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Mr. Bradley is as pofitive on the other hand, that Commelinus 
was in the right j and afTurcs us that every Day confirms him more 
and more that it is of that Tribe. 
In this Manner have Botanical Writers talk’d concerning the 
Coffee Plant in general ^ and if we look back on all that has here 
been quoted from them, we lliall find, 
I. That of all the Authors who have (aid any thing upon 
this Subjed, the greateft Part are agreed that this Plant is truly 
and properly a Tree, and ought to be reckon’d fuch. 
z. That of the remaining Authors, Banefius, Mr, Ray, and 
Sir Hans Shane, think it is properly a Shrub • Du Four, that it 
may be reckon’d either a Tree or Shrub 5 Miller, that it is neither 
the one nor the other, but a fhrubby Tree*, Figueroa, that it is an 
Herb; Langius, that it is both Herb and Tree 5 and Bernier is al- 
together undetermin’d about it. 
3 . The other Plants it has been compar’d to, and the Authors 
of thefe Comparifons, are the following, 
Euonymus, Alpin. 
Prickle Timber Tree, Parkinf. 
Convolvulus, Bernier. 
Cherry Tree, Du Four. 
Common Bean, 
Filia, or Lime Tree, 
Blegny. 
Bale. 
Filix, or Fearn, 
Jeffamin, 
Apple Tr ee. 
Lang. 
Commelin. 
La Roque. 
CHAP. 
