288 TlMEHRI. 
it will be seen that a single tree will cover with its 
branches an area of ioo square feet. The stem is rough, 
and of considerable thickness and toughness, — the wood 
being of a hard compact texture. The tap root is very 
long, and the fibres are extremely strong, so that a fully 
grown tree is most firmly rooted in the ground. As a 
proof of this I may state that after the hurricane of 
September 1 883, I found some of my coffee trees broken 
across at the crown or junction of the root and stem ; 
and, although all the others were bent and twisted about 
in various directions, in no single instance was a tree 
uprooted. 
The leaves have sheathing stipules and they are 
opposite on the stem ; their shape is ovate with a blunt 
pointed apex, and an entire margin. At the base the 
leaf tapers into a short, but stout petiole. Their size 
varies, the younger trees having the larger leaves ; I 
measured some average leaves and found them to be from 
8 to 12 inches in length, and about 4 inches across the 
widest part. 
The branches are given off with great regularity from 
the axils of the leaves, they are at first ere6l ; but, after 
a time as they lengthen, they become straight and then 
drooping. The internodes are from one to four inches 
in length, the longer ones being formed in the rainy 
season when all vegetation is most vigorous. 
The flowers are jasmin-like, and their odour is delicious, 
having that characteristic flavour which seems to me to 
pervade the Rubiacex of the tropics. I do not know 
whether any one has made the remark elsewhere, but I 
have noticed that many allied plants have allied perfumes 
— the base of the perfume, so to speak, is the same for 
