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* that all the way from thtVmhiUcuno the 
‘ oppofice Point, it appears as if it were di- 
* vided into two Grains (ab ttmbilico ad op~ 
pofitum mucronem gemina ojientat gram.) 
From the whole of what we have quoted 
from this Author, both here and in the lafl; 
Article, it appears plainly that his Defcrip- 
tion was taken from a Fruit with only one 
Kernel ; anti therefore it is not eafy to guefs 
the Meaning of the lafl: Words of it. 
Confidering the Place where they lie, I 
Ihould be inclin’d to think they were ad- 
ded by the Editors, for they are no ways 
of a Piece with the refl: i but if they do 
really belong to Bauhims's Text, I can 
make no more of them than this. That 
when a fingle Kernel is view’d on that Side 
on which the Sulcns lies, it appears as if it 
were divided into two Grains. 
But whatever be the true Meaning of 
them, I can find nothing in all this Deferip- 
tion that contradids what we have heard 
from Clffjifis ; and therefore I cannot ima- 
gine the Reafon why y. B. Ihould add, that 
tho’ the outward Appearance of this Fruit 
anfwer’d in every thing to the Figures 
given us by Clujinsy yet there were other 
things in which they did not agree ; 
and that therefore he durft not fay that 
jhis was the fame with that from whence C/«- 
.Jius's Figures were taken. It may be his 
Scruple was grounded on this, that Clujttts's 
Berries were double, and his own fingle. 
By OUartHS the Colour of the Coffee 
Kernel is compar’d to that of common 
Wheat, and the Tafte to that of Turkey 
, Wheat. 
We have heard already, that according 
to Tejlingms the T afte of them is very fen- 
fibly bitter. 
Parkmfin informs us, that on each Side 
of the Husk of the Coffee Fruit lieth a 
fmall long white Kernel, flat on that Side 
they join together, of an acid Tafte, and 
fomewhat bitter withal. 
diftinguifhes the Coffee Kernels 
into two Sorts, with refpetft to their Co- 
lour ; one he fays is whitifh, the other of 
a darkiflr Citron Colour, tending towards 
a green ; and thefe lafl: are to be preferr’d 
to the firft. All this is true enough in fadf, 
but it feems to be owing to our Author’s 
not having underftood Avicenna^ that ever 
he was fo lucky as to obferve it. Avicenna 
has told us the fame thing of a Root which 
he calls Bmcham, and this Banefim and o- 
tliers, as we fliall afterwards hear, have 
miftaken for the Buna or Coffee Fruit. 
The curious Enquiries which the learn- 
ed Dr. Grew made concerning the Seeds, 
as well as all the other Parts of Plants, have 
furnifh’d him with feme very uncommon 
Obfervations concerning the Coffee Frui: 
in particular, befides what he has faid 
about other Seeds, which vAll equally 
agree to it. Thefe lafl: I leave to be 
confulted in his excellent Anatomy of 
Plants ; the others mu ft not be omitted 
here. Having deferib’d the Coverings that 
belong to Seeds, which he proves, in the 
greatelt Part of them, to be three in Num- 
ber, he obferves, that in many there is a 
Vitellum or Body analogous thereto, which 
is neither Part of the true Seed, nor Parc 
of the Covers ; but diftindl from them 
both. This he tells us makes fometimes 
the principal Part of the Fruit, being much 
bigger than the true Seed it felf ; and in e- 
numerating the different Figures, Difpofi- 
tions, and other Properties of thefe Titellay 
among the reft he obferves, that in Goofe- 
grafs or Cliver it is of a horny Subftance, 
but fhap’d fomewhat like a Bonet with the 
Rims tuck’d in ; and fo in the Coffee Ber- 
ry, but rowl’d or folded up into a kind of 
oval figure, with a Notch or Rima run- 
ning thro’ the Length, where the two Ends 
meet. This Paffage contains the only Hint 
that is to be met with in Authors concern- 
ing the true Strudlure of the Coffee Ker- 
nel; and I hope it will be ftill better un- 
derftood by the Account I now give of it. 
Dr. Robinfon has obferv’d but little about 
thefe Kernels; under the fecond Skin, he 
fays, lie generally two Kernels, fometimes 
one, round on one Side and flat on the o- 
ther. On the flat Side of the Kernel there 
is always a Slit or Mouth ; fo that every 
Kernel does exaflly refemble a Concha 'Vi- 
neris, 
Lemery compares the two together to a 
young Pea in Bignefs; and fays further, 
that they are of an oval Figure, eafily part- 
ing into two Halves; of a yellowifh Co- 
lour, with a Caft of white. 
Langius fays the Kernel is of a mealy 
Tafte. 
Tourneforty that the Seeds are hard, of a 
whitifh afh Colour, convex on one Side, 
flat on the other, and furrow’d ; of a mealy 
Tafte, and without any Smell; five or fix 
Lines in Length, and three in Thicknefs. 
Chomel and Andry agree in every thing 
with Tournefort; only the lafl: adds, that 
thefe Seeds are very heavy in proportion to 
their Bulk. 
Mr. Bradley, as we have already heard, 
has obferv’d that the Coffee Fruit has two 
Kernels, which fplit in the Middle, like 
the Bay Berries of the Shops. It is true, 
the Coffee Kernels do fplit in the Middle, 
and fo do the Bay Berries of the Shops; 
but wherein the Likenefs of their fplitting 
confifts, I fhould be glad to learn. 
M. De 
