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Show 1396 ————— Lis. 3. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, 3 Phillyrea{errata 2. Clufij. leaues, floures, and fruit, and the difference The fecond toothed Priuet of Clufiws. is this, that the Jeaues ofthis plant arebioa, der, but in facultie they are like, 3 Thiskinde of Priuet rifeth vplike an hedge buth, ofthe height offiu eor fix cu bits : the branchesare long,fragile or brittle couered with a whitith barke ; whereon be fet leaues fomwhat broad, iag&gedon theedges like the teeth ofa faw,and ofa deepgreen colour:among which comeforth the Hloures, whichneither my Author norm y felfehaue feene : the berries grow vpon {mall foot. ftalks, for the moft part three together,being round, andofthe bignefle ofPeppergraines, or Myrtle berries, of a blacke colou r when feet fmell, gt ad ‘OftheHiftory of Plants. omitted 1€ Grauerhath w tem, which v one ftem, hat thé sing vpon ing biin clufters, many hanging ;G ; be ‘ke when whe theyy be be fipe, blacke tipe, with alittle litt hard . lic. anc e theberries, green¢ at tlic firft, and fonewithin fer which coinwhieh lieth a kernell. sri - einga ; ; 7 Matthiolus thiol haue: fet anotheros Macaleb, Cale, : being forth t et fortl -2 Gefuerand ‘ids’ pee allo another Daltard anaCc Prive ‘ qqoyetttoa {mall hedgetree, hauing many greene branches fet with round feaues i g of the pret ey thofe likeTae : the 10 fnipt about “1the edges < theElme tree,C, fomwhat ti flour ae 5 arc yea lt tr fit, ofrather the kernell thereof, is as hardas a be at of © dotall,7 {am erfoumers d oe 10TC typ i 1 . , ) Perfumers French cunning the blacke colour ning Ta, T s ; which ; <a: s; Y Hts ie fond nt 3° ound. and of iorMacaleb. 1 Phillyrea arbor, verior i Baftard Privet. i li- yf Drace- letsdaines ind fuch like trifling toyes, which the y fendinto Er oddeliveet compoundorother, and theyare here fo d ynto ourcuri fmteand ftrang¢ Pomanders, for great fummes of money. ia Ladies and € ith fome ‘ =wOrmen 2 Macaleb Gefueri ; J 1 Corall Priuet; f they be ripe. @ The Place, Thefe plants do growin Syria neere the city Afcalon,and were foundbyourindufinous Pena in the mountaines neete Narbone and Montpelier in France : the whiehI planted inthe garden at Barn-Elmesneere Lon: don, belonging to the right Honourable the Earle ofEffex : Ihaue them growing in my gardenlikewife. @ The Time, Theleaues fhoot forth inthe firft ofthe Sprig : the floures fhew themfeluesin May and Iune : thefruit is ripe in September. G The Names. This Priuet iscalled in Greeke,was, and in Latinealfo Cyprus ; and may-be named in Englith, Eafterlin Priuet, and Mocke-Priuet, for the reafon following : they are deceiued who taking Pliny for their Author, dothinke thatit is Ligu/trum, or our Welterne Priuet, as wee have fhewedin the former chap. it isthe Arabians Alcanna, or Henne : and itis alfo called of the Turks Henne euenatthis prefent time. | The Temperature, Theleaues ofthefe kindes of Priuet haue.a binding qualitie,as Diofcorides writeth. q The Vertues, - Being chewedin themouththey healethe vicers thereof, andare a remedie againgt inflanena- tionsor hot fwellings. : é The decoétion thereofis good. againft burnings and fealdings. oes ~ The famebeing ftamped and ftcepedin the iuice of Mullen andlaid on, do makethe ae Ms as Diofcorides noreth. Bellonius wtiteth, that not only the haire, but alfo the netherparts © i bodyandnailes likewife are coloured and died herewith,whichis counted an ornamentamongth The floures being moiftned in vineger and applied to the temples affwageth head-ache. as There is alfo made ofthefe anoile called oleum Cyprinum,{weetoffmell,and goodto heate fupple the finewes. Turks. Cima: sg. : ; Thefloures bud forth in the Spring : the fruic is ripe in Nouember and December; @ The Names. Pahidhban Thisbaftard Privetis that treewhich diuers fufped to be that Mahaleb or M calebo nae wewtiteth, cap. 478. and whichal foSerapio fpeaketh ofout of Age/ae* but itis an hard thing© ‘lltmeany certaintie thereby,feeing that Awicen hath defcribed itwithout markes Ee * * “iB this is taken to be the fame of mot writers, and thofe of the beft: we may call itin Eagltih, aitard Priuet, or Corall,or Pomander Priuet, being without doubt kinde thereof, Of baftard Priuet. g TheD efeription, I @. The Place. Thefe trees grow in ditiers places OfFrance, as about ‘Tholoufe, and fundry other places ; they telttangeys in En gland. a The Time, iy ap is thrubby tree, called Macaleb, or Mahaleb, is alfo one ofthe Priuets ritrifeth ‘p a vntoa fmall hedgetree, not vnlike vnto the Damfonor Bullefle tree, hauing a, # whereon do growleaues not vnlike thofe of the PAiijTe © ftalks and right > ails{preading branches: ‘ ‘ Confires defcription : among ft which come forth moffie floures of a white colour, andof apericct ae a | The Temperature and ertues, ; } © meoteemning this baftard Peinetwe haue learnedas yet no vfe thereofin eae nf ate found in the ftones or fruit,as they be like in tafte to thofe of Cherries, aq ae oy a Werable to chemin temperature; for they are of a temperat heate, and — coe pce ee age. fe rgetefore good for the ftone ; more wehaue nor towrice than hath beene [pokenin the de Crp sae a Bbbbbb ; CH A Ps |
