1512, 



Of the Hifterie of P] 



ants. 



hap. 154.. Of the pricey Indian Fig Trek. 



Ficm Indie a. 



The Indian Fig tree 





The fruit. 



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^J" TheVef(fifti<m t 



of Ieaues,that is,a tree made of leaues,without body 



other thing than 



the ground doth in rtiort fpacc take root, and bringeth our of it felfeother Ieaues,from which 

 do grow others one after another,till fuch time as they come to the height of a tree, hauing alfo in 

 the mcanc fcaf on boughes as it were comraing from thofe leaties/omtimes more,orherwhifes few- 

 cr } as Nature lift to beftow, adding leafe vnto leafe, whereby it occupieth a great piece of ground : 

 tnefc Ieaucs are long and broad,as thickc as a mans thumbe,ofadeepe green colour.fet full of long, 

 ilendcr,!>,arpeand whitifti prickles : pn rhe tops of which leaues come forth long flours not vnlike 

 to thofe of rhe manured Pomegranate tree,of a yellow colour : after which comraeth the fruit like 



vnto the common Fig,narrowbelow,andbiggeraboue,ofagreene colour, and ft tiffed full of a red 

 pulpeandjuyce, ftaining the handsof themthattouchit,asdoetheMuIberries>itbabloudyor 



iangiune colour : the top of which Figs are inuironed with certain fcaly leaues like a crowne,wherc- 



in arpfliro^«^.r«:«„j r_.ii : „i y 1- 1 .^1 t . . . . v ■ ■ • r~.#k nlanrs 



b 



d bodied 



feeing fowne 



* 



tmuance 



3 let m the ground bring forth trees of leaues, as we hauefhewed. . . 



Vpon this plaut in fome parts of the Weft-Indies grow certaine excre fcences, which in con- 

 mcc of time turne ioto infers • and thefe out-growings are that high prized Cecbenele wHere- 

 they die colours in 2raine. ± 



grame. $ 



% The Place. 



the countrcy 



1 tits plant groweth in all the tra«fl of the Eaft and Weft-Indies, and alfo in the countre 1-- 

 rembega,now called Virginia, from whence it hath beene brought into Italy, Spaine,Englana,au 



other countries 5 in Italy it fometimesbeareth fruit, but more often in Spaine, and neuer as lye 

 Enffland.alrhouph I hai«» hprt^««j *.„*. :„„„ „„j ~~a :„ !,„„„.-„,, :► c rnm the fiiiurvoiourtuj 



clymate. 



although 



It 



