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The Stylus is a long ftrait {iTiall white Tube, fpringing from 
the Middle of the upper Side of the Ovarium within the Petalum, 
thro’ the hollow Part of which it afcends in the very Center of 
the Stamina and Apices. In this manner it runs up for near an 
Inch, and then the upper Extremity of it divides, and the two 
Portions of about a quarter of an Inch or (ometimes more in 
Length, either both fall back in Form of a circular Arch or Hook, 
in an oppofite Situation to one another, or one of them only, 
the other remaining flrait, and then the whole appears not un- 
like a Water-man’s Boat-hook. 
Such is the Strudlure of a perfect Coffee Flower. The Pro- 
grefs of it comes next to be examin’d, from the time of its firfl: 
Appearance, wholly inclos’d in the Calix or Perianthium^ till it 
totally walls and decays. It is hardly ever diftinclly vifible till 
having broke thro’ that Cafe, it fliews it felf in the Shape of a 
white round Bloffom, the whole Flower being then wrapt up in 
that Manner. As it begins to unfold, the firfl thing we begin 
to difcover further, is the forked Extremity of the Stylus^ and 
the Explication of the whole Flower follows fbon after, there 
being feldom above twenty four Hours between that and the Ap- 
pearance of the white BlofTom : The Decay of it comes on as 
fallj its Prime rarely out-lafling the Space of one Day. It con- 
tinues for fome time longer in a fading State, the Petalum turn- 
ing infenfibly brown j and afterwards this and all the other Parts 
of the Flower foon vanilli and die. 
We fhall hear from Monf. La Roque what are the flowering Sea- 
(ons of this Plant in Arabia Felix. I have never feen it llower 
here in England at any other time than between the End of June 
and Middle of Augujl 5 tho’ I doubt not but that fbme may ap - 
pear after that Month is paft. 
Mr. Ray very juftly complains that no 
Author had given any Account of the 
Flower of this Plant, at the time when he 
wrote; and Langus^ even after the Plant 
it felf had found its way to Europey re- 
peats the fame Complaint, and had equal 
Rejfon for it ; for till after his Le^iones 
MuterU Medicte was publifh’d, I do not 
find fo much as one Obfervation about this 
Flower, except one mention’d by StrnfiHSy 
l-qjm an Arabian Phyfician, namely, that 
it is white. 
The firft Deferiptions we have of it were 
taken from the Plants in the Amjierdam 
Garden; and all Authors who have men- 
tion’d it agree that it is very much akin to 
the Flower of the Jeffamin. From hence 
CommelinHS deriv'd its Name; and he has 
likewife taken Notice of the Colour and 
Smell of ihtPetala. 
That this Flower refembles that of the 
Jeffamin, as much or more than any other, 
may be very true ; but ftill there is a vafi: 
Difparity between them. In the Jeffamin 
Flower the Pedmculns is twenty times 
longer, the united Part of the Calix much 
L larger, 
