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Show ats Cuar.66, Siesta ~ LTbeatrum Botanicum, Tripe17, §f FT rise 17. The Theater of Planis, — joynt, which tranches had (everall paires ofwingedleavesfer oppofite cach unto other, containing fome cight fometen {mall leaves ona fide withcur any ocde one atthe end, fervery clofe together, being fmooth, and of a full but frefh greene colour, not fully round pointed nordented, foulding themfelvesnarrow, upward clofe to the middie ribbe,uponany couchthereof,’ thisiia the elder growne plant; but in thar which was young the whole ftalke with leaves would fall downe andfhtinke upthe leaves : this I provedin chofe two feverall yeares before recised : the former yearesplants asthey grew-in the por; fcanfed.a cunning hantbto draw to thelife, which I-here exhibite unto you with theother, thar you may fe thedifference becweene itand others formerly fet forth from the fight of a dryed plant. If this could have beene preferved in our Winters,our Sommers ‘would have declared a moreampie and fulldemonftration thereof, ‘Thisis faid tobe not fo quicke in apprehenfion as the former, Iris faid alfo hac thefalkes have the {melland taftof Licori, and are ufed by thenatives ufually to helpe the cough, fhortne fle ofbreath, -hoarfenefle ofthe throat and voice,to caufe fegme eafily robe expectorate,as alfo co eafe the paines of theiftone inthe Kidneyes,and healeth up fiefh wounds, That Spanifh Author before recited relareth alfothat ic procureth fleepe being applyed to'tlic head, but fooner withthe Americanes then the Spaniards: {aid alfo by them to procure love, butcould not fhewhowor by what way’; cit ‘helpech the Flux or Laske of the belly by char aftringent and glutinous qualiue therein perceived'by the tafte; as alfotertian Agues, and the inflamtations and rednefic of theéyes, Vhe'faid authorfaith that he underftood, yethee knew not how truely thar in the Philippinas they have (uch another plant yevidiffering in fome particulars, for itis faid theirs fhooteth forth ten or.a dozen Rtraight twigs from a root,each ofthe bignefle ofan Hens quill,one whereof had a dezen leaves on them in foure rowesierat diftancessfix inches betweene, being like unto Reddith leaves: the Aowers were blew like untoa birds tongue before they were apenjand dividettite telfe afterwards into three leaves. Thisupon rouch of breathing thereo leavesand folikewife Cuap, LXVIII, : : : Manobiforte Brafilianorum, Indian earthnutssor Peale. a | ould not fall downe as inthe formerand rife againe,but {aid to fall away,thatissthe lower round joyntsas great as ones thambe, blacke aromaticall like Galanga,which whenthey are dryareas hard as an horné,the leaves are large and very | either in forme leaves or branches, butin the event for the ourward face thereof was/thorny, and thé leaveslike Ferne(as Gestranflarethit) but Pay mach better,like feathers, which being touched \(hranke as withered and j heing afterwards fentto Clim by Iaques Garretywhole figure is that he exhibited in his Chriftophorus Acofta, i ie a yard or two foote high, atthe toppes ofwhom grew foureorfive branchesfu ll of leaves fomewhat roundlike unto Mirtle leaves, \as greene as Sorrell andfull of fapor jaice ; which: buthes being {trucke by onesfoor orotherw ife as they paffed by, were obferved to fhrink and rife againe by and by after to the former height ; thereafondowne aslow as the branches would let them, hereof was, that every plant grew out of the mouthorbelly of a longliving worme within the earth, whichdrew dow#le the plane being ftrucken; bucin theelder or greater growne plants the worme confumed, andthe rootes ofthefe buthes being plucked up af ter they had remained a daytwoor three abovewas the ground, became as hard as Corall : the reft of the bufhes re- mayning as wooddy as other fhrubbes,. This threefold changeor alteration in nature, firft from a living wormt toa vigetative plant,and then toa {tony fubftance, maketh it more admirable above any, oar at Cuar LXVIL eee metas Beeilo aps eee the paines of the ftomacke and bowels, eafing thecol- : eee lathe greene,growing onftalkes that {pread on the ground sit groweth in moift grounds, and is drying in the begin- ning ofthe fecond degree, and heating inthe end of the fame,the pouther of them taken in wine is ufed againft dry,andbyand by afterrevived aeaine. The Earle of Cumberlandin Queene Elizabeths-dayes brought: fromthe facke of Portricco {ome of thefe plants,but , Stirpanimans fon Frutex impatiens, ‘The fhrinking fhrubbe, : ; g Omewhatlike uito thofe before remembred is this fhiubbe, which our Englith which weat withSir & lames Laxcaifer found by chance travailing neare the Sea fhore;onthe Eaft fide of the He of Nicubar,as alfoon Sombrero,an Hand which is neare Nicnbar &. Sumatra,che youngerfi zed being like (mall buthess ? halfe ; without and white within,tating fomewhat mofatcemeth likely tobeche cA (chinomenes of Apollidorus, whereof Plinylib.2.4.c..07.:maketh mention. As alfo that tree that TLacoph #8 {aich;lsb.4.cap,3.erew about Memphis in Egypt which differed not from other trees, Cuap. LXVI ta PE} itis fayd, bucthey areno bigger then great Peafe,and inclofed in a {mall grayith thicke and fhort 2 “aon cody verylike a {mall Pefcod, wich one or two Peafe therein, of a pale reddith colour, onthe Hey MS f outfide and white within, taftinglike unto an Almond, which will rattle beittg thaked in the art skinne,growing many together and tyed by {mall ftrings. The fruits are eaten as junkets with great delight,for their pleafant taftes fake eycherfrefh or dryed, buta little rofted make them rellith much better,and are ferved to the table of the better fort as an after courfe; and doe dry andftrengchenthe ftomacke very much, but taken tooliberally breed head ach and heavineffe, Ciap, LXIX, the upper leaves if they were touched againe, but the ftalke alfo would.breake off and tote om ae 4 : 7 : Saree Hercisgrowingin fundry places in Braff! and in America alfo, neare the River Maranon’a cer 4 D4 4 1 taine fruic or Peafe brecding underthe ground like as pnffes doe, without either leafe or roote as Radix Santte Helene. Saint Helens beads,or Indian round {weet Cyperiis, » Hig 3 i Hare the Port of Saint Heller which isin Florida, prew certaine rootes very long : ‘and full of Knots, of falldowneuponthe touch orbreathing, and ifthey thonld be broken by any oneshand, the place would feeme asblackas ifit were burned:buethatic wouldinotdoe fo if je- were touicht with a ftickeior wand. The Herba 2Zi- lived not long in the ayre of England; {orelof the dried and dead ones Cwar.7o, licke and {tone in the Kidneyes, and provoking urine. ‘The Indians ufeta {prinkle the pouther ofthe rootesall over their bodies, being ready to goe into the Baths, becaufe as they fay, it bindeth the skinne and ftrength- é eee BFaah ——— ee s ——— < se neth the members of the body byits {weet fent, Theyufetheré to disjoynt thefe round knots of the roores, which being drilled and ftrung ferve them in ftead of Beads rotell God how many prayers they will give himaca time. Cialis Saal thefe roots may notunfitly bee referred to fome kind of Cjperé, butt thinke the large leaves contradict it, i Cuar, LXX. : : : Radix Qwimbaya, + ‘ Carthagenat purging reots, saan ry 65): Etrus Cieca maketh mention ofthefe roots in the firlt part of his Perwvian hiftory that they aré flénder, cy 4 ofabouta fingers thicknefle,g:owing amongthetrees in Quinbaya,a Province in Per# whofecheife city ae e ve is Carthage 3 if fome of thefe roots be taken and fteeped in a good quantitie waterall ee ESS drinke up moft of the water, but yet three ounces thereof remaining beingof dranke doc pigs¢ ¢ bo 7 fo gently and without trouble or perturbation,as if it had beene purged with Rubarbe,this ey ° . tryed, Clufiws thinketh that thefe rootes were the fame or very like unto {ach as was fent him bya friend by the mee of Bexwgo vel Perwywhich he tookexo be no other then the branches ofAtragene or Viorna of that Countrey,they were fo like, Planta animal few Borametz Agnus Scythicu. The Scythian Lambe. Cuar, LXXI, ® His , angeliving plant ag it isreported by divers good authors, is‘called by the Natives Beramerx qnafi RS aguelxs, by otherseither Planta Ruthenicaagno fimiliz, or A Scythices tanta ; xyit groweth among the Tarteres about Tobie and the pantsnus scabiesGANSWon« deanimal fomewhat bigger and rounder theria Melon {eede, witha ftalke abous five palines bigh, without ‘any leafe thereon, but onely bearing a certaine fruit on the toppe, in forme refembling a {malllambe} whote‘coate or tinde Rbabarbarum Americanum, Pubarbe of America or Welt Indié Rubarbés . ENO Oxardus faith, that among other things : out of the maine.of ; weré fent him i¢s ve théi Welt pis f | M hill a peece ofa roore which they called there by the name of Rubarbe, angas very lKe fide, which Mh Ove diankind, foras hee faith it was round, with a brownifh coate andre ae Fo or oe e pie Lobfter, haying as it is fayd blood alfo in itsic hath the forme of an head, ‘hanging downe,and feeding on the being bitcer. awiehall, but.what leaves icbore was not fignificd, Thisisnotthe white Rubarbe o is woolly like unto a Lambes skitme, the pulpe or meate underneath which islike the fleth of aGrevife or pate round aboutitjyntill ithach confumed it and then dyeth;or elfe ‘will perifh if the gtafle found about & eeae of purpofe : itharh foure legges alto hangin g downe\: the Wolyes’miich affect to feede on Cuar; being broken, had:fome whiteneffe mixed amongit, and coloured the {pitt ¢ ns on a shat as isfayd in its place is the Aderhoacan, Yyyyyy2 oa 2 p erica, for |