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yellow, and red bark, which are so extensively employ- 
ed in medicine. From the place of their growth it is 
called Peruvian Bark ; and the generic name, Cinchona , 
is said to have been derived from the Countess del Cin- 
chon, the lady of a Spanish viceroy, who was cured by 
its use about the year 1640, and being recommended by 
the Jesuits, it obtained the designation of Jesuits bark. 
Cin. Caribbea , called in Jamaica, Seaside Beech , is 
a tree which rises to the height of fifteen or twenty 
feet, and was brought into notice by Dr Wright, who 
found that it was not less efficacious in the cure of 
fevers than the Peruvian bark. Two other species have 
been discovered in Jamaica, 
Coffea. Gen. char.'— Cor. salver-shaped, five-cleft 5 
stigma two-parted ; berry two-seeded. 
Several species of this genus have been described. 
Occidentalis is a native of the West Indies ; but Coffea 
Arabica, or Coffee-tree, originally from Arabia as the 
name imports, is the cultivated species. The leaves are 
opposite, and many sessile flowers are produced at their 
insertion. The coffee tree naturally rises to the height 
of 17 or 18 feet y but when under culture it is kept at 
five or six feet, for the convenience of collecting the ripe 
berries. The trees are planted in regular rows ; and 
when they are in full bloom nothing can exceed the 
beauty and delicious perfume of their pure, white, clus- 
tered flowers ; the air is filled with fragrance, and the 
trees seem as if covered with a shower of snow, afford- 
ing a fine contrast to the dark green foliage. But this 
enchanting scene is of transient duration ; the flowers 
decay a few hours after they are full blown, and all the 
beauty and fragrance which delighted the senses in the 
