1520 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. . L1B.3. 
kerncll of an inch long, and fometimes longer, very hard to be broken, in tafte like the Cheftnur • 
which the fauage people do grate and ftampe to pouder to make them bread. 
, The PUce. 
T beofhnjtm faith the firft grovves in Candy, but much more plentifully in Cilicia, and are now 
found in certaine places of Italy by the lea fide, and alfo in diuers parts of Spaine. 
The other hath been found by trauellers into the Weft Indies, from whence haue bin brought 
the naked branches with the fruit. , b 
The Time. 
The timeanfvvereth that of the manured Date tree. 
The Names. 
The little Date tree orwilde Date tree is named of Theophrajlus, : in Naples, Cephalic- 
ne . in Latine commonly Palmites. Thar which is found in the midft of the yonglprings, and is 
vied to be eaten jn banquets, is called xn Greeke, 'ftantut ; in Latin c^Palwa cerebrum , brain 
of the Date tree. 
The T emperature and Vcrtues. 
A , Galen fuppofeth that the brain of the Date tree confifteth of fundry parts, that is to fay,ofa rcr- 
taine waterie and warme fubftance, and of an earthy and cold , therefore it is moift and cold with 
a certaine aftri dfion or binding qua litre. 
B Beirt| taken as a meat it ingendreth raw humors and winde,and therefore it is good to be eaten 
with pepper and fait. 
Chap. ijp. Of the drunken Date tree. 
jireca, fiue Faufel. 
The drunken Date tree. 
cr The Defcriptionl 
t T*'He drunken Date tree, which Carolus Clufius calleth Faufel, is an Indian tree of a great bignes,' 
the timberwhereofisvery fofc and fpongious, exceeding fmooth and plaine vnto a great 
height, 
