurent, p. 330.) 



50630. Coffea congensis chalotii Piene. 



A Belgian Kongo plant with leaves 20 centimeters long and inflorescences 

 either solitary or two or three in each leaf axil. The bracts enveloping the 

 inflorescence are short and linear or long and broad. The flowers are five 

 or six parted. A fruiting cyme may bear five slender-pedicel ed fmits in 

 a cluster. The fruiting pedicel is always longer than the bract. (Adupt^ 

 from Wildeman, Mission Emile Laurent, p. 335.) 



50631. Coffea dewevrei Wildem. and Dur. 



A tree 15 met^s high with shining gray bark and obovate-elliptic leaves, 

 shining above, and y^low when dried. The 5-parted corolla has a tube 

 1 centimeter long and elliptic-lanceolate lobes; the red fruit is elliptical. 

 (Adapted from Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique, vol. 

 38, p. 202.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 31758. 



