T r i b e 4. The Theater of Tlantes. Chap.22. 4 6 % 
rie, bat that theberrie hereof is larger than the other, not oncly filling the whole skinneor bladder, but often¬ 
times breaking it, and opening into foure parts, which when it is ripe, will be greene as well as the bladder; 
faving fbmetimes that part that hath the Sunne beames moft upon it will be of a darke greenifh purple colour 5 
the whole plant is without tafte, ,yet yeelding forth at the 
!. Joints a certaine glutinous matter or juyee of a ftrong fent, like x- ». Mtcacahm vulgare & rirgwnfe. 
unto that of the Poma amoris , or Love apples : this perifheth Thc ul : dl,iai y * ind Vitgini » Winter Chcrry- 
y, every yegre in thefe colder climates, at t> e firft approach of 
\\ Winter; and whether it abideth in the naturall places, wee 
r. know not, nor to what phyficali life it is applied, or whether it 
; be ufed to be eaten. 
The Tlace. 
Thefirft groweth by the hedge fides in moift and fliadowie 
|i place, but is with usonely as I thinke cherifhed in gardens: 
tf the fecond came to us from Virginia, and grew with Mr. 
'I Tradefcant j the laft groweth in the Weft Indies , and was firft 
d brought into Spainc , and Italy , and from thence communicated 
rl firft to Camerariw as I thinke, ( for he firft fet it forth) an d af- 
d terwardstoothers. 
The Time. 
They flower not untill the middle or later end of July, and 
p the fruit is ripe about the end of Auguft, or t eginning of Sep- 
I . tember . 
The Names,' 
lofephwde Cafa bona, fent the laft fort from Florence to 
Ij Camerariw, and called it FJalicacabum, five Solanum Indicum • 
I fome others have called it Arborcfcens , and Solanum vcficarium 
1 Indicnm -,1 have added thereunto re El it to diftinguifli it from the 
l Virginian Winter Cherrie: but the ordinary kind, is one of the 
foure forts of Solana or Nighrfliades,fet forth and fpoken of by 
Dio/corides and Galeji, and one of the two of Theophrafius called 
Solanum Halicacabum j andby Pliny Veficarium ■ either of the 
bladder wherein the berrie groweth, or of the vertues, againft 
the difeafes of the bladder and ftonc. Of the Arabians Alka- 
kengiy which name the Apothecaries doe retaine to this day in 
their fhops. Brunfe/fius calleth it his Saxifraga quart a terming 
it rubra. 
The Vertues. 
Neither the Virginian nor Indian kindearc knowne to be 
ufedto helpe any griefe or difeafe. But our ordinary Winter 
Cherries are of great ufe, the leaves being cooling and may be ufed in all inflammations but not opening, as the 
berries or fruit are, which by opening theuritorie parts, and drawing downe the urine, provoke it to be avoi' 
ded plentifully when it is flopped, or when it groweth hot, flaarpe and painefull in the paflage : and is good alfo 
to expdl the ftone and gravell out of the reines, kidnies, and bladder,helping to difl'olve the ftone, and avoiding ic 
by greetc or gravell, fent forth in the urine: it helpeth much alfo to clenfe inward impoftumes.or ulcers in the 
reines or bladder, or in thofe that avoid a bloudie or foule urine. It helpeth the jaundife alfo, by opening the 
paflages of the gall and liver, and expelling it by urine. The diftilled water of the fruit, or the leaves 
together with them, or the berries greene or drie, diftilled with a little milke, is effe<Tuall to all the purpofes 
before fpecified, if it be drunke morning and evening with a little Sugar, and in fpeciall againft the heateand 
fharpeneffe of the urine. Pliny recordeth, that the roote hereof is fo powerfull to ftupifie the venome of the 
Scorpion, that if it be but put unto them, they will utterly lofe all their ftrength • and being boiled in oyle and 
applied is powerfull againft their fling. But bccaufe divers have appointed leverall wayes, for the preparing and 
ordering of the berries hereof, to be hclpefull for urine and the ftone, I thinke it not amifle to remember fome 
of them unto you. And firft they appoint the berries to be put into new wine when it is new made and put up, 
that the wine working with the berries therein, may have their vertue therein, and ferve them to drinke that are 
troubled in the manner aforefaid: but becaufe our Land affordeth not wine to be made therein, I doubt not but 
our Beere or Ale will be as efteduall,having the fame proportion of berries, that is three or foure good handfulls, 
either greene and frefli or dried, bruifed and put thereinto, that is,into three or foure gallons when it is new tun¬ 
ned up,and after drunke in the fame manner, and this drinke taken daily,hath beene found to doe much good to 
many, both to eafe the paines and expell urine,and the ftone in whom it is confirmed,and to caufe it not to engen¬ 
der. Another way Matthiolus much commendeth,having ufed it many times himfelfe, which is, to take fome of 
the juyee of the berries in Ptifane drink made into a creame with Poppie feede, & the kernells of Melon or Pom- 
pion feeder alfoadecodtion ofMallowes with fome of the berries therein, or fome of the juyee drunke in it.” 
alfo fixe or nine drammes of the inward pulpe of Caffia fiflula, drawne forth with the water or deco&ion of the 
berries, and given in a cupfull of the broth of fat flefh, wherein alfo fome of the berries have beene boiled, is ac¬ 
counted an excellent remedie to clenfe the backe and reines,in thofe griefes of the ftone and urine: the decottion 
of the berries in wine or water, is the moft ufuall way to be taken 3 r and the powder of them taken in drinke or 
broth, I hold to be more effe&uall. 
Thus 
