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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE Theoileofthe fruite is hot anddry in che Ofthefruit eAnacardiwm, and Caious,or ‘The BeancofMalaca, Caiows. paint ofthe teeth,being put into the he llownestherec The people of Malaua: do vie the faid oile ming} oherthing they defire to becoloured or marked, as we de attheit colourwill not be taken foorth againe,by any fas Theyalfo giue thekernell fteeped in whaie 5 to ther n % The defeription, Thekidney Beane ofMalaca. fourth tisittaketh away warts, breaketh apoftumes 5 prenail. Caiocus. Chap.t5i. cAnacardinmn. % Thetemperature andvertues, i He ancient writers haue beene verybriefe in the hiftorie of C-anacardium:theGrecians haue touchedit by the name ofAvacag Joy, taking thename fromthe likenes it hath ofa hart, both in fhapeand colour: called of the Portingals that inhabite the Eaft Indies Fauade Malagua,that is,the Beane of Malaca: for being greene,and as it hangethon thetree, it refembleth’a Beane, faving thatit is much bigger but whenthey be dry,they are of a thi. ning blackifh colour, conteining betweenethe outward rinde and the kernell ( whichislike an almond) acertaine oile, of a fhatpe cautticke or burning qualitie, called A¢e/ anacardinum, and very venemous,although the kernel is vied in meates and fawces,as we do Olines and fuch like to procure appetice. The other fruit groweth yponattee, of the bignes ofa Peare tree: the Jeaues are muchlike to thofe of the Orengetree , but thicker and fatter, ofa faint greene colour: the flowersare wich have norfeene the like before, 7 eS Morrice ONT acd PD at Bels,anddiners 4 OfFadian other Indian / [ hap.152. jfruits?’ ‘ is Ab 1 (Ahousy Thenet. Indian Mortice Bels, two rindes, between which is conteined amott hotand fharpe oile, like that of C<macarai” whereofitis akinde. The Beane orkernellic felfeis no! P/ delighc, affirming that it prot fitticke Nut, whereof the Indians do eate with great in long cods like thofe of Be conteined is fruite The wherein is their chiefe felicitie, ynto an apple, veryy ter :neere vnto which cods commeth foorth an excre(cencelike ftones, orgra good finell; {pungious within andfull.of iuices withoutanyfeedes, ¢ then the other, Peare fafhion , what {weere in talte ; atthe one ende narrower ‘forit is tather an excrelcence reputedof fomeforthe fruite, but not rightly3 se Theplace. They growe alfoit Thefehaue beene founde vpon the mountaines of Cicilia. Eaft Indies, efpecially in Cananor, Calecute,Cambaya,and Decan. % The time. Thefe trees, flower, andflourifh winter and {ommer. % Thenanes. firftis call Their names haue beene touchedin theirdefcriptions. The Indians Bilo. likenesit hath with a hare: of the Arabians Ba/ador : of the Cains,of fome C4106 Hs The fecondis calied Casoms,and thus written Cazéiis,and aticke or fhort winded, and C mdholdeit inthe flame of a c candle,or any othe en % j 1 fo mar nyiflenoe Ightnings., andwithall yeelde f itrange colours,; thatic j 3 One Ht hde Pate frnite, in {hape like an Hares kidney, hauing which hath beene asis the Oke Apple. Po irke their+ clothes or anie B and red markingftones, when the fruitis yet greene,theygiuethe famefo fteepeda - woormes, The Indians for their pleature will fticke the fruj fre atl sorne , fomeorher tharpe thing, D white confifting of many finall leaues , much like the Aowers of the Cherrietree, but much the doubled, without {mell: after commeth fant andholfome in eatingthen the af : a ath alfoacaufticke or corofiuequaliA t recia , andeafeth* the : veth vpon a great tre i | se cut off, th ike or body is couereav sthe ha feat beholder beholder |