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Show 344 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants.’ Ilex maior Glandifera, The greatSkarlet Oke. L 1B.3, + Fhicis ramusfloridds, The floures ofthe great Skarler Okey Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Liss 3 tohaue the leafe of the Oliue tree rbut Suber in Greeke,called Phellos, or the Corke tree,bath a little leafe. The Temperature and Vertues. The leaties of this Oke haue force to coole andrepell or keepe backe, as haue the leaues of the Acotnes or Matt trees : being ftampedorbeaten, andapplied, they ate goodforfoft fiveliings,and firengthen weake members. the barke of the root boiled in water vntill ic be diffolued, and layd onall night, maketi: the haiteblacke,being firft fcoured with Cimolia, as Diofcorides faith. Clujius reporteth, that the Acorneis efteemed of, caten,and brought into the market to be fold, inthecity of Salamanca in Spaine, and in manyother places of that countrey ; and of this Acorne Playal{o hath peraduentuire written, 6,15. cap.5. in thefe words: Moreouer,at this day in Spain the Acorne is feruedfor a feeond courfe. aSaRR i iS Cuar. 35. Ofthe great Holme-Oke. 1 Cerris matore Glande, TheHolme Oke with great Acornes. 2 Cerris minore Glande. The Holme Oke withlefler Acorns. @ The’ Place. . ae ee —— ue great woods of thefetrees,hills alfoand vallies are beautified thete; ey gtow plentifully in many countries of Spainé,and in Languedocke and Provence 10 greatplenty. It is likewife found inItaly. Irbeareth an Acorne greater, and ofa larger fize than doth the tame Oke; in fome'countriesleffer and fhorter: they are flrangers in England notwithftanding thereis here and there a tree thereof, that hath been procured from beyond thefeas :one groweth in her Maiefties Priuy Gardenat White-Hall, neere to the gate that leadeth into the fireet,and in fome other places here and there one. > ; q] The Time. Ttis greene atall times of the'yeare: it is late before the Acornes be ripe. Clufise reporteth,that he fawthe floures growingin clufters of a yellowcolour in May. , ; 5 @] The Names. ; _ ‘This Oke is named in Grecke were: in Latine, Ilex in Spanith, Zaina: in Tealia, Elee 8 French, Chefnewerd s in Englith, Barren Skarlet Oke, or Holme Oke; and alfo of fome, French 0 Spanifh Oke. : : . The Spaniards callithe fruitor Acorne Bellora; or Abillota, T.heophraffis feemeth to call this #° Not Prinos, but Smilax ,forhe maketh mention-but of one dex onely,and that is of Scatlet Oke 5 and he fheweth that the Arcadians do not-callithe other 2/ex,but Smilax : for the pame smilax iso! many fignifications : there is Smilax amongthe Pulfes,whichis alfo called Dolichus,and Phaftoles and Smilax. afpera,and Lenis,amongft the Binde:weeds: likewife Smilax is taken of Dio/orids® he Taxus, the Yewtree. OfSmilax, Theophraftus writeth thus in his third booke’: the inbabita’s of Arcadia docal] acertaine tree Smilax; being like vnto the Skarlet Oke : the leaites thete0! © notfer with fuchfharpe prickles, but tendererand fofter. _ Ofthis Smilax Pliny alfo writeth, in hisfixteenth booke,chap. 6. There be ofiex,faith hewwe Kindes,2x gs in Italiafolio non myltumab oleis diftant.called of certain Grecians Smilaces, inthe pr ninces _4quifolia: in which words, in ftead Of Oliue trees may perchance be more truly pat" Suberis, or the Corketree ; for this kinde ofIWex or Smilax is not reported of anyof che old water q The Defcription. ¢ ly proportion, althoughvatMong the wil det Okes this is not the leaft, for his come , carts, Wainfcot houfes, or thips of: the fruit profitable for rimber, to make coles, er any propertie knownefor the vie ofphy is not fit forany manor be afk to eate, neith = **€orfurgetie : it growerhvp to the height of a faire tree, the trunke or body is ene nd fc arce good to be burned : from whic Alte to looke vpon: the wood ortimberfott and fpongie, farre abroad ;whereon are fet for ues themfel ing difperf s branche comely very 9oteth forth -y faite leaues, greene aboue,and of an ouerworme ruffet colour vnders “emof part by Math, cutor fnipt about the edges very deepe the Acorne growethfaft vnto the boughes, withputany foot-falke at all, beingvery like vnto. our common Acorne, fer ina rough and prickly cup tree ree ¢ e-hog or the Chefnut huske,ofa harthtafte, and hollowwithin: this : ringeth |