referred to TheophraflM his Araca fimifos But BaabU ^ 
nus his 0 vingum, or Vingum , and Oetftm by Tlinj, 
fo variable are mens conceitcs, efpecially in things ob- 
feure orunknowne,or when they doe raptim with¬ 
out due confidcration fentcnt'utmproferre. But Scali - 
ger Exercitat . 181. 17. feemeth to know three o- 
therforts,befidcs the ordinary,which will abide good 
withoutperifhing fora wholeyeare, and therefore 
the Spaniards ufc to bring the nto Sea with them,and 
call it Jgname cicorero : the other will laft nothing fo 
long, whereof that which groweth in the Country of 
Bcnim J is of an excellent rellifh, but that of 
congo is the worft, and that of Saint Thom?, which is 
as yellow as a Carrot js of mo ft efteeme: the planting 
hereof faith he,is wonderful, for it is not done by put¬ 
ting the rootes into the ground, but a (hike taken 
therefrom cut in long peeces', and holding fome barke 
thereon, and fo thru! into the ground, will in five 
tnoneths be good to be gathered: it hath faith he, a 
leafe fomewhat like unto that of the Citron tree,both 
in forme and Iufter,but fmaller and thinner: it runneth 
on poles that are fet for it like Hoppes •* the roote like 
the Rcede^r Dragons hath fourc or five fuckers joy- 
nad to it : this manner of planting this Inhawe (avou- 
reth fomething of that of the JlTanihot or lucca, wher- 
of the Caflavi is made: if there be not a miflake, it is 
wonderfnll chat two rootes fhould be fo propagated. 
