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Amomum quormdam, forte Garyefhjllon Plinij* 



»<j i) The Clove-berry tjee. 



affinitie of fmell ithath «,;* c to ..„ „ , 



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fent nx* from Londoi rt^S^' 



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hereafter, Tames Garret 1D the 



commonly bigger than Pep^^ 

 fome IelTe,wrinkled,of a bSnfthS^ 

 fufficiently fragil . which opened ffi 



ght be diuided into two parts )0 f no i e fl% 

 aromatick tafte and fmell than the fr % 

 telfe,and in forac fort refembling that of 

 Cloves It grows in bunches or clufters,as 

 1 conjedured by many berries which v cc 

 kept their ftalkcs , and twoor three which 

 ftuck to one little ftalke.To thefe were ad. 

 ded leaues of one form, but of much di ffe- 

 rent bignes,for fome of them were 7 inches 

 long and 3 broadifome only 5 inches lone 

 and two and a halfe broad . others did not 

 exceed 3 inches in length, and thefe were 

 not two inches broad - y and fomealfo were 

 much Icfle and narrower than thefe^fpeci- 

 ally thofe that were found mixed with the 

 berries,differing according to the place, in 

 the boughs or branches which they pofleft 



I obferued none amongft them which bad 





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fnipt leaues.but fmoorh, with many Cmzll 

 veins running obliquely from the middle 

 rib to the fides, with their points now nar- 

 rower, other whi les broader and roundtih j 

 they were of a brownifli afb colour f of a 



fuifficient acride tafte : the branches which were added to the reft were flender,quadrangular,coue 



red with a batk of an afh colour,and thofe were they of a yeares growth j for thofe that 

 after- growth were brownifh.and they jiad yet remaining the prints where the leaues h 



were oi an 

 had growne, 



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which for the moft part were one againft another, and thefe alio were of an acride tafte, as well as 

 the leauel,and of novngratefull fmell. 



I receiued the fame fruit fome yeres before,but without the ftalks,with this queftion propoun-' 

 ded by him which fent it,^» Amomum ? And certainly the faculties of this fruit are not very much 

 ▼nlike thofe which Diefiorides attributes tohis Amomum -for ithath an beating aftri&iue and dry- 

 ing facultie,and I think it may perform thofe things whereto Diejcor ides, Uy.i.cap.i^. faith his « 

 good ; yet this wanteth fome notes which he giues vnto his,as the leaues of Bryonie,&c. 



But 1 more diligently confidcring this Exotick fruit, finde fome prime notes which doemucli 

 loue me (for I will ingenioufly profelTe what I thinke)to judge it the GarjofhjUon of itator be, 

 WftMatMl. 1 2 .^.7. after he hath treated of Pepper, addes thefe words j Cohere isbefides in the 

 Indies a thing like to the Pepper corn, which is called GaryoMon, but more great and fragiljtney 

 affirm it growes in an Indian groue,it is brought ouer for the fmells fake. ] Though this deienp- 

 tion be briefe and fuccinft,neither containes any faculties of the fruit it felfe, yet J 1 hatb maD " e " 

 notes,whicb,compared with thofe which the fruit I here giue you poflefle,you fhal find ™va«cry 

 likens comparing them to Pepper corns a yet bigger and more fragil,as for the moft part thele - 

 ries are : their fmell is alio very pleafing,and commeth very neere to that of Cloves 5 aw tor 

 fmels fakeonly they were brought ouer in Plimes time. I found,this fruitbeing chewed rnaa ei 

 breath to fmell wel ; and it is crcdible,that it would be good for many other purpoles,» triai w 



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