1400 



Of the Hiftorie of Flams. 



$ 3 Syrmga Arabic a. 



Arabian Pipe. 





fant f W «t fmcll , but^^tnt^ 

 are too fwcct , troubline an,) 3 ■> • . * 

 head ii„ ve,y ftrange ^£ t^K 

 the floures and laved them j« 1 g ? ered 



jg^whid, 4d h r aft 



they had hen together a few houres with 

 fuch an vnacquainted fauot that they T a 



r M?iT ? Ut ? J Cepe> f ° that l C0U ^ no reft 

 till I had caft them out of my chamber. The 



floures being v*ded,the fruit follows^hich 

 is fmall , curled, and as it were conipaa of 

 many little folds, broad towards thevpper 

 part,and narrow toward the ftalke>and black 

 when it is ripe , wherein is contained a flen 

 der long feed. The root hereof fpreadetfa ic 



fejfe abroad in the ground after the manner 

 of the roots of fuch fhrubby trees. 



The blew Pipe groweth likewife in 

 manner of a fmall hedge tree , with many 

 fhoots rifing from the root like the former, 

 as our common Privet doth, whereof it is a 

 kind.The branches hauc a fmall quantity of 

 pith in the middle of the wood , and are co- 

 uered with a darke blacke greenifti barkeor 

 rinde. The leaues are exceeding greene,and 

 crumpled or turned vp like the brimmcs of a 

 hat, in fliape very like vnto the leaues of tic 

 Poplar tree : among which come the flours, 

 of an exceeding faire blew colour, compa& 



2 



4 Balanits Myrepfica > five Glansvngnentari/t. 



The oily Acorne* 



of many frnal floures in the form of a bunch 

 of grapes : each floure is in fhew like thofe 

 of Valeriana rubra D odovtijzonfi&ing of four 



parts like a little ftar, of an exceeding fwcet 

 fauour or fmell, but not fo ftrong as the for- 

 mer. When tbcfe floures be gon there fuc- 



ceed flatcods 5 and fom what long, which be- 

 ing ripe are of a light colour , with a thiiwp 

 membrane or filme in the middeft 3 wherein 

 are feeds almoftfourefquare, narrow, and 



ruddy. 



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This (which Ckfw fetteth forth 

 by the name oll^mimm jrahicum, or Syria- 

 ga ^rdiea) groweth fome two or three cu- 

 bits high , diuided into many flender bran- 

 ches, whereon by couples at each joint ftand 

 leaues like thofe of the firft defenbed, but 

 thinner, and not (nipt about the edges, on 

 the tops of the branches grow the flow* 

 wholly white, confiftingof nine, tenne or 

 twelue leaues fet in two ranks : thefe floures 



are fweet, hauing a fent as it were compoun^ 

 ded of the Spanifh lafmine and Orenge flours. It is a tender plant,and may be grafted on ' iftjI<p 

 mon Iafmine,whereon it thriues vfell,and floures mod part of the Summer. lz f owel , * n ue Gt i. 

 ly in Egypt 5 and Prober Alfms is thought to mention this by the name of Sambac Art ,j 



ofthebignefTe 



feminum Arabicmn . £ 



4 GUns vKguentma^ or the oily Acorrre, is the fruit of a tree like Tamariske , ottr..^ ^ 

 of an Hafell nut ; out of the kernell whereof, no otherwife than out of bitter Aimo ' 



or an naien nut ; out oi the kernell whereof, no otherwue tnan out ui u*w>» **~ - - . $ icio our 

 an oily juyce, which is vfed in pretious Oyntments,as Diofcmdes affirmetb. Nei pgfymt 



fine wholly rejeded ; for the oile of this Fruit mixed with fwecte Odours ierueiu r Iouc? 



