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« Leaves have ^ Inch Foot Stalks, being 
* about four Inches long, and two broad 
‘ in the Middle where broadeft, whence 
‘ they decreafe to both Extremes ending in 
‘ a Point. They are fmooth, whole, with- 
* out Incifures on their Edges, fomewhat 
* like the Leaves of a Bay. ’ When we 
confider that this Author had only the 
Leaves of one dry’d Branch to take this 
Defcription from, it muft be own’d that 
he has examin’d this Part of it with great 
Accuracy ; and as for the Comparifon he 
makes of thefe Leaves to thofe of a Bay, it 
is at lead: as juft as any that have hitherto 
been pitch’d upon ; efpecially while the 
Leaves are fmall and not curled. 
Commelims, and after him VolkamerHs ^nd 
others, compare thefe Leaves to thofe of 
the Cafimea or Chefnut Tree. It muft be 
own’d, that from a tranfient View of what 
the Gardiners call ihtSpaniJ}} ChefnutLeaves, 
one would be apt to think that they refem- 
bled the large ones of our Plant very much; 
but upon a more ftrid Examination, I find 
them to differ extremely. The Chefnut 
Leaves are much narrower in proportion to 
their Length ; the large Fibres much thic- 
ker fet, arifing higher on the backfide of 
the Leaf, and much more diftinftly conti- 
nued to the Edges ; the Edges are pretty 
deeply crenated, and the Interftices between 
the Notches end in ftrong fharp Prickles 
or Thorns ; the Undulations are not near 
fo large, and quite otherwife difpofed; in 
fine, tho’ this does not relate to the Make 
of the Leaf, thofe of the Chefnut do not 
arife in Pairs from the Branches, nor in the 
fame Plain with one another. 
Tournefort has nothing new about the 
Coffee Leaves ; ‘ They arife, fays he, in 
‘ Pairs oppos’d to one another, being of 
‘ an oval Figure, but ending in a fmall 
* Point. 
M. Bradley tells us that the Leaves are bi- 
compofite, or fet in crofs Pairs at the Joints, 
and not unlike thofe of the common Bay, 
but curled at the Edges, and inclinable to 
hang down. And in the fecond Edition 
he inclines rather with his learned Friend 
Mr.Fm/Vfr, to think the Leaves like thofe 
of the LanrHiVulgam, than to compare it 
to thofe of our common Chefnut; but in 
all the Editions of his new Improvements, 
even thofe publiih’d fince his laft Treatife 
of Coffee, he inclines to the common Chef- 
nut again. 
I need not take notice of theDefeftivc- 
nefs of what Mr. Bradley has told us about 
this Part of the Plant; but I cannot help 
remarking his Miftake about the Situation 
of the Leaves upon the Branches : They 
are never fet in crofs Pairs, but lie all in the 
fame Plain; and on the Trunk, except be- 
fore the Branches fprout out, they are fel- 
dom in Pairs at all. So that with refpeft 
to neither of thefe will Mr. Bradley's Ac- 
count of the Situation of the Leaves be 
found to hold. 
Monf. De jHjJieu's Defcription is in 
thefe Words : ‘ Both Sorts of Branches are 
‘ always cover’d with Leaves, intire and 
* without Incifures in their Circumference, 
‘ fmall and pointed at the two Ends, op- 
‘ pos’d by Pairs, but without crofting one 
‘ another as the Branches do, and arifing 
‘ from the Nodi of thefe. They refemble 
‘ very much the Leaves of the common 
* Bay, but are not.fo dry nor thick, tho’, 
* larger and more pointed ; their Extremi- 
‘ ties inclining fometimes a little to one 
‘ Side. The upper Surface of them is of 
‘ a Ihining Green, the lower Side of a 
‘ pale Green ; and they are all yellowifh at 
‘ firft. They are wav’d or curl’d at the 
‘ Borders, which perhaps is owing to the 
‘ Culture; and there is nothing aromatick 
* nor uncommon in their Tafte. The 
* biggeft of them is about three Inches in 
< Breadth, and four or five in Length, 
‘ with fhort Foot Stalks join’d to them. 
Monf. La Roque obferves, ‘ that thefe 
‘ Leaves are very like thofe of the Limon 
‘ Tree, iCitronier) but not fo much point- 
‘ cd; thinner, and of a darker green Co* 
‘ lour. That the Branches are at no time 
‘ altogether ftrip’d of Leaves ; that they 
‘ arife moft commonly in Pairs from the 
‘ two oppofite Sides of the Branches, and 
‘ all in the fame Plain, at fmall Diftances 
‘ from one another. 
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