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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, ~_Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lis. «| The Time, i rere the reft of the Pr >riuets Ns imeanfwereth Tet q The Names. Cuap. 60. Of thefruitleffe Prinet. name Philyca,and fame Phillyreawhich:Theophraftus hath written of by the Jnernus ofPliny is the Was ccs Por“ : the Teme ; a E/eprinen itd call it ; the pegple. of Candy Zn . Tr of his Singularities,and Ae rcap.42. . . eaiio lib. at . : or fruitlefic Prinet: not- q The Defeription. I His fhrubbybuth, called of Pliny and Carolus Clufius, Alaternus, groweth vp to a {mall hedge tree, in forme likevnto a baftard Priuet ; but the leaues are more like thofe of tlex,or the French Oke,yet ftiffer and rounder than thofe of Macaleb : among ft which come forth tufts of greenith yellowHoureslike thofe of the Lentiske tree : vnder and amongtheleaues came forth the berries, like thofe of Laurus Tinus, in whichare contained two kernels like to the Acines or ftones ofthe Grape. x CAlateruus Pling. . Fruitleffe Priuet. 2 Alaerna humilior, The lowerfruitleffe Priuet, barren : in Eniglifh, Sangin= blanc Dalader,and 2 : ete oat er . Ueo5 Cala: inFrench, difieolour, being very fit for that purpofe : the woodalfo eter i. is vfed by Dyers todye adarke J, withall, Cuar. 61 Ofthe white and blew Pipe-Prinets 2 Syringacerulea, . 1 Syringaalba, vee BlewPipe. White Pipe. 2 lo, ati Ye Q at this day is called E wthfanding fome haue thought it to beare fruit,which by nee name Englith the bf approue iluslids,aswe haue faid. ~ 1 canby no meanes M°'.Parkinfon) to be much more Author, but iudge thenameof Euer-gteene Priuet, (giuen it by ‘ttingtothething. + 9 The Temperat ure andVertues, ¥ fg 9 2p A Whether the plant bevfed.in medicine I cannotas yetlearne =the pacity * a7 ies pies colour they decoction which withthe vetofeethe the barke thereof in water, blacke Thefecond kinde ofAlaternus is likewifea fruitleffe kinde ofPriuet, haning natfow a fomewhat fnipt about theedges: from the bofomes whereof come forth fimall herby coloure floures ; which being vaded, there fucceedeththe fruit, whereof Auicen {peaketh, calling 1¢ by me name Fagaras, being fruit in bigneffe and forme like thofe in (hops called Cocculus-inds,and may be the famefor any thing that hath been written to the contrarie. This fruit hangethas tt we in a darke afh-coloured skin or huske, whichinclofeth a flender {tiffe thell like the hell ofaauts y uered with a thin or blacke filme, whether igbe the fruitofthis plant it isnot cenfured;nomvi™ ftanding youfhall finde the figure hereof amongtheIndianfruits, by thename Fagara sg + This hath fhorter branches and rounder Ieaues thanthe former : the floures are ae ie greener ; towhichfucceedfruit clufteringtogether, firft greene, then red,and afterwards P ain and confifting of three kernells : it floures in Februarie and the beginning of March, and ee fundry places of Spaine. The fruit of this is not the Fagaras, neither doth the Fagaras a a by our Author any wayagree with the Cocculus Indi of the shops, asfhall be fhewed here their fitplces. + @ The Place, i Thefe plants do grow in the fhadowie woods of France, and are ftrangersin England. @. The Defcription. TI Hewhite Pipe gtoweth like amhedgettee, or buthy thrub : from _ - sectaSOS many {hoots, whichin (horttime grow tobe equall with theold oe Orton Bes little time it increafethtoinfinite numbers, like the common Engitth ‘© tim.oe * i Kihereofdoubtleteitis a kinde, ifweconiGder enery cixcumftance:the branches aecoeaS Witha rigged gray barke: the timber is white; with fome pith orfpongie matter in ie pe dle q Te lite Elder,but leffer in quantitie, Thefe litelebranches are garnifhed with MME Othe thape and bigneffe of Peare tree leaues,and very like in forme:amangwhien Conic Bbbbbb 2 the : |