t Iru(lm Palmattni. 
The fruit of the Cone- Date) 
little finger, here and there fet with a few 
crooked pricks;the leaues within fome hand- 
full or two ofthe flalke are ciit vp and made 
into little befomes, which are fold in many 
glafTefhopshere in London. | 
2 The wilde Dare tree that brings forth 
cones or key-clogs, is of moll: trauellers into 
the Indies thought to be barren of Datcs,ex- 
cept fometimes it yeeldeth forth fome fmall 
berries like vnto Dares, but dry, and nothing 
worth This tree groweth to the height and 
bigneffe of a low tree the trunke or body 
whereof is foft,of a fungous or pithy fub- 
flance,vnfit for building, as is the manured 
Date tree: the branch it felfe was brought 
vnto vs from the Indies, dry & void ofleaues, 
wherefore we muftdeferibe the leaues by re- 
port ofthe bringer. Thebranches (faith my 
Author) are couered ouer with long flaggie 
Ieaues,hangingdowneof a great length like 
thofe of the Date tree : the branches are alfo 
couered with a fcaly or fcabbed barke , verie 
rough, one fealeor plate lying ouer another, 
as tiles vpon a houfe : the fruit growes at the 
end ofthe branches, not vnl ike a great Pine 
Apple cone, couered ouer with askinne like 
the Indian Nut : wherein is contained a fhel, 
within which fhellliethhidan acorn or long 
Mtnmnamm a kernel! 
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