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from the outer Coat, and dividing the Cavity of it into two equal 
PartSj in each of which is lodged one Kernel, involv’d in its two 
, proper Coverings. Thro’ the Middle of it, lengthways, runs a 
Branch or Fafciculus of ligneous Fibres, continued probably from 
the Foot Stalk, and lerving to convey Nourilliment to the tender 
Foetus. In examining the outer Coverings of fome Berries, I 
have been often inclined to believe that the whole Cavity of them 
was lined with an inner Membrane, really diftind; from the pulpy 
Part of the Coat *, and perhaps this Septum may be only a Pro- 
dudion or Elongation thereof^ continued on both Sides to the 
Fafciculus of Fibres already mention’d : But whatever Way it be 
form’d, as it adheres inieparably to thefe Fibres it has all the Pro- 
perties of a true Partition, and therefore the Seed Veffel it felf is 
certainly multicapfuJar. In thofe I have for Diftindion’s fake 
call’d fingle Berries, this Septum is Bill to Be feen between the a- 
bortive Kernel and the other-, but then it no longer occupies the 
Middle of the Cavity, but is thruB out of its Place, and by 
that means very much impair’d. 
The lecond Covering, or BrB of the proper Coats, may be 
truly reckon’d a Cortex or Shell, being very Brong and hard, but 
withal very brittle ; and, if I miBake not, the ConfiBence of it 
muB be in a great meafure owing to the drying of the Berries, 
for in all the freili Berries I ever had an Opportunity of exa- 
mining, it was foft and mucilaginous. I am furprized that they 
who contend that the Coffee Fruit is of the Nut Kind, as diBin- 
guilh’d from a Berry, have not made ufe of this Coat to prove 
It. The Difficulty it felf is indeed a meer trifling about Words^ 
the Signification of thefe Terms "Rut and Berry y being, as far as I 
can find, hitherto unfettled among BotaniBs. 
Since this is a proper Coat, it muB either be continued over 
the Sulcus or Rima in each Kernel, or terminate at both Sides, 
fomewhere on the Edges of it. Which of thefe is true in fa6t, 
I cannot with Certainty determine 5 I am apt to imagine thelaBj 
and that therefore by means of this Sulcusy the Fibres in the Sep- 
tum always placed oppofite to it, may have fome Communication 
with the Kernel it felf, or at IcaB with the inner Covering 
of it. 
The Colour of this fecond or cortical Coat, is moBly that of a 
Limon, only a little more inclined to red, and the Figure of it 
always the fame with the Kernel it inclofes. 
The third or innermoB Covering, which becaufe of its Colour 
may be call’d the Silver Coat, is made up of a very fine thin 
Membrane, furrounding not only the outfide of the Kernel, but 
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