Tbeatnm Botanicum 
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1448 Chap.42, 
Chap. XLII. 
CcUftrm Theophrafli t The Staffs tree. 
| His tree growcth up to a meant height, the barke of the body and elder bouehes being of a darke co 
? lour ’ and the y°“ n S er 6"®*. whereon are di- TUo^fll S a he 5 . 1 "!,° e C ° : 
, vers leaves, not greater then thole of the Iruite- 
i lefl'e Privet, and dive, s ltnaber, ofaladgrcene 
(hming colour on the upper (ide, and paler un¬ 
derneath, which are little or nothing (nipped about the ed¬ 
ges, and of a little bitter tafte : at the foote ol the leaves to¬ 
wards the ends ot' the youngell branches come forth fhort 
ftalkes of an inch long. Inflaming five or fixe flowers, 
confiding of foure yellowifh greene leavesa pecce, which 
turne into lcnall berries, ot the bigncfl'c of Alparagus berries, 
grceneat rhefirft, andasredas the Alparagus afterwards’ 
but growing ripe ate very blacke and fomewhat long with 
the rounditefle,wherein is contained a three fquare (eed like 
unto a G, ape kernel!, whole (lied being hard hath as white 
a firn e ketncll within it as the hafell nut,covered with a faf- 
fron like yellowiih skin. 
'The Place and Tine. 
This grew at Leiden in the publike garden, but from 
whence the naturall place is.is nutkflowne: but from them 
hath beenc communicated unto divers in this Land, as well 
<s 111 o: hers: the flowers doe often appeare folate that the 
f rune cannot come to ripeneffe.yet it is lignified that the fitft 
ripe Irtute that was leene growing thereon was in Attend 
The Names . 
Although Lugdunenfu referre the snAssf©- onnlxa™ 0 f 
l (kt he hath both words) unto the Aittten», of . ' • 
two forts that Cluj fa. hath let lorth.as is before fhew ed you, ' 
yet C.ttfi tt hxmlelfejudgeth this tree to come ncerer there, 
unto then either of them, audio fecteth itdowne in his Ctt. 
r* P'jkrutretji bme as he faith would make it a kinde of Let,. 
T T' bu j thac K cannot bc : 1 ^ "°t find that Bttuhmm 
Who lettethdowne all other mens obfervations hath „nr. u. j .■ , , 
make it one of it felfe,which isnot ufuall with him in many other that! know ”° "“ t0an 5 '° £her > 01 
Thetphrafor recounteth all the properties hereof ui hi>rp»* n *>/% * , , . . . , 
mcn.no other having made trial! of any other facnl'ty it is endued wtthad.^ *** he, ‘ S t0 ftiVCS f ° r old 
Cha p. XL III. 
viburnum. The pliant mealy tree. 
Viburnum, Tie pliant mealy .1 
jJHis pliant tree hath from a fmall body r j. 
1 T BSfl t0 thc hc, S ht ot a hed ge tree or bu(h 
adarke S‘ a >'" h barke, fin- 
^^Sdryltnall (or not great) (hort, but very 
tough & pitant branches,of a fingers thick- 
mile, whofe barke is lmooth and whitilh, whereon 
grow broad leaves like unto the Elme, buc fomewhat 
onpud hoary rough, thicke,white like meale, and a 
Utl. hairy wtthall, let by couples, finely dented about 
the edges: attheendsofthe branches Hand lame tnlts 
or ciultcrs of white flowers,which turne into large bun¬ 
ches of round and flat feed like unto Lentils but greater 
greeneat the firli, and ted afterwards, butblacke when 
wT.LTi e n , Pe:t u e br / nchc L s hcr0 * are 'o rough and drone 
" “ . better for bands to tye bundel! 
toother rh hlng ™" :ball '° r t0 make wreathes to hold 
nyother the ilk* ° ficlds > thcn e,thcr w«hy or a- 
The Place and Time. 
cdhvrher “ 3 lledgC b "‘W*i“§ often cut and plaftt- 
“d » otto oli .„ d “ j! ' “’f ” 
