1514- Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Li B .^ 
but not fo pleafant as the Figs of Spaine • notvvithftanding they are goodto be eaten and withal 
very whoifome. ’ 
Arbor ex Got, fine Indict. 
The arched Indian Fig tree. 
7 he Place , 
This wondrous tree groweth in diners pla-' 
ces of the Eaft Indies, efpecially neere vnto 
Goa,and alfo in Malaca:it is allranger in 
moll parts of the world. 
7 be 7 ime. 
This tree keepeth his leaues green winter 
and Sommer. 
7 be Names. 
This tree is called of thofe that haue tra- 
velled, Ficus Indica , the Indian Fig . and Ar. 
bor Goa, of the place where it groweth in grea- 
ted plenty : we may call it in Englifh the ar- 
ched Fig tree. 
t Such as delire to fee more of this Fig 
tree, may haue recourfe to Clufius his Ext 
ticks, lib. i .cap. i .where he fhewes it was men- 
tioned by diners antient Writers, as 9. Cur. 
tius,hb, 9 . Pli„ . Hb. i 2 . ca. 5 . Strabo, lib.^.ani 
Theophr, Hijl. plant, lib. 4. cap .5. by the name 
ol Ficus Indica. $ 
7 he Temperature and Venues'. 
We haue norhing to write of the tempe-' 
ratureor vermes of this tree, of our ovvne 
knowledge : neither haue wee receiued from 
others more, than that the fruit hereof is ge- 
nerally eaten, and that without any hurt at 
alljbut rather good,and alfo nourifhing. 
Chap; i 36. 
Of Mams ajTpple tree, or the JVeftMianTlantaine. 
The Defcription, / 
hath attained to the height of fix o/feuen cubitT ° f f C v, S 5 1 -” c C ° fa ^ jVvhen ic 
notwithftandingitmaybecutdovvnewirhonl ft ^ 1 r V the bl g nefle of a mans thigh, 
euen with as much eafeas the root of 1 Radifb or C ^ ^? rdj ,° r two or tbree cuts with a knife, 
threddy root rife imn^AXm^W^S 1 U ; ^ 3 thicke 
tunes more, according to the foile where it groweth ^d f 3nd 3 halfe ’ forae - 
ficient to wrap a childe in of rwn 1 , Cl,blt and more broad, of bignes fuf- 
colour, hauing a broad rib running thoroiv i^ Mandrake > of an ouerworn green 
AftheextremeVSffiriteri ^ 16 there ° f;whicb Katies, whether by reafon 
that there is nothing thereof left or to be far \t natu ^ e ’‘" September are fo dry and withered, 
thefe leaues rileth trunk^whemon^nHi ^ ? e , ™ ddle rib ‘ From them.ddeft of 
oft; as alfo thofe next the o round hv m Mn dotIl f!' olv ^ )ellk e leaues, which the peopledocut 
therwife would remaite^^ and^bafe^^t^tti^m 1 to . tbe beJ § bt °f a tree/which o. 
vntill itcometoacertaineheio-hr ahmie rfi*’ 1 ™ a u ne t Glutting theyvfefrom time to time, 
the fruit. In the middeft of the to’n ,moro 1 ° Ptke E,e P banf > which greedily feeketh after 
whereon dogrowdiuers apples in foimr n the ' leal ] e s commethfortha foftand fungous llumpe, 
• - PPkS Xn f ° rme Jlke 3 fma11 Cucumber, and of the famebigneffe,couered 
