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Show Lacen camfais bacillis, GumLack withhis flowers. % Theplace. The tree which beareth Lacca oroweth in Zeilan and Malauar,andinotherpartes ofthe Eaft Indies, , %& The time. Ofthetime we haue nocertaine knowledge, % The names. Indian Lack is called in fhops Laces : in Tralian Lachetta : Auicen calleth it Lych: Paulus and Diofcorides Cancamum ; the othet names are exprefiedin the defcription, we The temperature and vertuts, Lack orLacca is hot inthe fecond degree, it comforteth the hart andliuer, openethob- . i % The time, Of the time we haue no certaine knowledge,butis {i ppoféed tobe greene ; bithrum. siiedtas % The temperatureandvertues, am ndian leate is hot j fecor ‘ ee ‘ Sehr ae and nd drie a degree, agreeing with Nardus in temperatures otller Teport or Mace : It prouoKeth vrine moft mightily , warmeth and comforteth the fo. A macke, Bete arnt the oh pinand etl alee deh eies,the a : : and wateri¢eles. pa, and allother B Itpreuaileth again{ webin the indammation imperfections of the fame, Itis laide among clothes as well to keepe them from moths andother vermine, asalfotogiue ¢ ‘ynto thema {weere {mel], ; ftructions, expelleth vrine, andpreuaileth againft the dropfie, Thereis anartificiall Lack made of the ferapingsof Brafill andSaffron, whichiswed of Painters, andnotto be vfedih phifickeas the other naturall Lacca. Ofthefndian Leafe. Tanalapatra. The Indian Leafe. Of the Clonetree. 1 Caryophylli veri Clusi. Thetrue forme ofthe Cloue tr Chap.144. 2 Antoj Chap.143. ee The defeription, h <Amalapatra, orthe Indian Leafe growet tree, vpon a great treelike to the Orenge withlike leaues alfo, but fomewhat broa- gliterig der,a little fharpe pointed, ofa greene throug} g runnin ribs finall three. and colour, eachleafe,aftet the manner ofR ibwoortwhet byitis eafie tobe kuowen: it fmelleth fom a like vnto Cloues, but not fo ftrong as Spike o! fofubot Mace(as fome haue deenied)nor yet shes Th mom. Cinna fentas a quicke and tile mac® fent oradded vnto this figure by Cortuf‘ e, with * taine fruit like vntoa fimall Acorn , the fruitof the J {cription Frudtus Canelle of, qa Ee tree, which may be doubted holacng} defcription of the forenamed tree t. perfec be to moft of rally se Theplace. not fleetif uftrts as Di the water like vnto Lens pal The Indian Leafe groweth view, which groweth t 4 in Ara far fromthe water fide. as n . thougt downe,lea e fet os doe and: Pliniewi te OL He eG for et f vi ebeo wetal fet 10° ch an wher ane bre aP bia and shee ge 4 az winter and fommer. ; ; % The names, Tamalapatra is called of the Indians in their mother toong, efpecially the Arabians Cadeoj Indi, ox Ladeys Indi, that is, Folsum Indicum, ot Indum, the Indiaan leafe: but the Mauritanians do callic Tembul. The Latinesand Grasciatis following fomeoft he Arabians hane calledit CHals- I xe n OF DO e ay ee,the triin h eB Baytr stoth ee lik fikeey ynt trm «fo Hi ¢ Cloue'tree groweth great in 0" ee coueredwith a ruffet bark : the branches are many,' 5» I i 7 a ymewna narrower; among fomewhat Caues like thofe ofthe Bay tree,but ion Sift 2 wbich col wasfrit Seeede HISTORIE OF PLANTS THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE se 4350 |