Exhibit 23.1


                           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" 
in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Interleaf, 
Inc. for the registration of 4,059,616 shares of its common stock and to the 
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated June 16, 1997, with 
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Interleaf, 
Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 
1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                       /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


                                       Boston, Massachusetts
                                       October 23, 1997