Lib. 3 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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^[ The Names. 



TmiUfur* is called of the Indians in their mother tongue, efpecially of the Arabians, Cadegi 

 luMfit Lidcgi mdi, that is, F ilium lndicum i or I»dum 9 thc Indian leafe : but the Mauritanians doe 

 cjl/'it TcmbtU. The Latines and Grecians following forae of the Arabians, haue called it UHala- 



b*thrum. 







^ The Temperature and Verities. 



The Indian leafe is hoc and dry in the fecond dcgree,agreeing with Nardus in temperature,or as A 

 others report with Mace : it prouoketh vrine mighrily^warraeth and comforteth the ftomacke^and 

 helpethdigcftion. 



Ir preuaileth againft the pin and web in the cies, the inflamed and waterie eies, and all other in- B 

 firmitics of the fame. 



It is laid among cloathes, as well to keepe them from mothes and other vermine, as alfo to giue C 



vntothem a fvvcet Imell. 









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C \i a p. 150. Of the Qloue tree 



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' The true forme of the Clone tree 















5f The Description. 



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THe Cloue tree groweth great in forme 

 lilrf vnrn rh«=. R™ r^« Cne trunke Orbo- 



%*y wucreoi is couereawith a ruflet barke : 

 the branches are many>Iong,and very brittle 

 whereupon doe grow leaues like thofeof the 

 Bay tree, but foraewhat narrower: among ft 

 which come the floures,whiteat the firft af- 

 ter of a greenifh colour, waxing of a darke 

 red colour in the end : which floures are tire 

 very clones when they grow hard.after when 

 they bee dried in the Sunne they become of 

 that dusky black colour which we daily fee 

 wherein they continue. Forthofe that wee 

 naue iq ettimation are beaten dowrie to the 

 ground before they be ripe, and are fufFcred 

 there to he vpon the ground vntfll they bee 

 dried throughly , where there is^ther 

 graje weeds, nor any other herbes growing 

 to hinder the fame, by rea fon the tree dTaw? 

 eth vnto K t fclfc fo r his nouri(hment all the 



about (b that nothing can there grow for 

 want ofmoifturcand therfore the & 



i ari W™groflekihdcofC!diicrf W feVT.li a A , k U ^' cnCforthedr y i ngoftheCIou;rr.n 

 that the others El. ^ Qetm ^ withjfome raine in the mea ne . ££ • , h / groimd > w*«c by 



the feme, op^S A^ r f "' "^"herein the flo"e Tdoitln ' ( l sweh «»« written) but 



flirm 



further, that the nw* aw^T "?! d ? e ,g r °w : the greater r 



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hundred ycares together aTfh • ? g £ C yeares a W^ 



getner, as the inhabitants of that coun 



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