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_....of another kinde hereof (by the opinion of good Authors) ynder the name of Laure- 
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as firft ortrue Lote tree groweth to be a tree ofa great height, whofe bodie and 
elder branches are couered with a {mooth darke greencbarke,the leaues are fomewhat 
rough in handling, of adarke greene colour, long pointed, and fomewhat deepe den- 
ted about the edges, fomewhat like vatoa Nettle leafe,and oftentimes growe yellow 
‘toward Autumne: the flowers ftand here and there {cattered vpon the branches ;after | 
which come round berries like ynto Cherries, hanging downewards vpon long foot- 
~ftalkes, greene at the firlt, and whitith afterwards;but when they are ripe shey become 
reddith, and ifthey be {uffered to hang too long onthe branches, they grow blackifh, 
of a pleafant aufteretafte, not to be mifliked, whereinisa hard round ftone, | 
The fecond, whichis a baftard kinde, and called Gusiacum Pataninums , growethto 
bee a faire tree, witha fmooth darke greene barke, fhooting out many faire great 
boughes ,- and alfo flender greene branches, befet with faire broad greene leaues , ale 
moft like ynto the leaues of the Cornell tree, but larger : the flowers growe along the 
branches clofe vnto them, without any or with a very fhort foote-ftalke confifting of 
fouregreeneleaues, which areas the huske, containing within ita purplith flower, 
_ made of foure leaues fomewhatreddifh: the fruit ftandethin the middle of the green 
vhuske, greene at the firft,and very harfh, but red and round when itis ripe, and fome- 
what like a Plumme, with a {mall point or pricke at the head thereof, and of a reafona- 
a ble pleafant tafte or rellith, wherein are contained flat and thicke browne feeds or ker- 
e ~ Acls, like vato.the kernels of Ca/séa Fistula, (omewhat hard, and not fo ftonic, but that 
-atmay fomewhateafily be catwithaknife. - _ 
__.- Thethird is called in Virginia nia 
_ ‘with the former Guaiacana, whe rethien halfe perfwaded) hath growne 
very hard and brittle, and fomewhat white withall : the branches are mat y, and grow 
lender to the end, couered with a very thinne greenifh bark,whereon doegraw many 
wZ faire broad greene leaues, a Soot dent or notch onthe edges, and fo like vnto the for- 
et \ mer Gusiacum, that I verilythinke it-(as I before faid)to beethe fame. It hath not yet 
: borne flower or froit in our Countrey that I can vnderftand : butthe fruit., as it was 
_ fentto vs, is in dabei. f bigneffe likevntoaDate, couered with ablackith skinne, 
fet ina huske of foure hard leaues , very firme likevnto a Date, and almoftas fweete, 
with great flat and thicke kernels withinthem, very like vnto the former, but larger. 
facet | The Vie of thefe Lote trees. She 2a 
_ The firft fort is eaten as an helper to coole and ‘bindethe body : the laft, 
4s Captaine Smith relateth inthe difcouery of Virginia, ifthe fruit be eaten 
whileitis greene, andnotripe, isableby thehar! and binding taftcai id 
quality to draw ones mouth awry (euen as it is faid of the former Guaiaca- 
ray 
inia Plumme: Gif itbenot all one 
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|, Maybut whenitisthoroughtipeitis pleafant,as| faidbefore. | 
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ym He Cornell tree thatisplanted in Orchards, beingthe male(fot the fem: 
an hedge buth)is of two forts, the one bearing red, the other whirer berries 
4 - which Sw rare yet Sela apc kvgion 
‘dt groweth to’ reafonable bignefleand height, 
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aes : a on ean se aoee Sage Ceci igh, or sles Dock allie ge Set “5 Sealine te any ica Se en 2 
es Open: the fruit are long and round berries, of the bigneffe of {mall Olives, ee 
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