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Show Cwar.102. a he Theatrum Botanicam. T ripe 16, The Names, ceetenrstnntenrmnantettemtiy Truss 16. =F TheaterP 3. Go/sipiam TndicamPinofam, ro The firft as I faid Conwtus calleth Acacia Americana, facha glorious title doth he fet upon fo unbefceming a } an { Thorny Indian Cotton, Plant, I have put Robinus name thereto, becaufe it is generally called Acacia Robini. The {econd is called Locus by our Nation refidentin Virginia, Thethird cametous without name, buritislikely to be the Ponduch Indiano, of Poxin his Italian Baldus, which he referreth to Cla/ins hisfirlt {trange fruite in the 30. Chapter of his fecond Booke of Exotickes, as alfotothefirtin the 15.Chapter ofhis third Booke. The fourth was firlt {et forth by Cva(us in his Appendixto his Hiltory of Plants, {ent himby Tevaroutof Spaine, and enlargeth the defcription thereof, efpecially of the flowers inhis fecond Appendix: Bapti/ta Ferraris in his Flora,or deflorsm cultura lants,Guani onn 552 id Gof ipiana" lavanen/e longsfolium. The long leafed Cottontree of Lava. ferteth it forch bravely, but without flowers; as haying not asthen fhewed them. : The Vertues, Noneof thefe have beene tryed to what griefe or difeafe they are aremedy, bat onely the third, whichifit be The Cotton tree or plant, ~ yee Have foure forts of Cotron trees or plants to fhewyou that have come td our knowledge, or that 6&9 \\\ we can beafluredof, although Bas \\AX a aith there is one with a white feede, whichis his firft, BSY whereof I never heard or read, and ely tobe miftaken, for all thofe Anchours that he dothcite @ for it, doe all intend the annuall Cotron, whofe feed is in lumpes,and blacke. 1. Goffipinm arborenm, The tree of fine Cotton, Zs S This Cottonrifeth up with a wooddy fiemme,to be nine or ten cubits high, {preading wooddybranches, and manybroad greene leavesonthem, parted on the edges into thr e¢ or fivedivifions, fomewhat likea Vincleafe, but fofier and whiter , at the endsof the {maller {prig ges come forth, the flowers, two orthree ata place, bur 1, Gofipium arboreum, The tree of fine Cottcn, NY iN} \ AW \ GSSSSAH SSAA Wii > My Y urp y, Goffipium, oe CHAre Git, Wbittep ANN MWY noble it: The Egiptiansin Alexandria accouncit the guardian of their children,in tying itabout their neckes, to defend them from all evill chances; to preferve one from the yenome of the Scorpion, to helpe the Megrime by taking fome of the pouther into the noie, andthe torture or writhing of the mouth, is availeable alfo againtt the falling fickenefie, by taking the quan-ity of twoPepper comnes at atime : the quantity of a Cich Peafe taken in Wine helpeth the chollicke andthe quartaine ague, isa remedy for any poyfon, which faith he Ihave nor yee tryed: the fruire faith he was fent from Con/tantinople, and thefe Vertues affirmed to bein it, and thereeftceme it of great worth, MN Pona his Bondach, as 1amcertainely per{waded it is, then he faich,thefe particulars are attributed unto it toen- 2. Goffipium frureftens animutm, The buth or Lumpe Cotton, each upon flender footeftalk €,fet in a broad huské of two léavés, very muchjagged atthe toppes, and contaie ning thereina large yellowith flower, fomewhatlikea bell flower, broad above and fmall atthe Eotrome, parted ro the bottomeinto five very thinne leaves, with a ftiffe reddith middle pointell, compafied with five orfixe yellow threds, which is thruft of by the fruite,rifing under itjand growing to bee a {mall round head or ball, co= vered withahardskinne, which opening whenit isripe, fheweth forth a lumpe of pure white wooll, having divers {mall blackith feede_ ofthe bignefle of Pepper cornes, but hot fo.round, lying. difperfedly through the lumpe,and fingly but one’in a place, with a {weet whitifh kernell within them, the rooté difperfeth under ground and abideth, not perifhing nor lofing the branchesas the next doth. 2 Goffipiumfrutefcens arnam. he bufhof lumpe Cotton. This Cottonis yearely fowne, even inthe warmeltCountryes of Affaminor, and within foure moneth ¢s or little more is gathered againe fromthe fowing,fhooting an upright ftemme, nothing fo wooddyor grearasthe former, butbrancheth forth divers wayes, fet with large and broadfoft leaves,like the former,and parted alike, the flowers alfo ftandin theJike manner, and yellow, withpurple bottomes, with huskes of fine leaves under them, after which commeththe frnite like ic,bur (erin a thorter,{maller,thicker;and harder rough blackith huske partedinto three.cells, with whitith hard{hining skinny or woodd Y partitions on the infide, containing each of thema roundball of fine-white Cotton, with alumpeor bunch of greater blacke feedes by the halfe, inthe midle, fticking clofe together in tworoweswith white {weete kernells within them: The roote as I faid is an- nual, and perifhing as {oone as it hath perfected the fede, : 3. Goffipium Indicum fpinofum, Thorny Indian Cotton, This kinde of Cottonhatlya {temme about three cubits high, {et with finall prickes, and having many faire broadleaves fetthereon tipon long feotettalkes, ‘divided into {even parts, fomtwhat like thofeof Stravsfacre, the flowers are like to Bell Sowers with five cotners, thé Cotron is Veryfine, and the {eédes are fomewhatlike the Thorny Mallow. 4. Goffipinm Tavanen/olongifolum, The long leafed Cotton of Java; This as C/ufiys relateth it from Frinci/qus Rogorigues native of Begala, groweth ona gréat high trée, with many farre {pread armes and bonghes, ad {toned with long and narrow leaves, neerer refembling Rofemary thenWillow leaves, but that they are much longer, whofe frnite was like along podof fixe inches long, and five in compaffe, growing great from the ftalke upwards, opening and ending in five pointed parts, whofe skinny barke was ofanath colour, and rugged, but full of moft pure white foft wooll, and divers blacke round feedes withinsnot involved withthe-Gottonlike the reft, butgrowingby themfelves upon fine long wooddy Partitions,extended all the length of the ead? the wooll or Cotton was fhorter then of the other, and not ficto be {punne into thred-to make cloach, for the Natives ufe it not to that purpofe,bur put it toanorhier ufle,namely to ftuffe cufhions and the likt,being fofter then any wooll,cotton, or feathers: The |