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Show \ Na co AnAppendix to Oia: " = gap the midf oftheferifes another roundifh head whichcarries three nailes or hornes, biggeftaboy ; andfmalleft ar heir lower end sthis Ourefyith vsisneher {uceceded by,anyfruit,butinthe Wek I Bice whee ndturafly 1595 the Hiftory ofPlants. ee groies, it bearesa fruit, whenit is tpeOF the. bigneffe and coloy, of PomesranatS$but it ee aring orcrown about the top as they haue%thetinde altois much thinnerand temedercr, He pulpe'ts whitifh, and without tafte but the Mace fe hat tare: they , opentheta as they doegges, and théliquoris flipped off withgreat delight; Doth bythe Indians and Spaniards, (as Mfonardus witnefteth) neither iftheyfupOffmany of piers fhall they find their ftomack oppref,butyather their belies are seaely looffied.In this fruitare contained manyfeeds fomwhat like Peare kérhelfs, but more corfier€@aind rough: * colour,and {mooth: the barke of the yongef fhoots is whitify arid rough’: the leaties which grow ypon footftalkes fome twoinches long, are fomewhatlike Vine leaues, but fnaller by much, and Jeffe cornered, being cut into three, and fometimes,but {eldomer,into fiue parts, fomwhat thicke with many veines running ouer them, greener aboue thanthey are’below: ott of the branches in Spring time grow faikes hanging downe fome fix inches in length, carrying many little ereenifhi floures, whichare {ticceeded by little red berries, cleare and fmooth,of che bigneffeofthe Whor- tle berries, ofa pleafant tart tafte. Of this kindethere is another, onely different from this in the fruit, whichis twice fo big as that of thecommon kind. #2 The bath whichbeares the white Currans is commonly ftraighter and bigger than the former : the leaues are lefler, the floures whiter, and fo alfo is the fruit, being cleare and tranfparent, with a little blackith roughend. Clematis trifoliagfine Flis PafGonis..~ The Maracocor Paffion-floure. 1 Ribes vulzaris fructu rubro. 2 Ribes i fractn albo. VVbite Currans. Red Currans. EWN| FAD \ { 3 Belidesthefe there is another, whichdiffers little fromthe former in fhape,yet grows fomwhat higher,and hathleffer leaues : the floures ate of a purplith green colour,andare fuccéeded by fruit as big againe as the ordinary red,but ofa ftinkinig and fomewhat loathing fauour: the leaves This growes wilde in moft of the hot countries of America, from whenceit hath been brought into our Englith gardens, where it srowesvery well,but floures only in fome fewplaces,andin hot and feafonable yeares it is in good plenty growing with Miftrefle Tuzcy at Weftmintter, where haue fome yeates feene it bearéa great many floures. Cuar,.2.° t _ Of Ribes orred Currans. @| The-Defiviption, bbie We plant which carries the fruit which wecommonlyterme ted Curtans, isa{hrube" & buthofthebigneffe ofa Goofeberry buth,but without prickles :the wood is foltam white, witha pretty large pith in the middle: it is couered witha double barke, the vndermolt,b& ing the thicker, is greene, and the vppermoft,which fometimes chapsandpills off,is ofa brow 2 co alfo are not without this ftinking {mell. 1, The Place, Time, and Names, None of thefe srowwild withvs, but they are to be found plentifully growing in many gardens, elpecially two former, the red and the white, ae i Pre A oy ees forth in the Spring, and thefruit is ripe abour Midfommer. it the Ribes This plant is chought to hauc been vnknowne to the antient Greckes ; fome thinke ofthe Arabian Serapio - Fuchfius, Matthiolus, and fome other deny it; notwithftandingDodonane aficmes ic: neitheris the controuerfic eafily tobe decided, becaufe the Auth baele aoe de| sin feription thereof, neither haue we his words but by the hand of a barbarous Tran aie the thops of lace time take it (the faculties confenting thereto) for the true Ribes, an PI thefruis hereof prepare their Rob de Ribes Dodoneus calls it Ribefium, groffularia ee oo ae *éring and theyare diftinguifhedinto three forts,Rubra, Alba,Nigra Ribelia, red,white, an oo Curtans : the Germans callthem &.Jobans traubell,or traublin,and fo.deyeng Dewitt ¢ the Ortree Darch, BeGking oner Zee 3 the [ralians, Yetta rof[a : the French, Groiffe me ae te Bohemians Fahort &, Jana: the Englitb, Red Currans : yet mutt they not be con ounded pe S S(LELL 3 vith |