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Show a 1640 CHAP. Fbeatrum Rotanicum. I cere TR1ipk37 T rtpe 17. pSSarg The Theater of Plants what longand pointed more at one end then another, CHAP CXL ! not fo much rugged as the outer fhell nor fo hard bic they may be crake with che teech, {ome of them greater, then others, and all of chemtwoor three inches in Durioxes, The prickly fruicfu'l Melon, Gri P.113, Wea 164i 3 "TheTadaanGeehase Clefforte. or the Indian Almonds of Clufiza mae Iongth,and an inchand a halfe in thicknefle,the kernel] s He Dusriones mayfeeme the fame with the former Jaca, becanfe they come neare in fomething but they mach differ in others, as you fhall perceivebythis defcription. The tree g very great andtall, the Timber whereof is {trong firme andfound, covered wit! cke athe 4} ioured barke, fpreading plentifully into branches and ftore of fruit, ha I i whatlongand pointed, dented about the edges, ofa brownith gre pale greene underneath : the flowers are of a pale or whitith y to the bignefle of a Muske Melon, ‘ 7 fis jie icke greenithtinde fer full of fhorte és. Theprickly feuicfull Melon cke but fharpe prickles, haying fome rakes thereon as the Melon hath; it hath with. y : init being opened foure cells or divifions all the . : length of itin every one of which lye three or foure white fruits asbigge as Hens egges (for ifthey containe five a peece they are not held to bee fo good, neither yet if they looke 5 not white they judge them {j yellowith,and led by the wet falling into the chinkes) like unthe Atangar b within beingin tafte mot fo like an Almond as a Walnut, moreoilyina wet yeare then a dry, which the Tadians by pricking fundry of them uponafticke, and lighting of them, they will burnelike aT orchto fhew themtheir way,andcontinue long in burning,and give an Oily or Turpentine-like flame, having a blacke coale which turneth to afhes ; The outer fhell hereof is of the thickneffe of halfe aninch, conteining within ita pint anda halfe of liquor Antwerpe meafure, and weighed 17, ouncesor more the emptie'fhell, The Indians feldome gather thefefruites, butgather them after they are fallen, for they are afraid leaft they fhould fall upon their heads which were {ufficient to beate out their braines, and when they ate forced to paffe them as intheir warres,&c, they carry Bucklers over their heads to defend them. They make much accountof thefe kérnells, and ufe to eate them chiefly to provoke them to venery, whereunto they are too much proclive of themf{elves, and makeit their chiefeft | co ofthe Sp aniards, but not fo foft or muccilagie and talte like unto Creame, felicitie having this proverbe with them Pignean (ac- {melling fomewhat {weet alfo : cach of thefe fiuitshave enclofed withir untothat of the Peach ftone, whatlong andinfipide, yet making the throate harfh like unto an unripe Medlcr, and theiefore are not eaten : Thefe fruits are to be lightly troden on to breake them becaufe of the prickes, which to thea never did {mell them or éate of themb ay feeme to fmell like rotten onions,but ha of them wil thinke themboth to tafte and other meats : for among the natives th held info good account that they thinke ch ay WAI 5 IN i g Nt f Wiss 7 say 7 y i can never be fatisfied with them = but. i Zw ENS | ANS Zoteckam, It growethin high places and not in low 7 gtounds under the Line and on bothfides thereof in che Welt Indies, and beareth fruit twife every yeare, that is,about April and in November, and call it Zotocke, It is very probable that this is Cujiws his Amydala Per= vana, as any by comparing thatlittle he hath delivered thereof may foone determine, sf , Many other fruires, as well Melon like as Gourde like and others,aré ufed by the Indians and the Chrifti ans likewife living there among them in fome fort, butthefe here mentioned are the choifeft and chicfett of them; I will now therefore laftly fhew you {undty other fortsof fruits of treesthat haye medecinall qualities for the moft part in them,and fo finifh this worke. , a ; y sa y Roe q ZG) ef Wy f yf © Cuar. y CXIIL Pere Saget ames Pinei Nuclei Ma'uccani. “‘Malueca Ping Kernels, Pinei nuclei Maluccani, Malucca Pine Kernells. Z anantipathythere is between thefe two plants, thar if{ome leaves of Betre be brought into a fhippe or houfe, where thefe fruits are laydand li A a , = , harme byeatingof them. : aan ° Car, : Bh AIS Tg Zé \\ hf; IN a y . Go y be g GY ] eating too liberally of themfhall feare to fall into a Surfeit, ot totake any other harme by them, they hall beinftantly helped and eafed, if eyther they layaleafe of Betreupon the ftomack or eate fome of the leaves thereof : for fo great kepr, they willall rot and putrefie: fo that it hath not beene knowne that any have taken cama pingean Totocka, which is, Si ambires venerem ede GZ ZY i i S39 ] i) | c d S Ome Orchards in Afalabar as well as the wild woods doe nonrfeup a certaine tree growing ! to the bigneffe of a Peare tree, whofe leaves are ; foft and tender of adarke greene onthe upper fide and pale underrieath tafting very fharpe and biting ; = \ LS Ls VY) AS Upon the tongue fora good while, the fruite is of the \\\ bigneffe of a Filberd and triangular, divided ou the in- fide into fundrypartitions, conrayning within them {mall white hard kernells, like unto the kernells of Pineapples, nereuponthey have fo called them; and which the sufe as wellin the cure of difeafes as to performe wicked defignes : they nfeto give two of thefe kertells,the skins that cover them being firft raken away mixdupinaglifter,to purge and procure eafe to thofe that CXIL Totocka Americana Pervana,- The Indianfruitfull Gourd beating Almond, or the Indian Almondsof (/fius. to “ave the Sciatica or hip gout, & in the broth of a Chicken thofe that have their urine {topped or .5. suid hostel Hetteethat bearéth this friice groweth very ereat andhich, the body being bare of branches of Ica unto 4 verygreat height whereit {preadeth into branches {tanding in compafle together alt a ic with palne; ‘and to canfe rough, thicke and cold make humours to be avoyded = they glve themlikewife to thofe that are fhort . inded or have a cough, for which they much commend but muchgreater then thofe of Dicpazboome of a darke greene colour on the uppe fo what white or mealy underneath ; the flowers breake forth among the leaves in feverall places oe adaske greene colour, after which come che fruit, very great when it is ripe and round like a Box i fat on one fide whofe fhellis as hard as a bone. hardly admitting to bee Liored ox filed, and of a da nith colour dented “in, ftriped and crumpled almoft like unto Corke, fo great that one ¢ jardly cou paffe ic with both ones hands and the fingers {tretched out at length, the height alfo being near fizes this fruite inthe infide is divided intofix cells or particions by hard skinnes, in y one whereof is conteined cight,ten or twelve nuts lying orderlypiled asit were one upon another, eachof which are three iquare, fork t ; the face or other parts of the body anointed therewith Sots give helpe and heale Tetters, Ringwormes and Scabbes, being alittle rubbed before the ufing, for they ar€ canfticke or burning as experience fheweth : Wicked women and harlots give foure grainés or kernels of them to their husbands or others thereby to kill them: thofe of Canara doe call them Gepala, and are in frequ:nt nfe with the Indians where theye grow plentifnlly for purgations : ° Crowné, withfaire great broad long leaves fer on them greater than ones hand, fomewh aim them, and ofténutfe the: nbeing diffolved in water, and Aaaaaaa : \ \\ E \ \wyy a |