1544 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Li 
B. 
3* 
The Time. 
It keepeth greene both Winter and Sommer in my garden, without any couertureatall not. 
witbftandingtheiniurie ofourcoldclymat. ‘ 
^ The Names. 
It is reported vnto me by Trauellers, that the Indians do call it in fome parts, CManihot, but ge. 
nerally Yucca and Iticca .• it is thought to be the plant called of TheUhraft its, dr echidna ■ and of pi%i 
^Aracidna. 3 
The Temperature. 
This plant is hot and dry in the fir ft degree, which is meant by the feces or drolTe, when the poi, 
fonous iuice is prelTed or drained forth, and is alfo dry in the middle of the fecond degree. ^ ' 
Chap. 156. 
Of the fruit zfnacardium^ and Qaious t or Qaioeut, 
•J The Defer iption. 
T H P annent writers hat, e been very btiefe in the hiftorie of Anacardium : the Grecians haue tots 
aneind rnS ^ "Tj °/Tf' takln § the "a™ from the likeneffe it hath of an heart both h 
SaS f h ’ Ca ^ ° f the ^ ort, :'S aIs that inhabit che Eaft Indies, Taua de -Malaga the bean 
" ; J bein g greene and as it hangeth on the tree, it refembleth a Beane, fauing that it is 
much bigger : but when they be dry they are ofa Ihining black ifh colour, containing between he 
ou vvardrmdeandthekernell (wji.cbis likean Almond; acettaine oile’of a iha pf cauSeS 
^Anacardium. 
The Beane of Malaca. 
Caioue. 
The kidney Beane of Malaca. 
th£:S £ S F°T h V H 3 trec J °/ the bi gneffe of a Peare tree : the leaues are much liketo 
B&&S&pg?sestBst3£ 
, , or Fi- 
wherein is t h e i r c h i e / rl ^ W — ? reac . deI j§ h b affirming that it prouoketh Veneric, 
ter : neere vnto whiS Tend, 1 15 contained in long cods like thofeof Beans, but grea- 
fmell, fpongiouTwTthS anexctefcence like vntoan apple, very yellow, ofa food 
fweet in tafte. at the one’end n “!!° ’ f ^f^n eS ,or^in es at all, fomewhat 
hath bin reputed of fome for th c fmft ^ Pc f arefa . rhl0n > or llke a Jl 'ttle bottle , which 
Apple. fruit, but not rightly j fpr it is rather an excrefcence, as is the oke 
and DecanV The latefin Brafik °^ e Eaft IndleSj especially in Cm a nor, Calecute, Cambaya, 
U Tit. 
