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Show Cr aP,38 Theatrum Botanicum Winter withont falling, but inCandy, and otherthe hether parts, they have beene obfervedto fall off, as other trees doe : they beare inthe warmer Countries twile ayeare, yetthe former truice that commeth in the Spring of the yeare, {eldome commeth to maturity, becaule the moifture ofthe time fpoyleth them, Triset6, Napeca Nabca aut Oenoplia /pinofa, The white Iujube tree wich thernes, The Tbeater ofPlants. The Names, This was called Zixiphys candida, by the Herba- rifts at Afompelier as Lobel faith, and Sycoworws by I~ talians,as Matebiolws faith, but mifliking that title he called it P/endo(ycomorus, yet in other places of Italy iris {tillcalled Perlaro, Cordus, Gefnerin bortts, and Bellonius call it Sycomorus Italornm, Lugdunenfis {etteth it downe by the name of Ziziphus alba, Gener faith fome learned men called it Atyxusalba & Lane ras Greca Pliny. Ca {alpinus tooke it to be Tuber can~ dida, of Pliny, and peradventure Zizipha Columelle, that they doe not tipenkindly, but in che Autumne the fruiteis ripe and delicate, The Name:, That fort which is without thornes is defcribed by eAlpinus in bis Booke ofEgiptian plants, who calleth it Nabce Palisurus Athenai credita, and very truelyfor Athexeus in the foureteenth Booke ofDeipnofophiftes, Dodonens hathicunder the name of Azadarach, and calleth it Paliarws, and faith chat Agathocles, in the third Booke ofhis Hiftory, defcribeth it by the name fo have Clu(ius and Camerarins,fome Turkes inthefe dayescall it The/pic,and Rawwolfins faith chat they of Tripoli call it Zenfelackt, but generally now adayes, fet downe inhis fifth Epiftle to him called Ocnoplia with molt Azadarach or Afederacth, yet the French callit Arbor [anéla, becaufe as is before fhewed, the of Connarts, as thoie of Alexandria called ir, and by Honoris Bellus that {ent the truite to Clufius, as itis (pinofa. na .39.-1449 Az adaraeth herbariorum, The Bead tree, That without thorne is fet forth by Clufixs, frnite helpeth their devotions, as the Spaniards doe, in his Hiftory of plants; ashe received it alfo trom Honoring Bells of Candy, who callethit Ocnoplia [en that call it Arbolparayfo, The Vertnes, Napeca Bellory Connarus Alexandrinorum forte Athe. The belt ufe that this ferveth for is, that the diftil. led water thereof will kill Lice, and caufeth the haire togrow faire andlong, ifit bee mixed with white Wine, and the headed wafhed therewith, the fruite is dangerous ifnor deadly, ificbee eaten caufing the like Symptomesthat the Oleander doth, and istobe remedyed withthe fame helpes:Rawwolfins faith, chat itwill kill dogges, ificbee giventhem with their meate, wets Serapio comprehendeth them both under the name of Sadar or S4dar. but as his manner isin other things, heconfoundeth it with the Lotus of Diofcoridesfrom which it 5 ich eiftereth, itis calledin Sy- riaand Egipt.Nep and Nap, andas Guilandinys faith, pur by many among the forts of Iujubes. Bur Pliny feemeth tocall it-Pranus eEgyptiacg, an Eziptian Plumme, The Wertues, The fruite ofboth thefe before they areripé, are cold and dryin the firlt degree,and binding, bur when theyare ripe they have (ome moifture in them, and are muchufed to Rrengthen the loofenefle of the ftomackeand belly, by the fuyce of them being takenat the mouthor given ina glifter: the dryed fruitinfufed in water, and the infufion taken, is profitable again{t the flipperineffe and ulcers of the bowels, the decoctj- onor infufion of theripe fruite, being dryed have a wonderfull property againlt venomo is of great ufeagaintt us qualities,andto heart peftilentiall feavers, for thefruite is held to refit putrefa@tion, and mightily to : the juyce of the fruite when it is through ftrengthen tre ly ripe,is very good to purge choll firft conduits of the veines : asal{oin all er from the ftoma cke, and the putride feavers,an infulion of them is familiarly taken to coole the heate and violence thereof. yrea, Mocke Privet, = F this kinde of (hrub theréare foutre or five forts each differing from other in the broadnefle or narrowneffe oftheir leaves Cuap, XXXVIII, Azadarach Avicenna, The Beadtree, Lrhough a this tree oe be info iff ring fee much diff ri from anyof ( le ee 711e prws,as they h did the laft fave one. | thought it the aft forts, yer becanfe fome have cal not amiffe to inf rt itin this {efeription is on this manner, It place,whofe growethto be high and valt thadowin y the warme Countries i where; it beft profpereth, the e,{preading far and mak Ing a ‘goodly red witha rugged barke and boddy and grearerboughes are fal] of chinkes, but that on cove. the youuger branches,is {moc like unto thofe ofthe Figge : nooth fomewhat e leay very largely ftalkés,fomewhat like unto Afca . i leaves P having long foote« i aes Fia edges, the end. leafe being dark teee greene colou n r, dented about the fo; place : whereof come forth long ftalk longeft, yet in fome es, ‘bearing fundryblewith s they are not fo largely {pread, from the foote flowers laid open w ithfive ftarre,and a {mall hollow cup {mall narrowleaves like a more purple in the middl e,after which come Fygreene at the firlt, and whit nn, round fruite,of the bignefle e when itis of a Chere ripe, ofa {weetith tafte atthe oath fome,andft d inck Qinck;ing, containing firft, bur after very bitter, unpleafane i a {tone with ithinin Itfix it & e fquare, fome , ftone, with two kernels C what like unto the Emblick Myra within each, from whe belane nce uflua fruite being drilled (whichwi ll be cafily done,not being lly rife two tproutes or ftalkes ofgreene leaves, the very hard) an drawne on fringes, Sea to number their Prayers { erve people beyond on,lea(t theyforget themfelv in Winter, freth arifingin es and give God too many: this loofeth all his leaves the Spri ng. rid ae Pr e ai The Place ‘ 'S groweth in noneof thefe Chriftian Countries and Time, naturally but are all plantéd wher chards or Court yards, for the fhadow fake, efoever they grow,in Orbeingoflittle ufe befid Spa, and heard they wer e, Clafus faith he faw e more frequent in Ital divers of chemin y, it Aowreth in Jane ber, 2 andthe fruite is ripe in SeptemTue efpecially, as you fhall heare, 1. Phillyrea latifolia aculeata, Py ickely ZY This firlt Mocke Privetrifeth up withfundry ftemmes, of themocke Frivet, eenith barke {ported with white: the leaves are fer by couples thickeneffe of ones thumbe, covered at the joynts, all along the branches; ¢ fomewhat thicke, hard,and prickely,dentedabout the edges verylike the leaves of the Scarlet Oke bufh eater: the flowers come forth at the joynts of the leaves, the fruite is {mall,and blacke round berries hangowne about the branches, andarelike unto the berries of Privet, or of the Mafticke tree, but having a {mall {tone within them. 2. Phillyrea folio lato ferrato. Toothed Mocke Privet. his other Mocke Privet erowethsreater and higher, whofe branches are covered with a whitith barke,haewhat broad and hard blacki(h greene leaves, pointed at the ends and dented about the ed¢ es, twoale vayes fetat a joynt,ofa little fharpeand bitter talte. ‘The flowers growatthe joynts with che leaves, as in the former.and the berries that follow are blacke and round like Pepperor Mirtle berries, witha thinbrittle theld ftone within it. billyrea latifolia folijs fere nonferratis. The greater Mocke Privet with leffedented leaves, rivet growethlower then the laft,yet unto two mens height, witha whirith barke covering the e laft, bur fomewhat mo; zed. The leaves are fet on the branches in the fame manner as the er, but fomewhat narrowcr,and but { dénted at al abour the edges,the flowers are of a whitith gieen anding thicke together, abour the fetcting on of the leaves, fomewhat like unto the Ollive bloffomes, afcome round berries like the laft, 4 Phillyrea angufifolia prima, The firlt narrowle afed Mocke Privet, 1(h not exceeding a mans height, but fuller of branches, yet {maller then the laft, and covered ke : the leaves are narrower and greener then ir; likeanto the wild Ollive, and not without tretie inthem: the fowers are white and growafter the fame fal] ion,thicke fet together,unto which {ucceede blacke round ferries like unto Mirtle berries, with a hard (tone in them. 5. Phillyrea anguftifoliafecunda. The other narrowl eafed Mocke Priver. ther Mocke Privet fhooteth forth many more fuckers from the roote, which are flendérer and not hie cali¢ |