348 Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
about the edges, with many vnetien fharpe corners : among thefe leaues come white round floures 
made of one piece in manner of a bell, (hutting it lelfe vpclofe toward night, as do the floures of 
the great Binde-weed,whereunto it is very like, of a fweet fmell,but fo ftrong, that it offends the 
fences. The fruit followeth round,fometimes of the fafhion of an egge, fet about on euerie part 
with mod fharpe prickles ; wherein is contained very much feed of the bigneffe of tares, and of the 
fame fafhion. The root is thicke, made of great and fmall firings : the whole plant is fovven, bea- 
reth his fruit, and perifheth the fame yeare. f There are are feme varieties of this plant, in the 
colour and doubleneffe of the floures. $ 
i Stramonium Peregrinum. % Stramonium (pinofum. 
1 This plant is rare and ftrange as yet in England : I receiued feeds thereof from lohn Robin of 
Paris, an excellent Herbarift ; which did grow and bare floures, but perilhed before the fruit came 
toripeneffe. 
2 The Thorne-apple was brought in feed from Conftantinople by the right honourable the 
Lord Edward Zoitch, and giuen vnto me,and beareth fruit and ripe feed . 
TheTime. 
The firft is to be fowen in a bed of horfe-dung, as we do cucumbers and Muske-melons. 
The other may be fovven in March or Aprill, as other feeds are. 
The Names. 
The firft of thefe Thornc-apples may be called in Latin e^Stramonia, and Pomtirn, or ■JWalnm /pi- 
nofum : o(Come,Coronaregia, and Melojpinum : The Grecians of our time name it or rather < 
ttfimmmn-, as though they fhould fay, a nut fluffing, and caufing drowfinefle and difquiet fleepe a 
the Italians, Paracocuii . it feemeth to Valerius Cordus tobe Hyofcyamus Peruvianus, or Henbane, of 
Peru : Card anus doubteth whether it fhould be inferted amongthe Night-fhades as a kinde there- 
of: of Matth'.oUis and others it is thought tobe Nux methel : Serapio,cap .575 .faith, That Nux methel 
is like vnto Nuxvomica s the feed whereofis like that ofMandrake: the huske is rough or fullof 
prickles ; thetafte pleafingand ftrong : the qualitie thereof is cold in the fourth degree. Which 
defeription agveeth herewith, except in the forme or fhape it fhould haue with Nux vomica : An- 
guillum fufpedeth it to be Hippomanes which Theocritus meiltioneth, wherewith in his fecond Eclog 
The Apple of Peru. 
Thorny Apples of Peril. 
The Place. 
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