Of the Hiftcrie of Plants. 
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The Defcription. 
t TpHe firft figure hereof fetteth forth vnto your view the cod wherein the hot fpice Iieth, 
A which we call Graines : in {hops, Gram Paradifi : it groweth, by the report of the Lear- 
ned, vpon a low herby plant: the leaues are fome foure inches' long, and three broad, with fome- 
whata thicke middle rib, from which run tranfuerfe fibres ; they much in fhape referable thofe of 
Cloues. The fruit is like a great cod or huske, in lhape like a Fig when it groweth vpon the tree, 
but of colour ru(Tet,thruft full oflmall feeds or graines of a darke reddifh colour (as the Figure 
fheweth which isdiuided) of an exceeding hot tafte. 
Cardamomi genera. 
The kindes or forts of Graines. 
A 
B 
_ . . V 7 " he Place. 
Graines grow in Ginny, and the Cardamones in all the EaflTndiec fmm .n cr> , 
vnto Cananor s it groweth in Malauar, in Ioa, and in diners other places^ h P ° rt ° f Calecute 
They fpnng vp in May,being foivne of feed and bring their fmic to ripenefle in September 
diuerTcentile? Dor ? ; o Comment , of 
It is called in Malauar, Etremetli in Zeilan Encdin Benaaii r ^ SaCC0 ! a Jt Ce & ucr 00 minus. 
mSSS”! 1 ’:* 11 ^ C "”> ™ SmJ, arc hot „„d dly tIlc 
. J Wr"“ Ch “"' d "" fo.* fom“, h= head and iiom.cke 
ftii? “ d f ” bfc «g«, and rid [be 
