The thirteenth Bookeof 



Chap. xix. 



^ of Palmm, the IPomegranate^ and the flower of the Pomegranate 



He region Cyrcnaica in AffrickCj maketh more aecount of their Paliurus than of Lotus : 

 for thePaliurus fhooteth forth more twigs andbrawnches, and hath a redder fruit than the 

 Lotus. Befides, the fruit and thekerneli be eaten apart : and in truthjpleafant it is of it felfe 

 alone^ but more pleafant with wine ; yea and the juice thereof giveth a better taft to wine^ ifit be 

 put into it. The inland parts of Affricke (as farre as to the Garamants ^nd the deferts) bee well 

 planted with Date trees faire and great, bearing goodly and pleafant Dates^and thofe efpecially 

 in that quarter of Barbaric which lieth about the templpiof Hdmmoth But the territorie H 

 of Carthage challengcth toitfelfethe Punicke apple: fomc call it the Pomegranat : and they 

 have made, feverall kindes thereof , calling that Apyrinon^ which hath no woodie or hard ker- 

 nell within: andindeedjthefcPomegranats are naturally more white, the graines within more 

 pleafant, and divided with membranes and pellicles betweene, nothing fo bitter as the other ; 

 forinboth forts they bee framed and fafbioned within, like to honey-combes. As for thofe 

 Pomegranates which have fuch kernels or ftones, there bee five kinds of them, to wit, fweete, ^ 

 fower, temperate betweene both, ftypticke or auftcre, and tailing of wine. But the Pomegranats 

 of Samos and ^gypt, have this difference one from another , That fome have red flowers on 

 thehead^aiidbe therefore called Eryrhrocoma -. others are white, and fuch they name Leuco* 

 coma. The rind of fbwer Pomegranats, is becter for tanners and curriours to drefTe.their leather J 

 with,than of the reft. The flower is called Balauftium5both medicinable and alfo good for to die 

 cloth 5 and hereof commeth the colour jPuniceus [/. a light red or a bay] taking the name of the 

 apple Punicke or Pomegranate, • ~ 



Chap. xx. 

 ^ of the Shrubs mi^fuavd Greece, 



IN Aiia and dreece there grow certaine fhrubs, to wltjEpipa^iiSjwhich fome call Elleborine, 

 with fmall leaves^ which being taken in dnnke are good againft poifon, like as the leaves alfo 

 *lUzuhiOr of ^Eticewithitandthe ftuigingof lerpents, 



Lingb. 



Chap. XX i. 



^ of ThjmeUa or Chdmekn^Tragacanth ^ ofT r4gmm or Scorpio, 

 Alfo ofMjnce^BrjA^ ntid Galla, 



THe fhrub or buili which beareththegraine Gnidium,that fome call Linum, is after ibme 

 writers named Thymelaea, according to others ChameUa: there bee that call it Pyros- 

 achne :fome againe give it the name of Cnefton, others of Cueoiros.This plant howibe- 

 ver it be named, refembleth the wild olive, but ttiat the leaves be narrower and gummie to the 

 teeth, if a man bite them: for height and bignes anfwerable to the Myrtle: the feed thereof is for ^ 

 , colour and fafhion,like to the graine of wheat, and ferveth onely tor Phyficke. 



As touching the plant Tragium, iris to be found in the Hand Candie only. It hatharefem- 

 blance of the Terebinth, like as the feed alfo, which (by report) is moft excellent and effeduall 

 to heale wounds made by darts or arrowes.The fame lland hath the buili f ragacanth growing 

 in it, the root whereof is like to that of Bcdegnar : and the fameTxagacanthis much preferred 

 before that wliich groweth either in Media or Achaia,A pound of Itagacanth is worth thirteen 

 deniersRomane. As for the plant Tragium or Scorpio, it groweth likewifein Alia. A kind of 

 bramble or brier it is with©ut any leaves^bearing fruit of berries much like to red grapes, wher- 

 of there is good ufe in Phyficke. 



, Touching Myricc, which others call Tamarix; and AchaiaBrya the wild 5 Italie bringeth it y[ 

 forth :thisfpeciallpropertie it hath, that the came kind therof only, namely that which gioweth 

 ingardens,beareth a fruit like the galls.In Syria & ^gypt this grower h plenteoufly,& the wood 

 thereof we call Vnhappie :but the more unluckie & unfortunate be dsole of Greece : for tiiCre 

 groweth Oflrys, named alfo Ol^ryaja fc^Iitarie tree about waterie and moifl rocks^ having barke 



and 



