Lib. 2 . Of the Hiftory of Plants. 3 61 
the toots of round <^Ariftolochta or Birthwoort in moll fine poudertwoounces,fiifficient vvaxe to 
Igiue it- a body- the which keep for thy wounded poore neighbours alfo the old and filthy vlcers 
of the legs and other partsoffuch as hauenced of helpe. 
f The figures were formerly tranfpofed. 
Chap. <5p. Of Tree jfightflude. 
AmornumPlinij . '* *^Tbe Defcnpticn. 
Tree Nightfhade. 
T His rare and pleafant Plant,calledtree Nighfi- 
fhade,i s taken of fome to be a kinde of Ginnie 
pepper, butnotrightly • of others for a kinde of 
NightfhadejVvhole judgement and cenfure I glad- 
ly admit^for that it doth more fitly anfweritboth 
in the forme and nature. It groweth vp like vnto a 
fmall fhrubbe or vvooddy hedge bu fh,two or three 
cubits higb,couered with a greenifh barke fet with 
many fmall tvviggie branches, and garnifhedwith 
many long leaues very greene,likevnto thofe of the 
Peach tree. The fioures are white, with a egrtaine 
yellow pricke or pointell in the middle, like vnto 
the fioures of garden Nightfhade. After which 
fucceede fmall round berries verie red of co- 
lour , and of the fame fubftance with Winter 
Cherries, wherein are contained little flat yellow 
feeds. The root iscompadof many fmall liairie 
yellow firings. 
*[f The Place. 
\ 
It groweth notwilde in thefe cold regions, but 
Wehaue them ih Our gardens, rather for pleafure 
than profit, or any good qua 1 ideas yetknowne. 
*7 The Time . 
It is kept in pots and tubs with earth and fuch 
like in houfes during the exttemicyofWinter,be- 
caufeit cannot indurethe coldneffe ofourcolde 
climate,and is fet abroad into the Garden in March or Aprill : it fioureth in May,and the fruit is 
ripe in September. 
‘ qr The Names. 
Tree Nightfhade is called in Latine Solarium Arborefcens of fome, Strychmdendron : and fome 
Judge it to be Amornum of Slink .-iris Pfcudocapjisum olDodonxus . 
er The Nature and. Veriues. 
We haue nor as yet any thing let downe as touching the temperature or vertues of this Plant, 
but it is referred of fome to the kindesof Ginnie pepper, but without any reafonat all ;for Ginny 
pepper though it bring forth fruit very like in fhape vnto this plant, yet in tafle moft vnlike, for 
that Capftcum or Ginny pepper is more fharpe in tafle than our common pepper , and the other 
hath no tafle of biting at all, but is like vnto the Berries of Garden Night iliade in tafle, although 
they differ in colour : which hath moued fome tocallthis plant red Nightfhade, ofthe colour of 
the berries rand Tree Nightfhade, of the wooddy fubftance which doth continue and grow from 
fyeare to yeare : and Ginnie pepper dieth at the firft approeh of Winter. 
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