— ’ . ee ae ; aie 
308 Adam in Eden,Or, ; 
ufedin Diet-drinkes with other chines and may begivenin Powder fromafcrn 
pletotwofcrupies. The Smell of the Wood or Root expelleth che corrupt and 
evill Vapours of the Pestilence. 
7 GHAP. CLXXXXVIL 
Of Palma Chrifi. 
ge oe The Names, 
[i called in Greek xin, 4 xpS]ov , Cici and Croton, becanlé the feed of it refems 
biesa living Creacure, which is wont tobe in Sheepe, and other Cattle called 
—aTyke.  Itis caliedalfo Ricinus in Latine for the fame reafon ; yet ic hath orher ~ 
* Names as Palma Chr. ff: trom the Leaves and Root, which do very much imitate 
_ ahand, and Catapstia major of the Apothécaties, becaufe of its properties, which 
_ are conformab'e to the Spurges, the Oyle Whereof is by chem called Oleumde ~ 
Cherva and Oleum Cicinum, © This is held by Expofitors ,to be the Plant men- 
tioned in Jonah, under the name of a Gourd, It is calledin Enelifh Palma 
Chr fti, or great Spurge, in Hebrew Kikand K:kaijon, pes: 
The Kindes, 
re Fores ofthis Grea Spurge lft upon record by Authors, 1. 
e more of inary Pa rifti or great Spurge, 2, PalmaChridiof Sy, 
; Palma Chriitt America, ast MeL ey a RPO ae 
® Palma Chrifti hath a great round hollow ftalke riGng to the height of feaven ae 
eight toot, ofa bewith greene colour. The Leaves are great and large, tafhion- 
Pre the Leaves of the Fig-Tree , but greater ; refembiin: ‘die heer aman 
wirh the Fingers {preadabroad, of a dark greene colo r onthe upperiide, but 
whitifh underneath, the flowers are bucton-like, flancing on the tops of the ie, 
_ branches which fall away without bearing Seed; bura littie lower, there break 
forth other Heads which are rough and three cornered » and containe within 
themafeed like a Tyke, of anhor fiery tafte, out of which, in tho‘e Countryes. 
where it is natural, is prefled eutthe aforementioned Oy/e, a 
a 3 The Places and Times, a 
The fff growerhin Spaine, and other hot Countries toa véry oteat bionelles 
abiceth many y sare 5 bc the coldneffe of our Climate fant ane ce ot any 
Py 
a3 f 
ate 
growth, becanfe ic perifheth every with us, yet Ihave feen icin M7. 
Garden by Sion houle, Tear eHe aey foot-high ore more like unto 4 
»then an annuall Plant. Sel Bealgieti ied eégypt; andthe 
in America in Gelifco a Province of New Spain , frotti whence the Oyle ul= 
ight unto us, Tho’e that flower with us do it in Augult, bat 
me CO pertectripencficin chisCountrey, = 
