aaron nate igen: 
The Natural Fliftery of JAMALC:A. 
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Plantans were obferved by Laxcajfler in Madagafcar, ap. Purchas, lib. 2, 
cap. ate 2. p. 151. David Middleton, 1b, cap. 8. p. 226. in the Moluccos. 
Sir Henry. Middleton, ib. c. 11. §.36 p. 254. at Moba in the Red-Sea, where 
they are ufed for Victuals, Dotnton ap. Purchas, lib, 2. cap. 12, §. 2. 281. 
at Aden. ib. §. 4. p.298. at Suvatt. 1b.§. 5. p. 303. at Dabull. ib. je ceieke 
at Aden, Saris, tb. lib. AS) i. 336. at Comory a- Iles. and 40. §. 2. p. 242. 
at Moha ©. ~~ : a | 
In Mixdanoz, Plantains' are ufed for Bread, taken when full grown, 
but nor ripe or turned yellow; they are eaten with Cod-Pepper (or Cap- 
ficam) Salr-and Liote-Jutce as Saute ; or the’ Pulp of fix or feven ripe 
ones, is eat inftead’ ot Bag-Pudding, they call it Buff-"facket, Tarts are 
made of thém, as alfo Flower to make Puddings of green ones fliced 
thin, dryed in the Sun and grated, the ripe Fruit when dryed in the 
Sun being firft fliced, is like Figs, they are alfo kept in Lumps, when 
mafh’d and dryed over thé’ Fire; they roaft a ripe Plantain and mix 
it with a Pint and half of Water, and it is like Lamb’s-Wooll. Ten or 
twelve ripe’ Plantains and two Gallons of Water, in two Hour’s Time 
ferments, and in four is fit to drink or to bottle, it keeps twenty four 
or thirty Hours, but afterwards fowrs, and fet in the Sun becomes very 
good Vinegar. They take the Body of the Tree, clear it of its outward 
Bark or Leaves, cur it into four Quarters, which put into the Sun, the 
Moifture exhales; they then rake hold of thé Threads at the Ends and 
draw them out, they are as big'as brown Thread, of this they make 
Gloth‘in Mindanao, called Sae vez, which is ftubborn, when new, wears 
out foon,.and when wet it is flimy. Jackets are made of Plantain-Leaves 
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in Bafbee 'Iflattds.as rough as Beat’s-Skins, Dampier, cap. 15, 
ez | guietenie ara! 4) VID SVS cl! . ‘sue eo ‘ ) 
WY, Mufa, candice maculato; fructu recto, rotundo, breviore, odorato. Cac- 
am, p. 192. Ficus Indica racemofa, foliis venuftius venolis, fructu minore, 
Plukenét, Alm. p.°243.-, Mula fractu cucumerino breviori. Plum. pl, Am. 
© This Trée is in every thing the.fame with thePlantain, only rifes higher, 
has the Footftalks of the —Leayés éncompaffing the Stem of a purplifh 
Cofour, and the Frait neither fo long, crooked nor- angular, being five 
or fix Inches long, ftreight, round, fofter, more lufcious to the Tafte, 
juicy OS lels COVGLCC lGr Wem pee pig isan ae a 
- hey ate when Tipe, earén by thofe’ who love them, by, Way of ‘Dr- 
fert, and ufed as Plantains. )~ 5 Oe ee ae. 
~ Rochefort in his Hifteire des Antilles, took this for the Plaintain,and the 
Plantain fof this, as ray appear in. thofe Notes ofhis Banana, viz. that 
itis thirteen Inches long, hath ‘féwer Figs, which have a firmer Pulp, 
all which Marks agree. to the true. Plantain, and the contrary to this. — 
 Lhey are planted in Famaica with the former, and at St. Helena, Dame 
pier, cap. ult. ne | . | ee 
~ Hughes, p, 71. fays that they are Planted for a Shade to .Cacao- 
Trees, grow an. Inch in two.Hours Tims if cut off in the’ Middle ; and 
that. the Fruit.is good for the Kidneys and Reins. 
Ligon, p. 11, And 14. obferved this in the Cape-Verd Iles, and Barbados, 
and p.22. tellsusthar their Bodies are Food for the Swinethere, p, 33, 
| The fame Author p. 81. hatha‘ fabulogs Figure, it hath lefs blackith 
Spots on the Body, does not turn back, but ftands upright, p. 82. There 
is a Crucifix inthe Pruitid.°, 
OQAIET. Muli humiliar foliis minoribus migrigentibus,; Featte mining ehh, 
G4t.-Gam. p- 193. Razy. Hift. Vol. 3. Dendr. p. 4. Wild 
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