affinitieof fmelJ it hath with Clones, as 
alfo for another caufe, which I will (hew 
hereafter. Iamts Garret in the yeare i 60 1 
fent me from London this round fruit, 
commonly bigger than Pepper comes, yet 
fome lefTe, wrinkled, ofa brownifh coIout, 
fufficiently fragile; which opened,! found 
contained a feed round, black, which might 
be diuided into two parts, of no lefTe aro- 
maticke tafle and fmell than the fruit it 
felfe, and in fome fort refembling that of 
Cloues : it growes in bunches or' clutters, 
as I conieiftured by many berries which 
yet kept their ftalks.& two or three which 
ftucke to one little ftalke.-to thefe were 
added leaues of one form, but ofmuch dif- 
ferent bignes, for fome of them were fetien 
inches long, and three broad ; fome onely 
fine inches long, and two and a half broad; 
others did not exceed 3 inches in length* 
and thele were not two inches broad ; and* 
fome a' lb were much Icfle and narrower 
than thefe, efpecially thofe that were found 
mixed with the berries, differing according 
to the place in the boughes or branches 
which they poffeft.I obferued none among 
them which had {nipt leaues, but fmootb, 
with many fmall veines running obliquely 
from the middle rib to the fides,vvith their 
points now narrower,otherwhiles broader, 
and roundifh : they were ofa brownifh afh 
colour, ofa lulhcient acrtde tafle : the branches which were added to the reft were flender quadran- 
gular, couercd with a barke of an afh colour,and thofe were they ofa yeares growth ■ for thofe that 
were of an after growth were brownifh, and they had yet remaining the prints where the leaues had 
growne, which for the mofl part were one againfl another, and thefe alfo were of an aende tafle as 
well as the leaues, and of no vngratefull fmell. 
Ireceiued the fame fruit fome yeares before, but without the flalks, and with this queflionpro- 
poundedby him which fent it, An Amrmrn ? And certainly the faculties of this fruit are not very 
much vnlike thofe which Diofcoridts attributes to his o Amomurn ; for it bath an hearing aftri&iue 
and drying facultie, and I thinke it may perforate thofe things whereto Diofcoridts , Lib* 1 . Cap. i 4 
faith his is good; yet thiswanteth fome notes which he giuesvnto his, as the leaues of Bryonie 
&c. 1 ’ 
But I more diligently confidering this Exoticke fruit, finde fome prime notes which do much 
moue me (for I will ingenuoufly profefle what I thinke) to iudge it the Gcryopfllon of Pliny ■ for 
h e,Hift.Nat. lib. i2. cap.y. after he hath treated of Pepper addes thefe words : [There is belides in 
the Indies a thing like to the Pepper corne, which is called Garyophy Hon, but more great and fragi] ; 
they affirme it growes in an Indian groue ; it is brought ouer for the fmels fake.] Though this de- 
tcription be briefe and luccin A, neither containes any faculties of the fruit it felfe, yet it hath 
manifefl notes, which, compared with thofe which the fruit I here giue you poffefTe, you Thai find 
them very like ; as comparing them to Pepper comes, yet bigger and more fragile, as for the moll 
part fhefe berries are : their fmell is alfo very plealing, and comming very neere to that of Cloues 
and for the fmells fake only they were brought ouer in Plinies time.' I found, this fruit being chew- 
ed made the breath to fmell well : and it is credible, that it would be good for many other purpo- 
fes,iftriall were made, r 
