

Lib. 3. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plant 



Scngrccne, 



he 



tie edges : the ftalke is round, carrying at the 

 >e, of the bigaes of a MeIon,couered with a fc 

 ar of the Malecotone : at the top of the fruit. 



fonictiracs below it come forth fiicb buds as you fee here prefaced in the figure, which they let 1a 

 Ac ground and preferue the kind by in ftead of feed :the meat of this fruit is fweet& very plcafant of 

 tifc&c yeelds good nouiifhmentjthere are certaine fmall fibres in the meat thereof.which though 

 thcyio noc offend the mouth,yet hurt they the gums of fuch as too frequently feed thereon. 



, tl. r r.k:.. :.. r^^..rU^f (\rtncTf fr\r it i« lilr«» a larcrpPnnnv head cut off nish thetOD: 



1 6 The forme of th is is fomw 



the fubftancc thereof was membranous and wrinckled, of a brownifh colour, very fmooth : the cir 



h 



th 



which feems to haue carried a floure whereto this fruit fucceeded:the top of the fruit was euen, and 

 in it were orderly placed 2 4.concauities,in each whereof was contained a little VT ~ f :f A 



Nut 



Clufius could Iearne neither whence this came>nor how it grew^but with 



a 



, r M __ , thatwh 



bs^&gyp 



17 The former of thefe two Clufius rcceiued by the name of CoxcoCypete^ that is, the Nu 

 It is of a dusky browne colour, fmooth, and (hinmg, bucon the lower part ofanafh colour 5 rough, 

 which the Painter did not well exprefTe in drawing the figure, Thea.hereceiuedby the name of 

 K^Almcndrts dclVcruJi.) Almonds of Peru : the fhell was like in colour and fubftancc to that of an 

 a!mond,and thekcrncll not vnlike neither in fubftancc nor tafte : yet the forme of the fhell was dif- 



fs*mnr Cr%r it tvacrriirtrnilir n? i^l-i 1 \\in\rm din A inrr %tr± *+nA +tntr\ fU-i»«t\n fZAs>t> * n J «-U~/\^ ..-* - _t_ 



triangular.with 



or 



1 8 This was the fruitof a large kinde of Convolvulus which the Spaniards called Buenos nnches % 



CiOod-nipht brranfc rhp Hnnrps vfr* rn fadp ss (hnnn j»« niahr ramp TN« r^rl*..^-*? -vT^ r~~-., -^ 



of a footy co- 

 i Peafe,bcing three of them contained ina skinny three cornered head. You may 



Clufius ExotJib.2*cap.i%. 



c figure of a fquare fruit which Clufius conjeaures to haue been Tome kind of In- 



couered with a fmooth rinde,was feuen inches long, and a foot and halfe 



19 



about,being fourc inches and a halfe from fquare to fquare. 



20 About Bantam in the Faft.TnrliVc DmwPcdMii rr~ 



which 



od fiue abouT, couered with a 



from below into fiue parts, and are full of a foft woolly 



carries 



cumions )P iI iowes and the like, and alfo fpin fome for certaine vfes : amonsft the downe lie bS 

 feeds like thofe of Cotton,but JeiTe and not faftned to the downe. S 



21 



Ctuf '.calls Palmafaccifera.ot the Bag Date^ecaufe i 



S 1 ," l ? l "yi* l J^ eo f ! * tre bags were fome of them ».ormore inches Ion' and tot 

 ned,and (b ^^tefil^'f ^ aS . t0BDd / S if ^ had bin tur " 

 brou2htfrom rli„-rc ^i^.- . .t. ' I " «J "injyiauntius UUnd.Chfa alfo notes that thrvha,,,. u; n 



•k«e red coloured all rougn and IpSck vTn the^odfJf & - f T C tlV ° incheS broad > of a d «- 

 orfeedsofagrayi^aavcolour^g^'i^ 



c 



3 The long cod 



fhewawhitelic 



ty cred it report, whid/l had rather Z ^^^m&^^ lnf 'T^^ 

 ,poyfonous : and by others,that th.v a^Z\ ™„l n * U) for l ^becn told by forn 



hard and 



Thee 

 of a bro, 

 into fou 



vomit. 



(as ctt/fip, was cold^ ^# 



and it contained a hard pulpe of a foar A a ""'^S* 1 * "nfewas thick.black 

 cod of fome inch anH hiiTK^l* !?? ft tafte : whlch they aftrmoiras eatable. 



ous, rougfe,and 



efoee; a T • ,! vvn ^ r J c t Inwer e contained fcarletPearef^.nT , a " n S ul «hed with athin filme 



Specially m the middlcs.This growes in Bnfifc and t ?/ r h ". le r berri «, hauingr golden fpots 



H In the iecond place of tie tenth S^d^TJ^f "^ ™ "&* D ^"- 



fi^urp -mA A»c~ • """rmeci was called Drturt. 



hgureand defcnption i n this chapter you may finde the 



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Pppppp 



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