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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Chap. 60. Of the fruitleffe Priuet. 
The Defer ip ion. 
1 'T'His fbrubbybufh, called of Pliny and Carolus Cluftus, ALternus, groweth vpto a fmall 
1 hedae tree in forme likevnto a baftard Priuet ; but the leaues are more like thofe of 
Hex orthe French Oke, yet ftiffer and rounder than thofe of MacM . amongft which come forth 
tufts of green i fli yellow floures like thofe of the Lentiske tree : vnder and among the leaues come 
fo h the berries like thofe of Uurus Term, in which are contained two kernels like to the Acmes 
or ftonesofthe Grape. 
r \_AUterms Plinij , 
Fruitleffe Priuet. 
1 t^ilaternui humilier. 
The lower fruitleffe Priuet. 
2 The fecond kinde of ALternus is likewife a fruitleffe kinde of Priuet, hailing narrow leaues 
fomewhatfnipt about the edges: from the bofomes whereof come forth fmall herby coloured 
floures • which being vaded, there fucceedeth the fruit, whereof Auicen fpeaketh, calling it by the 
name F war as, being a fruit in bigneffe and forme like thofe in (hops called Cocculus-incti, and may 
be the fame for any th ing that hath been written to the contrarie. This fruit hangeth as it were in 
a darke afh-coloured skin or huske, which inclofetha (lender ftiffe fhell like the fhell ofanut, co- 
ueredwith athinorblacke filme, whether itbe the fruitofthis plantit is not cenfured ; notwith- 
(landing you fhall finde the figure hereof among the Indian fruits, by the name F agar as. 
This hath fhorter branches and rounder leaues than the former : the floures are larger and 
greener • to which fucceed fruit cluftering .together, firft greene, then red, and afterwards blacke, 
and confiftingof three kernells : it floures in Februarie and the beginning of March, and growes m 
fundry places of S paine. The fruit of this is not the Floras, neither doth the F agar at mentioned 
by our Author any way agree with the Cof cuius Itidi of the {bops, as {hall be {hew ed hereafter in 
their fitplces. $ . 
The Place. 
Thefe plants do grow in the (hadowie woods of France, and are ftrangers in England. 
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