1634 Chap.97. 
Theatrum Botanicum 
Tr IBE 17 
Chap. XCVIJ. 
The Weft Indian BayPIttmme. 
His tree ( which is very frequent and well 
knewne through all the Weft Indies, and 
which they call (jxajabo , as they doe the 
fruite Gmjabt,) groweth great like u.ntoan 
Orrenge tiee, but thinner ol branches, bearing large 
leaves on them, two alwayes fet together,and oppofite 
which are like unto Bay leaves but larger, even foure 
inches long, and one and a halfe, or two inches broad, 
gray or ot an hoary advcolour underneath, with great 
ribs and linaller veines therein, but of a fad greene a- 
bovc, fmooth.and without any (hew of veines almoft, 
fomewhathardin handling, and both fmelling and ta¬ 
iling fomewhat like a Bay leafe : the flowers are like 
thole of the Orrenge or Pomecitron tree, fmelling 
fweetelike the lafminc; after which followeth the 
fruite, as great as a fmall Apple, and like unto a Plum, 
that is, fomewhat long, greene betore it is ripe, and 
yellowilh after () ct faith that he received one 
from Doiftor Tov*r out of Spuinr, th,t was blackilh, 
light and fhrunke, which he imputeth to the unripe- 
neffeofitj fome having a reddillr pulpe within, and 
fomeawhite, very fweete and delicate in tafte, divi¬ 
ded as it were into foure parts, in each whereof lye ma¬ 
ny (mall graines or hard white kernells. The proper- 
ties of the fruite befides the delicacy to be eaten, hath 
an aftringent power therein to flay laskes, efpecially if 
they be eaten while they are greene and not ripe. 
Gunjax* atbojit lamia y frulL* Tiie Weft Indian Bay Plum. 
Chap. XCVIH. 
Amb^rcr, The hard griftly Plumme of India called Amfrarc . 
He leaves that grow on this great tree, called Ambtrc by all the Nations there abiding, although they 
feeme fomewhat like thole of the Wallnut ,, , 
| tree for the largenefle, yet are they not of Ambmr: Th ‘ ^griftlyPlumneaf]India called Amtn. 
: that faftiion, for being fmail at the bottomc, 
and they are broadeft at the end, and a little dented 
in in the middle thereof, elaborate with many 
veines, and of a pale greene colour: the flowers 
are (mail and white, and the fruite that followeth of the 
bignefleofa Wallnut, with a Imoother and paler greene 
skinne, ofafttongheadyfent.andfowre harfti tafte be¬ 
ing unripe, but yellow when it is ripe, and of a more 
pleafant fent, containing a hard griftly fubftance within 
them, with (undry erode hard nerves or threds running 
through, yet of fo pleafant a tart fowre tafte that com- 
m.endeth it much, and therefore are ufed by the Natives 
and Hungers alfo inftcad of vinegar,or fuch like fawfe.to 
rellilh their meate, and ftirre up an appetite, bring eaten 
with fait and vinegar, while they are frefti or pickled to 
ferve for the yeares following, which endure very well; 
they ufe to give the frefli fruite alfo to thofe that have hot 
ague*, to code their blood and humours. 
