Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Li b. 3. 
fidevpwards. 3. The fame cut through the middle long wayes. 4. The fame cut fide way es.' 
1 hauebeen told (but how certaine it is I know not) that the floures which precede the fruit arc 
bell-fafhioned, and ofa blew colour. Icouldobferue no feed in the fruit; it maybe it was be- 
caufe it had been cut from the ftocke fo long before it came to maturitie. ThisPlantis foundin 
many places of Alia, Africke, and America, efpecially in the hot regions : you may find frequent 
mention of itamongft the fea voyages to the Eaft and Weft Indies, by the name of Plantaines,or 
Plat anus, Bannanas ,Bonnanas , Boutinas, Bananas, Foco,&c. fome (as our Authorhath faid) hauc ind- 
eed it the forbidden fruit; other- fome, the Grapes brought to Mofes out of the Holy-land, t 
CMufafrutitu cxaclior Icon. 
An exafter figure of the Plantaine fruit. 
^ The place. 
This admirable tree growethin Egypt, Cyprus, and Syria, neere vnto a chiefe city there called 
Alep, which we call Aleppo 5 and alfo by TripoIis,not far from thence : it groweth alfo in Cana- 
ra, Decan, Guzarate,and Bengala, places of the Eaft Indies. 
«y The Time. 
From the root of this tree fhooteth forth yong fprings or fhoots, which the people take vpand 
plant for the increafe in the Spring of the yeare. The leaues wither away in September, as is aboue 
faid. 
up The Names. 
It is called Mu fa by fuch as trauell to Aleppo : by the Arabians, Mu fa Maum : in Syria, Oltofe 
The Grecians and Chriftians which inhabit Syria, and the Iewes alfo, fuppofe it to be that treeof 
whofe frui t Adam did tafte ; which others thinke to be a ridiculous fable : of Pliny, Opuntia. 
It is called in the Eaft Indiesfas at Malauarwhere it alfo groweth) Palau : in Malayo/iorw .and 
in that part of Africa which we call Ginny, Bananas : in Englifh, Adams Apple tree. 
The Temperature. 
Diofcorides and Serapio iudge, that it heateth in the end of the firft degree, and moiftneth in the 
end of the fame. 
TheVertues. 
A The fruit hereof yeeldeth but little nourifhment :it is good for theheateof the breaft, lungs, 
and bladder: it ftoppeth the liuer, and httfteth the ftomacke if too much of it be eaten, and pro- 
curerh 
