Archive image from page 154 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 COFFEA COLAX 349 BB. Segmevfs of corullii wide : Ivs. ovate, Betigalensis, Roxb. Bengal, Coffee. Lvs. ovate, barely twice as long as broad, acute, but not having a long,
Archive image from page 154 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 COFFEA COLAX 349 BB. Segmevfs of corullii wide : Ivs. ovate, Betigalensis, Roxb. Bengal, Coffee. Lvs. ovate, barely twice as long as broad, acute, but not having a long, abrupt point : fls. in 2's or 3's ; segments of co- rolla barely twice as long as wide. E. Ind., Malaya. 4917. —This has much showier fls. than C Arabica. A small shrub with glabrous, dichotomous branches. A native of the mountains of northeastern India, whence it was brought to Calcutta and much cult, there for a time. It is now neglected, the berries being of inferior quality and the plants not productive enough. AA. Corolla C-, r-, or 8-parted. B. -Fh. in dense or glomes : lvs, short-pointed, G-1-2 in, long, Liberica, Hiern. Liberian Coffee. Lvs. longer than in O. Arabica, an<\ wider above the middle, with a pro- portionately shorter and less abruptly contracted point: fis. 15 or more in a dense cluster; corolla segments usu- ally 7. Trop. Afr. Trans. Linn. Soc. IL 1:171 (1876). II. 6:105. 1890, pp. 104, to he more robust and productive than C, Arabira, with berries larger and of finer flavor. It is a more tropical plant than the common Coftee, and can be grown at much lower levels. 'It is a small tree, similar in general to C, Arabica, hut of more vigorous and upright habit, and larger in all its parts. Lvs. (i-12 in. long: corolla 6-8- parted: berries dull crimson, larger, more numerous, and more nearly spherical than those of most forms of C, Arabica, In its native forests in W. Afr. it attains a height of 30 ft. or more, and flouri
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