1554 Cwap.io^ 
beatrum ' Botanicum , 
T R I B K 16, 
7 “/&r P /dev? and Time. 
The firfl groweth not naturaTy in all the lelfer Afia, but as Alpintu and Bclloniui and others fay in the greater 
Afa } and Indit t,and BraffilliWoyind Americana brought into Sgipt and other Chriftian Countries,bat as a rarity: 
The fecond hath for many ycares beenc planted in the feverall Countries of Afia minor , Phrigia 1 Cilicia ) and other 
the parts thereabouts, and in Apulia alfo,and in many of the Ifles in the Mediterranean Sea, and fowne not un¬ 
till the end of Apnll f and gathered againe in the end of zyitsgujl or in September ,the third came out of India like# 
wife, and the lali from about Bantam m Iava t the former lore ripening the fruite feme what ^more early then the 
other. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke and yew'™*, and lo hkewile in Latinc, Xylum and GoJJipium , and of Serapio Coto , 
and Bombaxy as it is loalfo called in the Apothecaries fboppes; Some doe thinke and that not without good 
ground ofreafon; that the Byjfw of the Auncicnts, is thisfirfl Cotton, frofn whence was made xhcByJfna tela , 
the fine white Callicocloath.that comtneth out of the EalUndies: All Authours call them in generall Xylum or 
Gofppit*m 9 and the firfl Cjoffipium arborenm by Alpinus t and by the Egiptians as he faitb 3 <j<?r»<r mjegiar, it is more 
likely that Bellonm meant this tree by his Arbor Lmfera > then that oi'ClufiM in his Exotickes brought out of Java 
and fitted for cufhions,and Cjojfpium perenr.e arborenm five Afiaticumpnd Brafliantimby othcrs.The fecond is cal¬ 
led Grjjipium herba, to ciiftinguifh it from the former, Bauhinus calleth it Goffpium frutefeens femine a/bo for fure he 
can meane no other fort,citing thofe Authours that he doth,who all I think lay it is black.The third is extant only 
in Pona his Italian Baldus by the name of Bombage Indiana , that is Gojfpium Indie urn. Bauhir.m calleth it Goffpium 
arborenm c&ulc fpinofo^nd laith the leede is in lumpes like the ordinary fort, when as /Wrliimfelfc faith it is like 
the fcecle of Subdarifa , that is, the thorny Mallow, and piclureth the feede like thereunto,at the fide of the figure, 
and is not like the lumpe fort. The lalt Clujius mentioneth in the loureteenth k haptcrof hisfirll Bookeof Exo¬ 
tickes, calling it Arbor lanifera peregrina, Bauhinm that he might fay iomewhat, referreth it to the CyU of 
Ovirdus ,and i.ucOioncth whether it be not Bellomiu his Lanigera arbor> calling it himfelfe (jrJJjpium Iavanenfefa- 
llcii folio. The Arabian Sci apio as you heard, calleth it Coto , and Bombax , and others Algodon , as the Spania ds 
doc ; the Italians Bombagi .*,thc French Cotor.e^ke Germans Baitrmvool^ th cT)ntch and we Cotton, and Cotton 
wooll. . . 
. ThsVertnes . 
The kcrncllsofthe eeefosisufod toleneficthe hoarfentfleoftbe throatc,and to helpe thofe that are fhortvvin- 
dedjto open the paffiige^and for thofe that have fharpe dilti 11 icions on their lungs, and for coughes to make the 
flegme the ealicr robe cxpesTorated.and encrcafcth Iperme alfo : itis ufed alfoin gripings,a;.d gnawings of the 
fiomacke, ) ca though they come by poylcn, and arc good alfo in all hot agues , the Cotton it felfe is hot and 
dry, and being burned (iantheth bleedings in wounds wonderfully: chcoyle drawne cut of the feed doth fmooth 
theskin, andtaketh away fpots and blemifhes therein. 
Chap. C 111. 
Arbo’ludt. Judas tree. 
Arbor lucU . It*das tree: 
opfF the Judas tree there hath becnc ob- 
fer. ed two forts, one with enmfon, 
and the other with white flowers. 
i. A bor lnd£ fiorr purpurea , 
_ Judas tree with crimfon flowers. 
Tuis lnd.it cree rifeth up lomedmes to.be htgh,ar.d 
of a good f zc, and fometimes to be but as an hedge 
bufh,fprcadingarm.esand brant fos, covered with 
a blackifh tedbarkr, the leaves that come forth up¬ 
on the ycung reddifh branches one at a place, are 
large and round, greater, but thinner then the leaves 
of Afarctbacc* jqA a wh tifh greene colour on theup- 
per fide, and grayilh underneath, falling away in 
Antumne : the flowers grow not at Tie ends of the 
branches, but at the joyncs, and fometimes out 
of the very body, many Handing together upon 
a long footelhlke, of fafhion fomewhae likeun- 
to Peale bloflbmc-, of an excellent dtepe crim- 
lon colour, afeer which follow fundry long fiat and 
large thinne cods, of a reddifli browne colour, with 
fiat blackifh browne hard feeds within them: the 
roote groweth deepe snd fpreadeth farre. 
f . Of this foi t there is one growing in Virginia , not dif¬ 
fering fiom it in any thing,that I can as yet perceive. 
2 . Arbor Ink* (lure alba, 
Judas tree with white flowers. 
This other groweth as greet as the former, but 
with a whiter bvIce, and thcbranches greene, the 
leaves and flowers are like for forme, but of a white 
eclojr,and the cods after them; nothing fo browne 
as in the formcr,and the feed likewife paler. 
