Lie. j. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1553 
Sengreene, fomevvhat fharpe and prickly about the edges : the ftalke is round, carrying at the top 
therof one fruit ofa ycllowifh colour when it is ripe,ofthe bignes ofa Melon, couered with a fcalc- 
like rinde:the fmcll is gratefull, fo.newhat 1 ike that of the Malocotone : at the top of the fruit, and 
fometimes below it come forth fuch buds as you lee here prefented in the figure, which they let in 
the ground and preferue the kind by in ftead-offeed.-the meat of this fruit is fweet &very pleafant of 
tafte,8c yeelds good nourifhment; there arecertaine final! fibres in the meat thereof, which though 
they do not offend the mouth, yet hurt they the gums of fuch as too frequently feed thereon. 
16 The forme ofthis is fo ne.vhac llrange.for it is like a large Poppy head cut otfnigh the top: 
the fubftance thereof was membranous and wrinckled, of a bro.vnifh colour, very fmooth : the cir- 
cumference at the top is about nine inches, and fo it gro ves fmallerand fmaller euen tothc ftalke* 
which feems to bane carrieda floure whereto this fruit fucceedcdrthe top of the fruit was euen,and 
in it were orderly placed 24.cauities.in each whereof was contained a little Nut like an Acorn, al. 
moft an inch long, and as much thick-thevpper partwasofa brownilh colour, & the kernel within 
was rank and all mouldy .Clufius could learne neither whence this came, nor ho vvi grew, but with 3 
great dealeof probability thinks it may be that which the Anrients described t>y the name of Fata 
vEryptia. 
17 The former of thefe two Chip as receiuedby the nameofOw Cypote^hzt is the Nut Cypote: 
It is of a dusky browne colour, fmooth, and fhiriing, but on the lower part of an afii colour, rough, 
which the Painter did not well exprefte in drawing the figure. The ; . hee receiucd by the name of 
K^tlmcn lrM del Ptru, (i.) Almonds of Peruithe fiaell was like in colour and fubftance to that of an 
almond, and the keraell not vnl ike neither in fubftance nor tafteiyet the forme of the Ihell was dif- 
ferent, for it was triangular, with abacke ftandingvp,and two (harp fides.and thefe very rough. 
j. 8 This was the fruit ofa large kind of Convolvulus which the Spaniards called Buenos noches i 
or Goodnight, becaufe the floures vfe to fade as foone as night came.The feeds were of a footy co- 
lour as big as large Peafe, being three of them contained in a skinny three cornered head. You may 
fee more hereof in Clufius.Exot.llb. 2. cap. 18. 
i*> This is the figure ofa fquare fruit which Clufius coniefhires to bane been fome kind of In- 
dian Nut or Coco: it wascouered with a fmooth rinde,was feuen inches long, and afootandhalfe 
about, being foure inches and a halfe from fquare to fquare. 
20 About Bantam in the Eaft Indies grovves a tall tree fending forthmany branches, which 
arc fet thicke with leaues long and narrow .bigger than thofe of Rofemary:it carries cods fix inches 
long,and fine about, couered with a thin skin.wrinckled and iliarp pointed, which open themfelues 
from below into fine parts, and are full ofa foft woolly or Cottony matter, wherewith they ftuffe 
cufhions.pillowes and the like, and alfo fpin fome for certaine vfes: amongft the downe lye blacke 
feeds like thofe of Cotton, but Idle, and not faftened to the downe. 
2 1 This which Cf/fcills Palma fhcciftra,ox the Bag Date, becaufe it carries the figure of an Hip- 
pocras bag, was found in a defart Ifland in the Antlantick ocean, by certaine Dutch manners who 
obferued whole woods thereof ithefe bags were fome of them 2 2 . or more inches long, and fome 
feuen inches broad in the broadeft place, ftrongly woue with threds crofting one another.ofa brow- 
nifh yellow colour. Thele lachels(as they report who cut them from the tree) were filled with fruit 
of the bignefle ofa Walnut huske and alhwithin thefe were others, as round as if they had bin tor- 
tied, and fo hard that you could fcarce breake them with a hammenin the midft of thefe were white 
kernels, tailing at the firft fotnewhac like pul fe,but afterwards bitter like a Lupine. 
22 The tree which carries this rough cod is very large.as 1 hauebeen told by diners: fome who 
fuv it in Perfia,& others that obferued it in Mauritius ICisnd.C/uftus alfo notes that they hauebin 
brought from diners places:the cod is fome three inches long, and fome two inches broad, of adu- 
skie red colour, and a!! rough and prickly: in thefe cods are contained one,two or more round nuts 
or feeds of a gray i Hi alb colour.hauing a little fpot on one fide, where they are faftened to the cod 
they are exceeding hard, and difficult to breake, but broken they drew a white kernel very bitter and 
vnpleafant of tafte.I haue feen very many and haue fome of thefe, and fome haue offered tofel them 
for Eaft Indian Beazor, whereto they haue fome fmall refemblance,though nothing in facultic like 
them(if I may credit report, which I had rather do than make tryall) for I haue been told by fome 
that they are poifonous;and by others, that they ftrongly procure vomit. 
’3 The Ionrr cod expreffed in this figure is called in the Eaft Indies (as Clufius was told) Kate 
baka, it was round, the tbicknefleof ones little finger, and fix inches Iong:the rinde was thick, black, 
hard and wrinckled.and it contained a hard pulpeofa fowrifh tafte, which they affirm was eatable. 
The other was a cod of fome inch and halfe long.and fome inch broad, membranous, rough, and 
ofa brownifh colour, (harp pointcd.and opening into two parts, and diftinguifhed with a thin film 
into fome eels, wherein were contained fcarlet Peare fafhioned 1 ittle berries, hauihg golden fpors 
efneciiilv in the middles, This grovves in Braille, and as Clufius was informed was called Daburi. 
24 In thefecond place.oftbe tenth figure and deferiprion inthisebapter you may finde the 
Pppppp ' fingle 
