Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



i?39 



Lib. 3. 



thin^ itmeetstvithall.Thelcauesarefevvin number, t growing at each joint one, fir ft on one fide 

 of the ftalk,then on the othcrjike in fliape to the long vndiuided leaues of Iuy, but thinner, fliarp 

 pointed, and foractimes fo broad that they are foure inches ouer, but moll commonly two inches 

 broad and foure Iong,hauing alvvaies fiue pretty large nerues running along them. The fruit grow 

 cindering together vpon long fta!ks,which come forth at the joints againft the Ieaues 3 as you may 

 fee in the figure:theroot(as one may conieefhire) is creeping/or the branches that Iy on the ground 

 do at their joints put forth new fibres or roots. Wee are beholden to Clufitts for thisexaft figure 

 and defcription 5 vvhich hec made by certaine branches brought home by the Hollanders from the 

 Eaft Indies. The Curious may fee more hereof in his Exoticks and notes vpon Garcias. 



t 3 Pi fit longum. 



Long Pepper. 



4 Piper •/Ethiopicum^fiue Vita longa 



Pepper of ^Ethiopia. 





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2 



Pepper is not to be diftine 



nauedehueredvsanuriX,, e • fter ciu fiussiox an v other »i/p f u„ T t lLlurir °ro black 



fgtthcrbod, oi^r/een in 3£ * e Ion & Pe PP er - And therefore r ?/ / l C0Untrc y whew there 

 ^"^dif perfin " C h „!" e " , thls P°™. This trce,faith MmJIs tlZ f ° llowin 8 *' W^vvere 



f ?<* other thinclasl"!^ hlS daf P in S c <*drels W W w th , §F f at 'y et of a ™°<% ^ 

 lhe *£> conSoZ? nCCre Vnt ° ic ' T ^ branches ar^ ™ " ^ Cth ho W °<* °' hcr trc « ™d 



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together, 



