L i B. 3. 
Of the Hiitorie of Plants, 
a pleafant fweet fmell, like thofe of the Bay-tree: the floures heteofare whiter than thofe of the 
Citron tree, and of a moft fweet fmell : the fruit is long and thicke, leffer r han the Pome Citron : 
the rinde is yellow,fomewhat bitter in tafte, and fweet of fmell : the pulpe is white, more in quan- 
tise than that of the Citron, refpefting the 'bignes ; in the middle partwhereof is conteined more 
foft fpungie pulpe, and fuller of foure juice : the feeds are like thofeofthePome Citron. 
3 The Orenge tree groweth vp to the height of a fmall Peare tree, hauing many thornie 
boughes or branches, like thofe of the Citron tree : the leaues arealfo like thofeof the Bay- tree, 
t but that they differ in this, that at the lower end next the ftalke there is a leffer leafe madeal- 
moft after the vulgar figure of an heart, whereon thebigger lcafedoth Band, or is fallned:f & they 
are of a fweet fmell : the floures are white, ofa moft pleafant fweet fmell alfo: the fruit is round 
likea balf,euery circumftance belonging to the forme is very well knowne to all ; the tafte is 
foure, fometimes fweet, and often ofa tafte betweene both : the feeds are like thofe of the Limon. 
■? MiiUu nr antis. 4 Malm 
The Orange tree. The Affyrian Apple tree. 
AfTyrian Apple tree i s like vnto the Orange tree : the branches are like : the leaues are 
greater: the floures are like thofe of the Citron tree: the fruit is round, three times as big as the 
Orange : the barke or peeling is thicke, rough, and of a pate yellow colour, wherein appeare often 
as it were fmall clifts orcrackes : the pulpeor inner fubftance is full of iuice , in tafte fharpe,as 
that of the Limon, but not Co pleafant : the feeds are like thofe of the Citron. 
*J The Place. 
The Citron, Limon, and Orange trees do grow efpecially on the fea coaftsofIra!y,andon the 
Hands of the Adriaticke Turrhene,andalfo^Egoean Seas, & likewifeon the maine land, neer vnto 
meeres and great lakes : there is alfo great ftore of them in Spaine,but in places efpecially joining 
to the fea, or not farre off : they are alfo found in certaine prouinces of France which lie vpon the 
midland fea. They were firft brought out of Media, as not onely Plinie writeth,but alfo thePoec 
Virgil affirmeth in the fecond book of his Georgickes, writing of the Citron tree after this maner : 
M ediet fert trifles fttccos , tare/tenifue ftporem 
F elicit mdi , quo non prxfentiue vltum, 
Poculxfi quando fat# infcccre notterex. 
Mifcutruntcfui 
