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Theatrum Botanicum, Triste 36 = The Names, The firlt is called by Lobel, Solanum pomiferumherbariornm, bugis not CIlala eéthiopica of Dodoncus and others as Bauhinus ferrethitdowne: The fecondis called in Latine AZala Infana ofmoft writers, that is ALadde ‘Apples in Englifo, (but many doe mach marveile,why they fhould be fo called,feeing none have beene knowne, toreceive any harme by the eating of them: )«in Italian Melaszana and Melongena, and of the Florenstines,as Mearthiolus {aith Petranciani, of- Spaniards Verengenas, of the\French Pormes d'amour, but why they fhould fo callit, Reellius doth not know ashe faith, when as there is another. morefidy to be called by that hame;ofthe Germanes Melantzan and Dellopffell: divers doe take this to be Strychyon OfDiolcoridesjand vrbanum of Theo phraftsw, 2s.alfo the third kinde of Pliny, whereupon Cefalpinus asI thinke;calleth it Soannmhortenfesand Pyra isfana, of Bauhinns Solamum pomifernmfruttn oblong, Hermolaus is thongheby Fa(chitsand Brafavolys,to take this to bethe CMandragoras Morion ofDiofeorides, but Afatthiolvs defendethhim, and reprooveth them,forlaying that imputation upon him, which he did not avouch. Thethird is called by Dodeaase;.and others, Atala ef thiopicas Lugdapenfis calleth it Capficuns rotundum Dalechampy, butvery erronioufly, ‘for this hath~no fuch fiery heatifig quality therein as the Capfica Ginney Peppers have 3 of. Bauhinus, Solanum pomifersm fruttyrotuns 2, Solanim poniferum Indicumfolio rotundo, Indian Applebearing Night(hade with rotindleaves.’ Stramonicum mins five perogrinum fimplex G duplezs Single and double {mall Thorny Apples, This plant being onely mentioned by Monardys, in bis hiftory ofthofe fimple medicines, that come from the Welt Indies ,is referred by Bauhinus unto his Claffis of Thorite Applesin his Pivax,but fhould more properly in my judge~ ‘ UNS frubbe or hedge bufhashefaith, of an excellent greene- O nefle, having leaves that are fmall, thinne and round, bea= ring long fruit, round at the lower end, and flat toward the ftalke, likeunto the Malum infanwm or Madde Apple, ofa grayifh or afhcolour on the out fide; and of a pleafant and gratefull tafte, without any acrimonytherein, having many very {mall feedes within it, The Place. The firlt growéth in Syria ‘and Paleftina, and other thé countries neare there unto; the other groweth in the Mountaines of Per# onely, a Province in the Weft Indies, rotundoftriate molli, © Tisnot mentioned at what time either. of themflow- YA 3 geth orbearethripe fruite, but it is probable they varie 9° riot much from thefeafon, ofthe other Thorne and Madde Apples, unto which they arefo like in forme. ia actimonyitis gathered, that they are kot and dry in the fecond degree, and thar=thetefare-they erigender Me= Jancholly, the Leprofie, Cancers, the Piles, Impofiumes, the Headache,and ftincking breath,breed obftructionsin the Liver and Spleene, and change the compleétion intoa foule blacke and yellow colour, unleffe they be boyledin Vinegar; fothat itistobeadmired, that 4verrhoes fhould commend them, being dreft in fome fafhion, Fx/chius faith thatthereis a fuperaboundant coldneffe, and moifture,.ig the Madde applegs as thereis in Cowcumbers and Mufhroomes: yet the beauty of the fruite worketh infome, ndtheinfatiable defire of de light to the palate in others, and the inciting to Venery inthe moft, (whichthefe arethought ‘to procure) doe fo farre tranfport agreat many, that in Iza/y and other hot countries, where they cémeto their full maturity, and proper rellifhs: they doe eate them with mote defire and pleafure then we doe Cowcumbers, orthe like,and therefore prepate and drefic them in divers manners; as fome doe cate them raw, as Cowcumbers, fome doe roa{trhem underthe Embers, and others doefirft boyle them, pare them and flice them: and having f{trowed flower over them, doe frye them with oyle or butter, and witha little pepper and fale, ferve them tothetable. Somealfo doc keepe them in pickle, to ferve for to {pend in the Winter and Spring + butit is certainely found true, that they doe hardly digeft in the ftomacke, wherebythey breed much windineffe,and thereby peradventure bodily Iuft;that they engender bad blood and Melancholicke humours,and give little nourifhment at all unto the body,and that nor good:the Apples ofErhiopia,are of the {ame quality, although of afirmer fubftance, not the feede, to make triall ofthe effects, were declared to be init. : The firkt Bazbiaus calleth Solanum |pinofum fruttu roe tundo, which: Ferrantes Imperatus of Naples, calleth Po« mum Hiericonticum: the other Monardus faith came to him under the name of Cachos, as the Indians it is likely do¢ call it, ; The Vertwes? s bes 2 : There hath not any Phificall ufe beéné reniembred of the Indies, that it is of firft whereuntoitferveth ; but Afonardys faith of the othér, that was fent him out of theurine, gras expelleth provoketh it that themfelves,in sreateftimation there, both with the Spaniards and Indians vellandthe ftone in the kidnies and bladder,for which itis moft commended ; itbteaketh the ftone in the bla dder, ifit be not too hard and inveterate, or may by any medecines be diflolved, whereof there were many proofes (as AZonardus faith) declared to his great wonderment: for as he faith, he did nor thinke that theftone inthe bladder could be diffolved, and expelled by any medicines,and thatthe cure thereofconfilted onely,in the cutting of it out by a cunning hand : butit wasfaid of this, that the feede taken in any fit and convenient a for that purpofe, will by little andlittle diffolve the ftoneinto {mall gravell, which after it is expelled forth, will againe be gathered and growintoa hardftone. Cuap, mer, and therefore leffe offenfive, thefe are eaten with great delight and pleafure in the hotter Countries, but not in ours, becaufe their moiftureis flathy and infipide, for wantofthe fufficient heate of the Sunne.intheir Fipening. . ; Caplicum. XI Ginny Pepper. He Ginny Pepper in mine opinionis fitteft to follow next after thé family of the Nightfhades, bé= ng in outward formelikeft thereunto, as alfo being no lefle dangerous, although na quite con= \| trary nature. for this is as farre exceedingin heate, as the other in cold: hereof there are found j | out, oratleaft brought to knowledge many forts in thefe dayes, which were not knowne in for- Cuar. X, t Solana pomifera fpinofa, Thorny€ applebearihg Nightfhades, Zz ( C4 The Time; The Names, . yeelding any good nouri{hment, butrather offenfive to the body,for thefe two are congeneres in forme, and therefore moft likely-in quality, The golden apples or apples of love, are cold and moift, more then any of the for- el oS Lge VN, ae HAY EASON Nt/, » 0 fiay Qu LSet Ne before, called Madde Apples, but that ithath farre excellent properties. The plane groweth in manner of a ‘and the feede fent unto AZonardus into Spaine, who fowed = ar DW, iz ‘YiA; ayi BARRO NA) ment,be placed with thefruits, in the laft Chapter going more or Calum anretes, which Anguillara tooke tobe Lycoperficum, ox Lycoperfion as fome have’ it-of Gales and others, and tobe Glancium of\Dio/corides, which it cannotbe, for that hatha yellow juice and bitter, which this hath not: Guilandinus faitkritis called’‘Tamatle by the Americans, and fomeothers alfo'would referre it to Solanum furiofum, whereunto ithath no qualitycorrefpondent, Baxhinus calleth it Solganm Pomifernm frutin i The Vertues, «a la A Maddeapples are eaten being fitft boyled infat broth, with vinegar orfale, oylé antpepper, as a continual! juncketwiththé Genvefes and others, as Scaliger faith, and neither breed frenfyes nor-any- other harme, and therefore he faith,minus(anojudicjo infana dicuntur, Yet Avicen lib, 2, cap. 45s. condemyeththem, faying thar thofe thae até old-até very noifome and hurtfull, although the frefh ones be better: for by; their bitternefle and 355 Ba Daturaon ome or fre the fimplici & flora purpareo fimplici & duplici, Thefe aré defcribed in my former Bodke,and the figures of the leffer forts here exhibited. dofiriato daro; The fourth is called by Lugdunenfis, Hyoftiamus peregrinmsDalechampi),| \and of Bauhinws Sola~ nina peregrimm frutts rotando, Ihave calledit Afala Infana Europea, beeaufe thar growing naturally in thefe parts, it is fo like unto the lat, which isa‘kinde of Mala Infanas the laft is called;-Pamuma amoriss-and Pomum rs Datura five Pomum (pino[im majus flore albo purpureo, The Time, The threé firft doe Howerlate in the yeare, thatis, notuntill 4ugu/?, fothat their fruite, hardly commeth to be any thing ripe withus, butthe forts ofthe laft, doe ufuallyripen well, ifthe Sommer be nottoo cold. Cuar.il, Lhe Theater ofPlantes. TriBe 3 Syria, andthefe Eafterne countryes: the third is thought to come out ofeéthiopia, and the backeparts ofBar barye : the fourth Lugdunenfis faith, growethin fhadowie places, upon the Apennine Mountaines: the laft likewile growethin thofe Eafterly Countryes of Egypt,Syria, Arabia, e, . > jl mer times, or negleéted and notfo heedefully regardedat leaft, as they have beeneoflater time, z ' efpeciaily by Ca de Reggio,a Capuchine Fryer, who hath obferved a dozen feverall varie- ties at the leaft in the fruiteor cods, althoughvery little differing in any thing elfe, All which I thinke it not Here are one or two moretobe fpokenof, to finith this family of the Nightthades, oné whofe {vite is neerett in likenefle unto thefe Madde apples, the other to the Nightfhades, after which %\ the Thorne apples fhould next follow, as being by all authors referred untothe Nightfhades,but pj becaufe I have already {et forth all their defcriptions,I fiallnot neede to repeate them againe, 1, Solanum |pino[um fruttu rotunda, five Pomum Hiericonticum Imperato, Thorny Nightfhade of Hiericho with round apples, Theleaves hereofaré very like unto thofe ofthe former madde apples of Europe, but whiter and fofter,having many{mall thornes on the middle ribbe of every leafe onthe underfide: on the ftalke likewife and branches are {parledly fet diversthornes,and purplith flowers at the toppes ofthem being {maller then the former,after which come fmaller apples alfo, greene before they beripe, changing yellow andbrownifh afterwards, being round and fomewhat fweetein {mell, butas unfavoury, or withont tafte as the former. ‘ Datura amiffe to fhewyou inthis Chapter, with {omeothers alfo not obferved by him, but by C/#fivs and others 1. Capficum majus vulgarivs oblongis filiquis. The moft ordinary Ginny Pepper with long huskes. ‘ ™ I propound this Giszy Pepper as a patterne, by which yee may frame the defcriptions of allthe reft, the chiefelt difference confilting in the forme of the fruite whether youwill call them huskes or cods, as “fhallbee fhewed every one in their order. The plantit felfe rifeth up with an upright firme ronnd ftalke, with a certaine pith within them, abouttwo foote highin otir Country, and not above three foote in the hotter, {preading into many branches ; onall fides, even from the very bottome, which dfyide themfelves againe into other {maller branches; at each joynt whereof comeforth two long leaves uponfhort footeftalkes, fomewhat bigger then thofe of Nightfhade, elfe very like, with divers veines in them, not dented about the edges at all, and of averyfad greene colour: the flowers{tandfeverally at the joynts with the leaves, very like unto the Aowers of Nightfhade,con fitting of five moft ufually, yet fometimesof fix white {mall pointed leaves, ee |