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Show Ofthe Hittorie of Plants. Li1s.2, Cuar.7o. Of Balme eApple,or eApple ofHierufalem. 1 Balfamina mas. 2 Balfaminafemina; Thefemale Balfam Apple, The male Balfam Apple. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis. 2. G The Place. Thefe plants do profperbeft in hot Regions : they are ftrangers in England,anddoe with great labourand induftrie grow in thefe cold Countries. @ TheTime. They muft be fownein the beginning of Aprill ina bed of hor horfe dung, etlen as Muske- Melons,Cucumbers,andfuchlike coldfruits are, and replanted abroadfromthe faid bed into the moft hot and fertile place of the Gardenat {uch time as they haue gotten three Ieaues a peece, @ The Names. Diuerfly hath this plant been named; fome callingit by onename,and fome byanother,cuery one as it feemed good tohis fancie. Bapts/ta Sardys callethit Balfamina Cucamerina: others, Viti- cellagand Charantia,as alfo Pormune Hicrofolym:tanum, or Apples of Hierufalem :in Englith, Balme Apple:in Tralian,CaranZa : in the Germane tongue,Balfam op ffcl $1n French, Merneile - fome of the Latines haue called it Pomum mirabile, or maruclious Apples. [tis thought to be named Balfamina, becaufe the oile wherein the ripe Apples be fteepedor infufed,is taken to bee profitable for Manythings, as is Opobalfamum,oxthe liquour ofthe plant Balfamum. ; ; The female Balfam Appleis likewife called Balfamina, Balfaminum - Gefner choofeth rather to nameit Bal[amina and oftentimes in the Neuter Gender amygdaloides : Valerius Cordus,Balfamella: others,Balfamina femina : in Englifh, the Female Balme Apples. 4] The Nature. The fruit or apples hereof, as alfo the leaues, doe notably drie,hauing withallacertaine moderate coldneffl very neere toa meane temperature, that is after fome hot,in the firft,anddrie in the fecond degree. g The Vertues, Theleaties ate reported to heale greene wounds if they be bruifedand laid thereon 3 and taken A withswine theyare faid to bea remediefor the collicke; andan effectuall medicine for buritings and convulfions or ctampes. The leaues of the maleBalfwnina dried in the fhadow, and beaten into pouder andgiuen in pn D wine vnto thofe that are mortally wounded in the body,dotk cure them inwardly,and helpeth alfo the’Gollicke. Theoile which is drawne forth of the fruit doth curéal] greene andfrefh wounds as the true naturall Balfam : it helpeth the crampes and convulfions,and the fhrinking offinewes, being an- C nointed therewith; It profiteth womenthat ate in gteatextremitie ofchilde-birth th tak ing away the paine ofthe D matrix, caufing ealie deliuerancebeeing appliedto the place, and annointed vpon their bellies,or caft intothe matrix witha fyring,and eafeth the dolour of the inward parts, The Defcription. t He male Balme Apple hathlong,fmall,and tender branches,fer withleaues ‘a of the vine ; and the like {mall clafping tendrels wherewithit catcheth - in things as do growneerevntoit,not able by reafon of his weakeneflé to ftand sprigh ee ad pole or other thing to fupportit. The floures confift offiue {mall leaues ofa meane in are of faint yellowcolour : whichbeing paft, there doe comein place long Apples, etfe pric fharpe toward the point almoft like an egge, roughall ouer as it werewith {mall — ee kles, ted both within and without when they be ripe, andcleaue in funder of oe e she Apple lieth great broadflat feeds, like thofe of Pompionor Citrull; but fomething b . they be withered. The root is threddie, and difperfeth it felfe far abroad in the groune al ae 2 Thefemale Balm A ple dothnota little differ fromthe former: it bringeth forth in fb tunning orcliming like the other,but amoft thicke and fat trunckeorftocke full fs Pa fance like the ftalks,of Purflanc,ofa reddithcolor and fomewhat fhining.The leaues bout the narrow,in fhape like thofe of Willowor the Peach tree, fomewhat toothed ornotched 4 fa edges :among which growthe floures of an incarnate colour tending to blewneffe,hauinp fpur ortaile annexed thereto as hath the Larks heelé,ofafaire light crimfon colour: er “ ces come vpthe fruit or Apples rough and hairy, but leffer than thofe of the SOrmiChs YS aie they be ripe, whichlikewife cleaue afunder of themfelues and caft abroadtheir vnto Lentils, faith mine Author. helen thofe which I hauefrom yeare to yeare in my Garace™ orth feed like the Cole-florey or But Muftard feed; whether they be oftwo kindes,or the climate? alter the fhape, it refteth difputable, Itcureth the Hemorrhoides andall other paines of the fundament,being theretoapplied with E lint ofoldclouts. The leaues drunken in wine, heale tuptutes, , E I findelittle or nothing written ofthe propetty or vertues of the female kinde, but that it is G thought todrawneere vnto the firtt in temperament and Oileoliuein whichthe fruit (the feede taken forth) is vertue. either fet in the Sun,as we dowhen wee H make oile ofrofes,or boiled-ina double glaffe fet in hot water,or el{eburied in hot horfe dung,taketh awayinflammations that are in wounds.It doth alfe eafily and in fhort time confolidate or glew them togerher,and perfealy'cure them. 5 It cureththevicers of the dugs or paps, the headof the yard or matrix,as alfo the inflammation I thereof being inieed or corittcied into the place with a {yringe or mother peflarie. T his apple is with goodfucceffe applied vnto wounds. prickesand hurts ofthe finewes.It hath K Sreat force to curefcaldings and burnings: ic taketh away(Garrés and blenaithes,if in the meane time the pouder of the leaues be taken for certaine daies together; At 1s Feported that fuch as bebarren are made fruitfull herewith, ifthe womanfirft be bathedin L # Stand conuenient bath forthe purpole,& the parts about rhe thareand matrix annointed here: Wwit.and the womanprefently haue the company ofher husband, * ‘ |
