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both ways to a considerable length : whereby it is fo 
matted before it is fully malted, that it cannot be opened 
without breaking . the Come. To avoid which, they pare 
off a Turff about three inches thick , and laying the 
Corn all over the bare ground, cover it with the Turff, 
till the Plot looks like a green Field, at which time, the Corn 
is well malted. Then taking it up in matted pieces, they 
dry it on a Kiln, or in the Sun. 
The SPIKE or HEAD of the EGYPTIAN MAUZE. 
Given by Sig r . Boccone ( formerly Botanic k, to the Great 
Duke of Tuskany) who brought it with him from Sicily, 
where it is frequently nurfed in Gardens. The Figgs ( as 
Acofta calls them ) here grow upon it in feveral Bunches, 
nine or ten in a Bunch 5 two inches and I long, and as 
thick as the middle Finger of a labouring man 3 being now 
fhrunk up, and perhaps alfo dwarfed by the place of its 
growth. 
This Plant, as it grows in ALgypt and the Indies, is de- 
fcribed by Tbevetm, with the Title above 5 by OvieJut, un- 
der the Name of Platanus, abfurdly received by fome, as 
himfelf noteth 3 by Pifo, who, with the Natives of Brafile, 
calls it Pacoeira 3 by Acofta, with the Name of Mufa, from 
the Arabian Mo?is. It grows three or four yards in height, 
and * of a yard (a) in compafs. Yet this Trunk, fo great, O) Theve- 
is (b) but annual. It hath Leaves above a yard and s 0v iedu< 
long, and more than * a yard broad. The Figs grow 
toward the top of the Trunk, near the fhape and bignefs of 
a midling Cucumer, fometimes one or two (c) hundred of 0) Acofta. 
them. Of a foft melting fubftance, and a fwect and moft 
delicious Taft. In Brafile, either eaten by themfelves, or 
with their Mandioca-Flower 3 boiled , or fryed (d) with Pifo. 
Butyr. 
Part of a fort of MAMBU, a great Indian Cane. In 
Baubinuss Pinax called Amndo Arbor. Defcribed by Wor- 
viim. But whereas his was black, This is of a ftraw- colour : 
and much fmaller,/c. about feven inches in compafs. Some 
of them grow nine or ten yards high. Tis hollow, quite 
through, excepting, that at every Joy nt, 'tis clofed up with 
a tranfverfe Plate or Floor. Neceffary, for the adding 
ftrength and fturdinefs proportionable to fo great a 
height. 
