CAFFEIN

or Thein, the stimulating principle of coffee, tea, maté, guarana, and yaupon, and present also, though in smaller proportions, in the cocoa-bean and kola-nut. It is interesting to note that—without premeditation and uninfluenced by propaganda, and without the aid or guidance of chemical experimentation or analysis —different native races widely separated on the face of the globe—in Asia, in Africa, and in both Americas—by accident or unconscious experimental selection discovered, and adopted for consuniption, fruits or leaves containing the same stimulant. CALAMONDIN (Citrus mitis), a fruit resembling a small tangerine but with delieate pulp similar in acidity to that of the lime. It can be grown in regions too cool for the true lime. | CALECANNON, or Kolcannon, an Irisi dish which consists generally of a bit of salt pork with potatoes, cabbage, and seasoning.