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Ch AP.I02. 
Theatrum ' Botanicnm . 
Tr ib e 16 . 
The Names , 
The firft as I faid ConttfUs callcth Acacia Americana, iiich a glorious title doth he let upon (o unbefeeming a. 
Plant, I have put Robinwi name thereto, becaufe it is generally called Acacia Robtm. The fecond is called Locus 
by our Nation refident in Virginia, The third came to us without name, but it is likely to be th 
of Pom in his Italian Valdai, which he referreth to Clufi** hishtft ftrange fruitem the 30. Chapter of his fe¬ 
cond Booke of Exotickes, as all'o to the (Ml in the 15.Chapter of his third Booke. The fourth was firft fet forth 
by CtuSm in his Appendix to hisHiltory ofPlants, lent him by Tovar otitolSpane andenlargeth the defenp- 
tion thereof, efpecially of the flowers in his fecond Appendix: Baptifia Terra ™ inhisf/er^or defiornm cltara 
letteth it forth bravely, but without flowers; as having not as then fheu ed them. 
The Venues. 
None ofthefe have beene tryed to what gnefe or difeafe they ate a remedy, but onely the third, which if it be 
rp 0M his Bniach, as I am cert'ainely perlwaded it is, then he faith,thefe particulars aie attributed unto it to en¬ 
noble it • The Emtiars in Alexandria account it the guardian of their children, m tying it about their neckes, to 
defend them from all evill chances; to preferve one from the venome of the Scorpion, to hclpe the Megrime by 
taking fome of the pouther into the no!e, and the torture or writhing of the mouth, is available alfo againlt 
the falling fickcneffe, by taking the quantity of two Pepper comes at a time : the quantity of a Cich Pcafe taken 
in Wine helpeth the chollickc and the quartaine ague, is a remedy for any poyfon, which faith he I have not yet 
tryed : the fruite faith he was lent fro:" ConJIantimple^nA thefe Vcrtues affirmed to be in it, and there elleeme 
itofgteatwoith. 
Chap. C 11 . 
GrJJlpium. The Cotton tree or plant. 
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1 Have fourc forts of Cotton trees or plants to (hew you that have come to our knowledge, or that 
we can be allured of, although Baabiam faith there is one with a white feede, which is his firft, 
' whereof I never heard or read, and is likely to be miftaken, for all thofc Authours that he doth cite 
| for it, doe all intend the annuall Cotton,whole leed is in lumpcs,and blacke. 
1 I. Goffipittm arborettm. The tree of fine Cotton. 
This Cotton rifeth up with a wooddy ftcmme.to be nine or ten cubits high, (preading wooddy branches, and 
many broad gteene leaves on them, parted on the edges into three or fivedivifions, fomewhat like a Vine Icafe, 
but fotier and whiter, at theendsofthel'mallerfpriggescoir.e forth.theflowers, two or three aca place, but 
i. Gtftpiuin arboreum. 
1 lie tree ot tine Cuu< n. 
2. Goflipiunifrutcfcens an mum. 
The buflior Luinpc Coicou. 
each 
