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Chap. 138. Of Talma QhriJIL 
The Definition >, 
R 'lcinus ,Palm/tChriJli,0'[ Kik hath a great round hollow ftalke fine cubits high, of a 
browne colour, died with a blcwifh purple vpon grcene. Theleauesare great and 
large, parted into fundry fcAions or diuifions, fafhioned like the leaues ofa fig-tree, 
bur greater, fpred or wide open like the hand ofamanyand hath toward the top a bunch of fioures 
cluttering together like a bunch of grapes, whereof the lowed' are ofa pale yellowcolonr, and wi- 
ther away without bearing any fruit ; and the vppermOft are reddilh, bringing forth three cornered 
hushes which containe feed as big as a kidney beane, of the colour and ihapeofacertainevernjine 
which haunteth cattell, called a Tik. 
2 This Palma chrifti of America growes vp to the height and bigneffeofa fmallrree or hedge 
fhrub, of a wooddy fubftance, whofe fruit is c-xprefled by the figure, being ofthebignes ofa great 
beane, fomewhat long, and ofa blackifh cotour, rough and fcaly . 
1 Rictmts. 
Palma Chrifti. 
a Ricinus Americanus . 
Palma Chrifti of America! 
