that therefore by means of this Sulcus, the Fibres in the Septum] 
always placed oppolite to it, may have fome Communication with 
the Kernel its felf, or at leafl: with the inner Covering of it. 
The Colour of this fecond or Cortical Coat, is moftly that of a 
Temon, only a little more inclined to red, and the figure of it is 
always the fame with the Kernel it inclofes. 
The third or innermoft Covering, which, becaufe of its Colour, 
may be called the Silver Coat, is made up of a very fine thin Mem- 
brane, furroiinding not only the out-fide of the Kernel, but alfothc 
Procefs, which lies in the Cavity of it, as fhall be prefcntly fhown. 
The two fidcs of it enter die Sulcus of the Kernel, and there joyn- 
ing form a double Lamina, which is from thence continued quite 
over the Procefs, and to that, as well as to the reft of the Kernel, 
this Coat adheres very clofc. 
I have never been able to diftinguifh either of thefe Coats in an 
abortive Kernel, 
Rmvpolfius acquaints us that tlie Coffee 
Fruit (/. e. the common Covering of it) 
is in Colour almoft like unto a Bay Berry, 
and that the Fruit its fclf is furrounded 
with two thin Shells, which contain two 
Grains iu two diftinft Cells. 
The two Shells here mentioned, are 
no doubt the common, and firft of the 
proper Coats, which are all that have 
been taken notice of by any Writer fince 
his Time. What he has faid about the 
two Cells, is very indiftinff, and yet it 
is more than has been faid by any body 
befides. 
Clufius has taken notice of the outer 
Coat only *, he calls it a thin Cortex, of 
a dark Afh Colour. 
J. B. has deferibed the other likewife. 
The Fruit called Buna, fays he, confifls 
of two Shells whereof the outei moft is 
thick and black-, the other thin, and red 
on that fide which lies next the Kernel-, 
on the upper fide of an Afh Colour. 
Vejlmgius informs us of the Difference 
he had obferved in Egypt, between the 
Tafte of the Coverings, and that of the 
Kernel. The firft, he fays, is in fome 
degree acid, the other very feafibly bitter. 
The firft of thefe Taftes we need not be 
very follicitous about, for in however 
great requeft the Shells may be in Arabia 
Felix and Egypt, on account of the Li- 
quor there made of them, called, by way 
of Excellency, Cafe a La Sultane -, yet, but 
a fmall quantity of them ever comes to 
Europe, and before they get hither they 
have pretty much loft their Tafte, and 
every other fenfible (Tiaality that is worth 
minding about them. 
Tarhnfon tells us the outer Coat Is a 
thin Shell of a darkifh Afh Colour, and 
the other he calls a yellowifh Skin. 
Banefius has included all the Coverings 
he knew, under the name of a Shell or 
Husk. 
Dr. Grew has faid nothing about the 
Coverings of the Coffee Fruit in particu- 
lar, but fince, as we fhall find prefently, 
he had examined it very particularly, and 
has often declared, that in the fir greateft 
part of Seeds there were three Coverings -, 
it is reafonable to fuppofe that all thofe 
which I have deferibed were known to him. 
Dr. Roblnfon, in order to prove that the 
Coffee Frnit is of the Nut kind, informs 
us, that the intire Fruit is covered with 
two Skins : The exteriour Skin or rathec 
Shell (being as tliick almoft as that of a 
Pifiachio) is of a dark Colour -, the fecond, 
or interiour Membrane, that covers the 
Kernels, is much finer and of a yellow- 
iih white Colour. 
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