T r r b e Tbi. ^theater of'Plants. Chap, 37 1 
being dryed and made into powder and lbmeafitdrunke,isfaund by long experience of many to kill and drive 
forth the Worjtieaofthe belly. 
C«*(, XXVII- 
Capparit, Capers. 
iHe Caper tree or tilth that was knowne to ‘PUfioridis and Theopbrafl nr being but one fort w«s 
1 thorny , but there hathbeene lincc ionic other forts knowne,both that arc and arc not thorny, which 
1 for afhnitie fake 1 thinke meetc to joyne together, and with the Capers another plant, which for 
fomelikenefl'ebcarethalfo the mnye ot Cnpparu. fabago or htgnminofa, Beane Capers, not intending 
to foyneitto the pulfes as lame might tliinke it (houldbe. 
I. Capparit Jpinofa folio rotund*. Round leafed thorny Capers. 
This Caper fendeth forth divers long, weake trayling wooddy llalkcs lying round about upon the ground,fet 
vi ith crooked thornes like hookes or as the Bramble,at each joynt come forth two round leaves like unto /Ifarttnp 
oppolite one unto another, from whence fpringeth alfo a fmall round head upon a pretty long footffalke, which 
is the bud from die flower before it open (and is that fmall round Caper which wee doe ufually eate at mearej 
which being then gathered and pickled up with great fait, are kept in barrells and brought into other countries, 
and are taken out of the fait afterwards and kept in Vinegar to be l’penr at the table as all know : but when it is 
open confifletb of foure white fweete fmelling leaves, with foure other greene ones as the huske wherein they 
Band,having many yellowifh threads and a long flile or peltle’in the middle, which afterwards growethrobee 
the fruit, and is long and round like unto an Olive or Acorne when it is ripe (which alfoare brought pickled to 
us,and are the long Capers which are ufed ) wherein arecontcined divers hard browne feede fomewhat like unto 
the kernells of Grapes: the roote is great, white, long and fomewhat wooddy covered wich a thicke barke run¬ 
ning and fpreading siuchin the ground, io that it will quickely fpread a whole field in the warme countries and 
make it barren, and is fomewhat fliarpe and bitter: the flalkes perilh in Winter every yeare, and arife againe 
afteih in the Spring. 
2. Cappttris fylnofafolia acuto. Thorny Capers with pointed leaves. 
This other Caper differeth from the former neither in the thorny growing not in the flowring, nor in any 
other thing then in the leaves, which with the roundnefle are pointed at the ends, and this is fufheient to 
know it by. 
a, Capparit non Jpinofa frtilht major?. Egyptian Capers wilhout thornes. 
. The Egyptian Caper differed! not much in the manner of growing from the former, but chat the flalkes gtoV( 
T. l. Capparit(pmfa folio Tntundo & acuco. 
Thorny Capers with round and pointed leaves. 
j. Capparit fabago fine l£gumao[a t 
Beane Capers. 
greater 
