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RUBIACEiE. 
19. COFFEA, Linn. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx-tube hemispherical ; teeth 5, deltoid, 
minute, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube long or short ; lobes 
5, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, twisted. Stamens 5, nearly sessile at the 
throat of the corolla ; anthers long and narrow. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 
solitary in the cells ; style deeply forked. Drupe oblong, containing 
two large pyrenes, with flattened channelled faces. — Glabrous erect 
shrubs, with white flowers in axillary fascicles. Distrib. Tropics of 
the Old World. Species 20. 
Leaves sessile, or scarcely petioled, cuneate in the lower 
third. Corolla-tube short. 
Leaves very coriaceous, 5-6 in. long 1. C. macrocarpa. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, 2-3 in. long 2. C. mauritiana. 
Leaves distinctly petioled, not cuneate at the base. 
Corolla tube long * C. arabica. 
1. C. macrocarpa, A. Rich. ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 173. A shrub, 
5-6 feet high, with stout nodulose branches, glabrous in all its parts. 
Leaves sessile, oblong-spathulate, acute, 5-6 in. long, very coriaceous 
and shining ; stipules deltoid, subpersistent. Flowers 1-3, sessile in 
the axils of the leaves, very fragrant. Calyx in. long, subtended by a 
pair of deltoid coriaceous persistent entire bracteoles ; teeth obscure. 
Corolla \ in. long ; lobes oblong, exceeding the tube. Anthers i — \ in. 
long. Drupe an inch long, oblong, narrowed to both ends. C. grandi- 
folia, Bojer, MSS. 
Mauritius, in woods of the Pouce and Savanne ranges. Endemic. 
2. C. mauritiana, Lam. ; DC. Prod. iv. 498. A much-branched 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete branches. Leaves 
with a very short flattened petiole, oblong, shining, subcoriaceous, subob- 
tuse, 2-3 in. long, cuneate at the base; stipules minute, deltoid. Flowers 
1-4 together, sessile m the axils of the leaves. Calyx ^ in. long, sub- 
tended by a pair of small deltoid fimbriated bracteoles ; teeth 5, distinct, 
deltoid. Corolla white, £ in. long ; tube short. Anthers £ in. long. 
Drupe oblong, narrowed to the base. 
Mauritius, in woods of the Pouce, rare. Also Bourbon. 
# C. arabica , Linn., the cultivated Coffee, which is sometimes found 
where it has been cultivated, may be known by its thinner acuminate 
oblong distinctly petioled leaves and corolla nearly an inch long, with 
a cylindrical tube as long as the lobes. Cafeyer. 
20. MORINDA, Linn. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, fused by the union of the calyces into a 
globose head. Calyx-tube campanulate; limb very short, truncate 
