Of the Hiftery of Plants.’ 
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Chap. £7. Of b ox Thome >and the iuice thereof called Ljcium. 
j -j-v Ox Thorne is a rare plant, in fhape not vnlike the Box tree,vvhereofit hath beene recko- 
[|ned foravvildekinde, hailing many great branches fet full of round and thicke leaues, ve- 
■*ry like that of the common Box tree : amongft which grow forth rnoft fharpe pricking 
thornes : the floures grow among the leaues, which yeeld forth fmall blacke berries of a bitter taft, 
as big as a pepper come : the iuice whereof is fomewhat oilie,and of a reddifh colour- which bitter 
iuice being fet on fire, doth burne with a maruellous cracking and fparkling^the afhes thereof are of 
a red colour : it hath many wooddie roots growing aflope. 
r Lycium,pvc Pyxacantha. % 2 Lycium Hifianimm. 
2 The other kinde of Pyxacantha or Lycium t groweth like vnto the common Priuet,hauing fuch 
like leaues, but fomewhat narrower : the tops of the flender fprigs are furnifhed with prickles: the 
toot is tough, and of a wooddie fubftance. 
They grow in Cappadocia and Lycia,and in many other countries : it profpereth in rough pla- 
ces, it hath likewife been found inLanguedoc,and Prouence in France : Bellonius writeth that hes 
found it in Paleftina. 
Mxtthiolus pidhireth for Box Thorne, a plant with box leaues, with very many boughes, and cer- 
taine thornes Handing among them : but the notable Herbarift Anguillan t and others, hold opinion, 
that it is not the rightpvith whom we alfo doagree. 
There is dravvne out of the leaues and branches of box Thorn,or as Pliny faith, out of the boughs 
and roots being throughly boi led, a iuice, which is named Lycium. 
Diofioridcs faitb,that the leaues and branches muff be braied^and the infufion made many daies 
2 ‘he Vefcripion. 
Box Thorne. 
Spanifh Box Thorne, 
The Place. 
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