the Hiftory of Plants. 
Mf©S. 
Oenopliitfion ftinofa. 
The great luiubes tree; 
by reafon of the too much moiflure of the fea- 
fon, which caufes it to become vWarme-eaten. 
The Thorny kinde is defcribed by Alpinuspv ho 
rightly iudges it the Connarus of Odthenetas^ but 
the figure hegiues is not very accurate. That 
which wants prickles growes (as well as the 
pricklyonejin Asgypt and Syria, as alfo in the 
city Rhetimo in Candy.whither it was brought 
out of Syria. 
Thehiftorieof both thefe trees is in Sera- 
ph by thenameof Sadar • but he, according to 
his cuftome confounds it with the Lotus of Di- 
efcorides, from which itvery muchdiffers. Bello, 
rnus inhis fecond booke , and 79.chap.of his 
Obferuations, reckons vp Ifapeca amongft the 
trees that are alwaies gteene : which is true, in 
thofe that grow in Egypt and Syria ; but falfe 
in fuch as grow in Candy . That tree in 
vEgypt and Syria is called Ntp , or Nap . 
i^Alpin us calls it Paliurus i^tbenut, or Nak- 
ed 'stipyptiorum , thinking it (as I formerly 
faid) the Connarus mentioned in the 14. booke 
ofAthenaus his Deipnofophifts. 
The Venues out of Alpinus. 
The fruit is of a cold and dry facultie, and 
thevnripe ones are frequently vfed to ftreng- 
then the ftomackc, and flop tasks : the iuice of 
them being for this purpofe either taken by the 
mouth .or injected by clyfter : of the fame frui C 
dried and macerated in water, is made an infufi- 
on profitable againft the relaxation and vlcera 
tionof the guts. 
B 
The decoction or infufionof the ripe'drkd 
fruit, is ofaveiy frequent vfc againft all pefti- 
lent feuers : for they affirme that this fruit hath 
a wonderfull efficacie againft venenate qualities, and putrifadfion, and that itpowerfully ftreng 
thens the heart. 
Alfo the iuice of the perfectly ripe fruit is very good to purge choler forth or the ftomacke and 
firftveinys : and they willingly vfe an infufion made of them in all putride feuers to mitigate their 
heateor burning. 
HAP. 
14. Of the Per fan Plum. 
The Defcription, 
I "Tp His tree is thought by Clupus (to whom I am beholden for the hi 11 one and figure) to be 
1 the Pcrfea arbor mentioned by Pliny and Pint arch, hut he fomewhat doub ts whither it be 
that which is mentioned by Tbeopbraflus . Diojcorides alfo, Galen and Strabo 'make mention ot the 
Pcrfea arbor and they all make it a treealwaies greene, hauinga longifh fruit {hut vp in the 1 fhell 
and coat of an Almond : with which how this agrees you may fee by this defcription of Clufius. 
This tree (faith he) is like to a Pearc tree,fpreading it felfe far abroad,and being alwaies green, 
hauing branches ofa yellowifh green colour. The leaues are like thofe of the broadeft leaned Bay- 
tree,greeneaboiie, and ofagrayifti colour vnderneath, firm, hailing fomenerues running obliquely 
ofa good tafte and fmell,vet biting the tongue with a little aftriaion. The fioures are like thofe of 
the Bay, growing many shicke together, and confift of fix fmall whitifh yellow leaues. The fruit at 
the firft is like a Plum, and afterwards it becomes Peate fafhioned, of a blacke colour,and pleafan t 
tafte : it hath in it a heart fafhioned kernel!, in tafte notvnlike a Chefnut,or fweet Almond. I found 
it flouring in the Spring, and I vnderftood the fruit was ripe in Autumne. by the relation of S^£. 
