coc 
pointed Wt r with one cell, having a jingle feed of the 
fame form. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 
Linnsus’s eighth genera, intided Oftandria T rigynia, 
the flowers having eight ftamina and three ftyles. 
The Species are, 
s. Coccoloba ( Uvifera ) foliis eordato-fubrotundis niti- 
dis, Lin. Sp. 523. Sea-fide Grape with neat , roundifh, 
heart-Jhaped leaves. Guajabara racemofa, foliis coria- 
ceis fubrotundis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 
2. Coccoloba ( Rubefcens ) foliis orbiculatis pubefcen- 
tibus. Lin. Sp. 523. Sea-fide Grape with orbicular 
hairy leaves. Scortea arbor Americana, ampliflimis 
foliis averfa parte nervis extantibus. Pluk. Phyt. 222. 
f. 8. 
3. Coccoloba (JPunffata ) foliis lanceolato-ovatis. Lin. 
Sp. 523. Sea-fide Grape with oval fpear-fhaped leaves. 
Uvifera arbor Americana, fruftu aromatico punftato. 
Pluk. Aim. 394. 
4. Coccoloba ( Excoriato ) foliis ovatis, ramis quafi ex- 
corticatis. Lin. Sp. 524. Sea-fide Grape with oval 
leaves , and the branches cafiing their bark. Guajabara 
alia racemofa, foliis oblongis. Plum. Icon. 146. f. 1. 
Called Mountain Grape. 
.5. Coccoloba ifTenui folia) foliis ovatis membranaceis. 
Amcen. Acad. 5. p. 397. Sea-fide Grape with oval mem- 
branaceous leaves. 
The firft fort rifes with many ligneous Items to the 
height of ten or twelve feet, having feveral knots or 
joints, covered with a gray bark : at each joint is fet on 
one large, roundifh, frnooth leaf, a little indented at 
the top. The flowers come out from the foot-ftalks 
of the leaves, in long bunches like thofe of Currants ; 
they have no petals, but the empalement is cut into 
five fegments, including eight awl-fhaped ftamina, 
terminated by twin fummits. T he germen afterward 
becomes a fucculent berry, including an oval-pointed 
nut, having one feed of the fame form. 
The fecond fort feldom rifes fo high as the firft, but 
divides into feveral lateral branches, garnifhed with 
large roundilh leaves, havingTfeveral deep veins the 
flowers and fruit come out from the fide of the 
branches in like manner as thofe of the firft, but are 
larger. 
The third fort is a lower fhrub than either of the for- 
mer ; the leaves are oval and fpear-fhaped ■, the fruit 
is ffnaller, fomewhat aromatic, and fpotted ; thefe 
proceed from the fide of the branches in like manner 
as the former forts. 
The fourth fort grows to a much larger fize than any 
of the other the leaves of this are much larger, of 
an oblong oval form, very frnooth, and of a lucid 
green : from the wings of the leaves, the flowers and 
fruit are produced, which are in form like thofe of 
the other forts, but are larger. 
The fifth fort is of humbler growth than either of the 
fcrmer •, the leaves are membranaceous, of an oval 
form the flowers and fruit are fmaller than thofe of 
the other forts. Thefe plants all grow naturally in 
the warm Aland's of America ; fome of them on the 
lea-fhores, where they form very clofe, almoft impe- 
netrable thickets •, the fruit of the firft fort are fre- 
quently eaten by the inhabitants of the iflands, but 
efpecially by the negroes. Thofe of the other forts 
are food for birds. 
The plants of all the forts are eafily propagated by 
feeds, when they can be obtained frefh from the places 
of their natural growth (for none of the forts have as 
yet produced either fruit or flowers in England.) 
The feeds fhould be fown in fmall pots filled with 
earth from the kitchen-garden, and plunged into a 
hot-bed. If the feeds are good, and the bed of a pro- 
per temperature of warmth, the plants will appear in 
five or fix weeks after, which will be fit to tranfplant 
in about a month after •, when they fhould be fhaken 
out of the pots, feparating their roots carefully, and 
each planted in a feparate fmall pot filled with the 
like earth, plunging them into a hot-bed of tanners 
bark, being careful to fhade them in the day-time, 
until they have taken new root ; after which they 
COF 
fhould be treated in the fame way as other tender 
exotic plants, which require to be kept conftantly in 
the bark-ftove. 
C O D L I N-T REE. See Malus. 
COFFEA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 209. Juff. Aft. Reg. 
Scien. 1713. Jafminum. Com. Cat. The Coffee-tree. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a fmall empalement divided into four 
parts , flitting upon the germen. It hath one petal 
which is funnel-fhaped , having a narrow cylindrical 
tube , which is much longer than the empalement , but is 
plain at the top , where it is indented in five parts. It 
hath five ftamina which are f aft ened to the tube, and are 
terminated by long J, lender fummits. The roundifh germen 
fupports a Jingle ftyle , crowned by two thick reflexed Jlig - 
mas. The germen afterward becomes an oval berry, con- 
taining two hemifpherical feeds , plain on one fide , and con- 
vex on the other. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogy- 
nia, the flower having five ftamina and one ftyle ; it 
hath been generally included in the genus of Jaf? 
mines ; but as the flowers of Jafmine have but two 
ftamina, fo by Linnaeus’s fyftem, this is feparated 
and ranged in another clafs. 
We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Coffea ( Arabica .) Hort. Cliff. 59. The Coffee-tree. 
Jafminum Arabicum Caftanese folio, flore albo odo- 
ratiflimo, cujus fruftus Coffea in officinis dicuntur no- 
bis. Juff. Aft. Par. 1713. 
This tree is fuppofed to be a native of Arabia Felix, 
where it was firft cultivated for ufe, and to this day, 
is|the country from whence the beft Coffee is brought 
to Europe, though the plant is now propagated in 
many parts of India and America j but the produce 
of thole countries being greatly inferior to that of A- 
rabia, hath occafioned its prefent difrepute in Eng- 
land, fo that it is fcarce worth importing j but this 
might be remedied, if the Coffee planters in the Weft 
Indies could be prevailed on to try a few experiments, 
which I fhall hereafter propofe, being founded on 
thofe which have been made in England, upon the 
berries produced here. But I fhall firft treat of the 
plant, with its culture in England. 
This is a low tree in the native country of its growth, 
where it feldom rifes more than fixteen or eighteen 
feet high, but in England I have not feen any above 
ten or twelve. The main Item grows upright, and 
is covered with a light brown bark ; the branches are 
produced horizontally and oppofite, which crofs each 
other at every joint, fo that every fide of the tree is 
fully garnifhed with them : the lower branches being 
the longeft, the others gradually decreafing to the 
top, form a fort of pyramid •, the leaves are alfo pro- 
duced oppofite ; thefe when fully grown, are about 
four or five inches long, and one inch and a half 
broad in the middle, decreafing toward each end ; 
the borders are waved, and the furface is of a lucid 
green. The flowers are produced in clufters at the 
bafe of the leaves, fitting clofe to the branches ; thefe 
are tubulous, fpread open at the top, where they are 
divided into five parts, and are of a pure white, with 
a very grateful odour, but of fhort duration : they 
are fucceeded by oval berries, which are firft green, 
when fully grown, they turn red, and afterward 
change to black when fully ripe ; thefe have a thin 
pulpy fkin, under which are two feeds joined, which 
are fiat on thej joined fides, with a longitudinal fur- 
row, and convex on their outer fide. 
As the Coffee-tree is an Evergreen, it makes a beau- 
tiful appearance at every feafon in the ftove, but par- 
ticularly when it is in flower ; and alfo when the ber- 
ries are red, which is generally in the winter ; fo that 
they continue a long timy in that ftate, therefore there 
is fcarce any plant that more deferves a place in the. 
ftove than this. 
It is propagated by the berries, which muft be fown 
foon after they are gathered from the trees, for if 
they are kept out of the ground a fhort time they will 
not grow. I have frequently fent the berries abroad 
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