COFFEE -TREE. 
COFFEA, the Linnsean name of that jrenus 
of plants which is by us denominated the 
Coffee-Tree, is said to be derived fromCafFa, 
a kingdom in Africa, where it grows in great 
abundance. 
This genus is placed, by Linnaeus, in the 
first order of his fifth class ; that is, among 
the Pentandria Monogynia ; and in the natu- 
j ral order of Stellatse. It has ten known spe- 
cies— 1. The CofFea Arabica, or Eastern 
j Coffee-Tree ; 2. the CofFea Occidentalis, or 
Western Coffee-Tree; 3. the CofFea Race- 
mosa ; 4. the CofFea Zanguebarise ; 5. the 
| CofFea Guianensis ; 6. the CofFea Paniculata. ; 
7.. the CofFea Sambucina ; 8. the CofFea OpU- 
lina ; 9. the CofFea. Odorata and, 1.0. the 
CofFea Triflora*. 
The first and principal species, which is 
that we have figured and shall particularly 
describe,, rises sixteen or eighteen feet in it's 
native country, and tea or twelve in Europe. 
The 
