fore I (hall give yon but a bare dcfctiption of the Nut,and not of the tree untill we can Iearne more of it. 
I. CaftaneavutgarU. The ordinary Chelntic. 
The ordinary Chefnnt tree groweth very great and high, equalling many times great and large fpread Okes. 
the leaves are long great rough and wrinckled dented about the edges, the bloomings or catkins arelon^and 
fomewhat like the Oke.but more greenifh yellow : thefruite groweth betweene the leaves and the branches 
towards the end of them,inclofed within three feverall huakes, the outermod whereof is the whitilh vrehin" 
prickly huske, hairy and fmooth on the inftde, which when it is ripe openeth it fe'fe, and (heweth the nut bein<» 
flat on the one fide,and round, bunched out on the other whofe (hell or huske is fmooth browne, and (hininvas 
it were on theotttfide and hairy within, tough alfo and noteafie to breake, within which lyeth the nut it (elfr 
covered with the third huske,which is a thinne reddifh bitter skinne or peeling, the kernell being of a firmc fub- 
fiance and white, fweete and pleafant intade, formed fomewhat like unto an hrsrc -- the timber or wood hereof 
is rough and ofabrownifh colour. Some have made divers forts hereof greater and leffer wilde and tame but 
1 doe not hold them differences, but as the climate caufeth it. 
a. Cafianea Equina. The Horle Chefnut. 
The Horfe Chefnut groweth likewile to be a very great tree, fpreading great and large armes and branches ■' 
the leaves are very beautifull.fet by couples,and dividedonto five, but mod ufually intofeaven divifions, everv 
one being dented about the edges: the flowers grow at the toppes of the branches, on longdalkes confiding of 
foure white leaves a pecce, thetwouppermod whereof arc larger then the two undermod, and have a round 
purplifh vio'et coloured fpot in the middle of the leafe, with many yellow threds and gold yellow tipi rifing 
from the middle : the frnite is contained in rounder and thicker prickely hu kes, the nut within this huske is 
rounder then the other,and covered with a thicker and browner fhell.and havirg a whitifln marke or (pot at the 
head,where it is joyned to the outer huske : the nut within this (hell is white, without any (uch thin ikin or pee¬ 
ling as the former hath. 
CaftaneahumUie. Thedwarfe Chefnut. 
The dwarfe Chefnut tree doth ahvayes grow low in companion of the former, being like in leaves and fruite 
unto the former,but tharthey grow more together,and the nuts art no bigger chen Hazellrmrs, having alwaies 
more chen one cnclofed in every prickely huske, and is unplcafant in talie lcarfe fitto becaten. 
4. Caft anect Peru ana. The Chefnut ofTVrw. 
What manrer of tree this is that beareih theie Chelnuts, or what forme the leaves carry that grow thereon is 
not knowne I thinke to any in thefe parts, I mud therefore as I promiftd in the beginning fhew you of the fruit 
that it is aimed round, yet a little po nred toward the (lalke covered with a thickebarke eafie to be broken, yet 
fomewhat fpongy, of a darkeorbrownifh yellow colour,under which growa number of prickles.dickin’g to 
the inner huike, thatcovereth the nut or kernel! it felfc,which inner huske is tough and hard to breake,and con- 
raineih within it a rue like an Almond out of the d ell, both for colour and bigntfle, bur of the forme of a [mall 
kidney,and of a reafonable fweete tafle like an Almond or the common Chefnut. 
5. Caftanea Americana Cathartica. Purging Chefnuts of America. 
This tree faith Monardut groweth in the Continent of An erica, greatand v?fie, whofe (mite is like unto a 
Chefnut but that the outer huske is fmooth and not pri< kly, nor having any rough fheil, but a thin s kin thac both 
compadeth the whole fruite which isalmod foure fquare.and divideih it in the middle into two parrs. 
The Place Time. 
The fird groweth on mountaines and in woods ufually, borhinthe South and Northerne Countries, butthe 
warme Countries for the mod part breede the greater nuts. The fccond groweth in the Eafierne Countries of 
Turk.j, forourChridian world hath fird had the knocvledgeof it from Cenftantinople. The third groweth not 
farrefrom the Hill by Lymt in Fmmv, called Ti/arcr hill, and not el fe where as is knowne. The fourth in Fern 
in the Wed Indies. And the lad ncere the fhore of Nicaragua, &-c. And flower in Aprill, after the leaves be 
come forth,the fruite is ripe in Autumne. 
The Name s, 
1 It is called in Greelce and ifm"na. l Caftana and Caftanea, and C.ftanea in Lstine, the froire is a] fo (o ca’led, 
sndovrJ>£ti'„!fo'Aai™ J>’0- fidxann aixiua, that is, Sardiant glande; lovie glandn &■ Lopima-. It hath alfo fome 
other names given it,as Enboida or Euteica^ni Heracletticanux, yet Gaza tranflatcch \t out oiTheephrafttn Nnx 
Dddddd aveUar.*, 
