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Show 1450 OFthe Hiftory of Plants. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants; 145% - 1 Malus Granata, fine Punica, The Pomegranattree. 2 Malus Punicafylueftris, The wilde Pomegranar, gq The Names, ‘The Pomegranate tree is called in Latine, Malus Punica: in Greeke, of the Athenians,j«, and jw.as Galen faith : in Englifh,Pomegranate tree: the fruit is alfo named¥s, or're : in Latine malum punim : in fhops,Malum,or Pormum Granatum : in high Durch, @ranatopffel sin low Dutch,Graa tappels in Italian, Mélagrano, and Pomo Granato: in Spanith ,Granadas, and Romana: iaFrench, Prmmes Granades ; in Englith, Pomegranate, The floure ofthe fruitfull Pomegranatetree is called of the Gtecians, Fane: which is notwithe fanding properly the cup of the floure : the Latines name italfo Cytiaus. The foure ofthe wildeand barren Pomegranate tree is called Bansisw the Apothecaries doe likewife termeit Balayitinns. The pill or rinde ofthe Pomegranate whichis fo muchin vfe,is named in Greeke «in:in Latine, Mileorinm,and Sidinm » in {hopsit is called Cortexzranatorum,or Pomegranate Pill, q| The Temperature and Vertues. The inicie grains of the Pomegranate are good to be eaten, hauing in thema meetly good iuice: they are wholefomefor the ftomacke,but they all containe in thema thin and {mali nourifhment, ornoneatall. The fiveet ones be not fo cold as the reft, but they eafily caufe hotfwvellings to arife, and they B arenot fo much commendedfor agues. : i The foure ones,and efpecially if they be withall fomething hatfh, doe euidently coole,dry,and Cc fomething binde. They are good for the heart burne , they reprefle and ftay the ouermuch vomiting of cholet, D called the Felohie:. they are a remedie againft the bloudy flixe,aptneffe to yomite, and vomite it felfe, There is made ofthe inice of thefe foure Pomegtanatsa fyrrup,which ferueth for the fame pur- B polesand is alfo many timesvery profitable againft the longing ofwomen with childe, vnleffe the coldneffe of the ftomacke be a hinderance thereunto. The feeds of the graines,and efpecially of the fower Pomegranat,being dried,dolikewifecoole F ad binde. They ftop the flix, ftay vomiting,and ftanch the {pitting vp of bloud, they firengthen the fto- G macke, Balauftia, fine Pleni flores Granfyl. The double floures of wild Pomegranat. t 2, Thewilde Pomegranattree is like the otherin leaues and twigey branches,but it ismore Prickly and horrid : ofthis there are two forts, the one hauingfuch fioures & fruitas the tame Pomgranat ; the other bearing flouresvery double, as may appeare by the figure, which wither and fall away,leauingnofruit behind them,as the double floured Cherry doth, and diuers other herbes and trees al fo; 8 it is altogether barren offruit:ofthis Diofcorides makes fundry forts,differing in colour: oneis white,faith he , another yellowith tedjand 2 third fort of the colour of the Rofe: this with red floures isbeft knowne among the Apothecatles. . @ The Place. Pomegranats growin hot countries towardthe South,in Italy, Spaine, and chiefely inthe kingdomeof Granado, whichis thought tobe fo 9 med ofthe great multitude of Pomgranats,which be commonlycalled Granata:they growin anu ber of places alfo without: manuring : yet beng manured theyprofper better; for in gardens, vine yards,orchards,and otherlike husbanded grounds theycome vp more cheerefully: I haue recouere diuers yongtrees hereof, by fowing ofthe feed or grains,ofthe height ofthree or foure cubits,atte? ding Gods leifure for floures andfruit. Q The Time. £ The Pomegranate floureth in the moneths 0 Mayand Ione : the fruit is ripe in the end of Auguft, q Th Ofthe fame effect be the floures,both ofthe tame and wilde Pomegranate tree,being like tothe H feds in temperature and vertues. They faften the teeth,and ftrengthen the gums,if the fame bewathed therewith. I Poare goodagainft burftings that comebyfalling downe ofthe guts, ifthey be vfed in plai- K trsand applied. The ie or pillisnotonely like in facultieto the feeds, and both the forts of fotires,butalfo L Moreanaileable; for it cooleth and bindeth more forceably;it bringeth downethe hotfwellings of thealmonds in the throat,being vfed ina gargarifmeor lotion forthe throat, andit isa fingular femedy for all things that need cooling and binding. Dioftorides writeth,that there is alfo gathered a inice out ofboth thofe fortsoffloures, which is M very like in facultie and vertue to Hypociftss,as the fame Author affirmeth. Thebloffomes of the rame and wilde Pomegranates,as alfo the rinde or thell thereof made into N pondet,and drunkein red wine,or boyled in red wine,and the decoion drunke,is good againft the bloudy flix,and all otheriffues ofbloud; yeait is good for womento fit ouer, & bathe rhemfelues tnthe deco@ion hereof: thefe forefaid bloflomes and fhels are good alfo to put into refttaining Potiders, for the ftanching of bloud in wounds. Thefeeds or ftones of Pomegranartsdried in the Sun,and beaten to pouder, are oflike operati- © Shwith the floures : they ftop the laske andall iffues of bloud in man or woman,being takeninthe * manner aforefaid, ‘ Cuar. 97. Ofthe Quince Tree, | The Kindes: Colamet maketh three kindes of Quinces, Struthia, Chryforneltana,and Muftela,but what manner — Ones they be hee doth not declare,notwithftanding wee finde divers forts differing as well in S aud E HOE Sees Be Gare Foi, |
