C J be (jar den of p leaf ant Flowers. 
fprcading into many fmall and (lender branches, here and there fet with thorncs , and 
with many very faire greenc (hining leaues , like in forme and bignefle vnto the leaues 
of the larger Myrtle before deferibed , euery one hauing a fmall reddidi foote-ftalke 
vpon thefe branches : among the leaues come forth here and there , long , hard, and 
hollow reddifh cups, diuided at the brimmes , wherein doe (land large (ingle flowers, 
euery one confiding of one whole leafe,fmaller at thebottorae then at the brimme, 
like bels, diuided as it were at the edges into fiue or fix parts , of an orient red or crim- 
fon colour in the hotter Countries • but in this it is much more delayed , and tenderh 
neare vntoablu(h,with diuers threads in the middle. The fruit is great and round, ha- 
lting as it were a crowne on the head of it, with athicke tough hardskinne or rinde, of 
a brownifh red colour on the outfide^tnd yellow within, ftuffed or packt full of fmalf 
graines, euery one encompaft with a thin skin, wherein is contained a clcare red iuyee 
orliquor, either of a fweet (as I faid before) or fower tafte , or betweenc them both of 
a winie tafle : the rootc difperfeth it (elfe very much vnderground. 
2 .Balaujlium maim put Malm Tunic* filucflru maitr. 
The greater wilde or double bloflomd Poracgranet tree. 
ThewildePomegranctislikevntothc tame in the number of purplifh branches, 
hauing thornes , and (hining faire greene leaues , fomewhat larger then the for- 
mer : from the branches likewife (hootc forth flowers, farre more beautifull then 
thofeof the tame or manured fort, becaufe they are double, and as large as a double 
Prouince Rofe, or rather more double, of an excellent bright crimfon colour, tending 
to a filken carnation, (landing in bro wnifli cups or fauskes, diuided at the brims vfually 
into foure or fiue feuerall points, like vnto the former, but that in this kinde there neuer 
followeth any fruit, no not in the Country, where it is naturally wilde. 
3 . "BaUnHium minus. The fmaller wilde Pomegranet tree. 
This fmaller kinde diflfereth from the former in his leaues, being of a darker greenc 
colour, but not in the height of the ftemme, or purpliftinefle of his branches, or thorns 
vpon them ; for this doth (hew it fclfc more like vnto a wilde kind then it : the flowers 
hereof are much fmaller, and not fothickc and double, of a deeper or fadder red O- 
rengc tawny colour, fet alfo in fuch like cups or huskes. 
The Place. 
The tame ormanured kinde groweth plentifully in Spaine, Portugall,' 
and Italy, and other in other warmeandhotcountries. Wee (as I faid be- 
fore^ preferuc it with great care. The wilde I thinke was neuer feenein 
England, beforelohnTradefcantemy very louing good friend brought it 
from the parts beyond the Seas, and planted it in his Lords Garden at 
Canterbury. 
The Time. 
They flower very late with vs, that is, notvntill the middle or end of 
Auguft,and thecold eueningsot frofts comming fofoone vponit, doth 
notonely hinder it from bearing, but many times the (harpe winters fo 
pinch it, thatitwitherethit downe to the ground, (othat oftentimes it 
hardly fpringethagainc. 
The Names. 
The name Malus Punic a for the tree, and Malam Punicum for the fruit , or 
Malm Granata, and Malum Granatum, is the common name giuen vnto this 
tree, which is called in Englilh the Pomegarnetor Pomegranet tree. The 
flowers of the tame kinde arc called Cytini, as Diofcorides faith, although 
Pliaic feemeth cither to make Cjtinnt to be the flower of the wiidekindc,or 
Balaustium 
