Coffee plant
Date
1694
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Description
Figure of the dried branch of a coffee shrub brought from Moha, Arabia Felix [Mocha, Yemen] by Mr Edward Clyve, communicated by Hans Sloane.
Illustration to An account of a prodigiously large feather of the bird cuntur, brought from Chili, and supposed to be a kind of vulture; and of the coffee-shrub by Hans Sloane, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.18, issue 208 (Feb 1694) pp.61-64. The account by Hans Sloane is recorded in the Letter Book of the Royal Society with a copy of the engraved illustration, LBO/11B /3.
Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Illustration to An account of a prodigiously large feather of the bird cuntur, brought from Chili, and supposed to be a kind of vulture; and of the coffee-shrub by Hans Sloane, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.18, issue 208 (Feb 1694) pp.61-64. The account by Hans Sloane is recorded in the Letter Book of the Royal Society with a copy of the engraved illustration, LBO/11B /3.
Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Transcription
A.A. Represents the Shrub, wherein is observable the manner of its branching, and of the growing of the Leaves and Fruit.
a.a.a.a. The Fruit growing 2, 3, or more at a place on the Twigs.
B. One of the Leaves of the Natural Bigness.
C.C. The Fruit of the true size and figure.
c.c. The Fruit with the Husk on.
e.e. The Fruit with the outward Husk taken off.
i.i. The Berry with both the Husks off.’
a.a.a.a. The Fruit growing 2, 3, or more at a place on the Twigs.
B. One of the Leaves of the Natural Bigness.
C.C. The Fruit of the true size and figure.
c.c. The Fruit with the Husk on.
e.e. The Fruit with the outward Husk taken off.
i.i. The Berry with both the Husks off.’
Related fellows
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
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