~ the Paradife of Plants. 233 
tonly Gandivesy, which fi ignises an Acorne, but whyn> body knowes; neither the 
ric it telte, nor fhell, nor husk, being jike rco-any of the kinds of Acornes + Iti i 
called by Lobel, Glans unguentartaC athartica, Sil: quata, but we inthe'e daye 
call ic more: niually in: Lacine Nex Ber, andthe Oyle thereof Olesna de’ .. 
or asthe Ancients calied it Ofnm Balan'‘num, andin EngiithyThe Oily Nut Ben, 
of which there isbur one kind mentioned by. any Author,, theetione;i in the next 
place, I fhall — you with, : | pint 
The Forme: 
~The Treaguneseon this Nut groweth, for the ft two or three yeares fvinoeal. 
up, and perifheth in Winter againe to theroot, and arileth againe afrefh eve- 
ring, buratter it becometh three or four ‘yeare old,ir groweth more Woddy ; 
It fifech mp yearely atter the firit, with one tteeme fhooting forth branches of 
winged Leaves, or rather winged branclits of Leaves, the Barke being whitith as 
the Leaves are alfo, but they are compoted after {uch an order, as no other treeis 5 
for the branches rife up with the ttemme.or body, divided into {undry other imal. 
ler twigges no bigger then rufhes, fet withrwo Leaves.at feverail {paces dittanc 
farre a funder y ending in {mall points like haites ; but have no. eyes or bu 
the feet ofthe Leaves, as the {mall branches of other ess The Leave 
fall away, leaving the branches bare, which t Ww like unco ording 
a Broome, whenit psa Lot the Leave: @ pe. 
asit 
ng noc much TO, cps pubes ois rte 
perereses res: 2are flowers or fruit in our Chriftiat Coun-: 
yi era oes or fruits , faich as have been brought over to us enclo‘ed in 
Ce ies as a\fo out of their huskes , crow fome Gngle: » and fome two toge- 
therin an huske, the lower and upper end. whereot is tmall and fharp. pointed 5. 
being about an hand breadch long in all, rou of a darke Afhcolour on the 
ciycoton ried -ddith on the infide; eof the fubflance oF | leather, li 
1e infide 
with a sho este 
lyeth, which 1s not alt erin ipid, 
iin a kind of roger @ upon the ta(ling almoit read 
out of which is preffed an Oile, like as is out of Al m 
Shells.or hskes;a5 fone a e uppo ed, peng Hass 
oe The Places and Time. hess = 3 5 
~ This Tree srtotech in Shi Arabia; Ethiopia; ‘atid ndia, where dare 
its fruit to pertestion, which ic hath not been known to dom Europe ‘ no nor fo 
sepiosee aseanet as Tfaid before, 
pce 2 are tel 
“pie bole Ne 6 OF avery piging quality 
