Li a. 3. Of the Hiftory of Plants. *545 
T berime. 
Thefe trees floure and flourifh Winter and Sommer. 
The Names. 
Their names haue been touched in their deicriptions. The hr ft is called Aeucardittmp? the like-’ 
iieffe it hath with an heart : of the Arabians, Rdador : of the Indians, Bibo. 
The fecond is called Caieus, and is thus written, Cai'oiis , and Cams : of fome, Caiocus. 
ThcTempcraturc andFertues. 
The oile of the fruit is hot and dry in the fourth degree,it hath alfo a caufticke or corrofiue qua- j\ 
litie : it taketh away warts, breaketh apoftumes, preuaileth againft leprie, alopecia, and eafeth the 
paine of the teeth, being put into the hollownefle thereof. 
The people of Malauar do vfe the faid oile mingled with chalke, to markc their cloathes or any g 
other thing they de fire to be coloured or marked,as we do vfe chalke, okar, and red marking ftones, 
but their colour will not be taken forth againe by any manner of art wbatfoeuer. 
They a' fogiue the kernel! fteeped invvhay to them that be afthmaticke or fhort winded • and C 
when rhe fruit is yet green they fticke the fame fo fteeped againft the wormes. 
The Indians for their pleafure will gitie the fruit vpon a thorne or fome other fliarpe thing, and q 
hold itin the flame ofacandle, or anyother flame, which there will burne with fuch crackings, 
lightnings, and withall yeeld fo many ftrange colours, that it is great pleafure to the beholders 
which haue not feene the like before. 
Chap* 157. 
Of fndian tSKForrice 'Bells ^ and diners other fndian Fruits . 
The Defiription. 
npHis fruit groweth vpon a great treeofthe bigneffe of a Peare tree, full of branches, garnifhed 
with many lcaues which are alwaies greene, three or foure fingers long, and in bredth two : 
when the branches are cut oft there ilfueth a milky iuice not inferiour to the fruit in his venomous 
O 000003 qualities 
t I t^ihouay Theueti. 
Indian Morrice Bels. 
t 2 Fruchts Higuero. 
Indian Morofco bels. 
