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Show 1462 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, L 1B,3, Lr 50 ai 1463 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. apleafantfveet fmell, like thofe of the Bay-tree: the floures hercof are whiter ean thofe of the chan the Pome Citron : Cimon tree, and ofa moft {weet {mell : the fruit is long and thicke, leffer tafte, and {weet of fmell : the pulpeis white, more in quan~ Cuar. 103 Ofthe Citron,Limon,Orange, and Afhria n Appletrees. therindeis yellow, fomewhat bitterin titie than that of the Citron,re{pecting the bignes; in the middle part whereof is conteined more foft fpungie pulpe, andfuller of foure juice : the feedsare like thofeof the Pome Citron. Be The Orengetree groweth vpto the height of a fmall Peare tree, hauing many thornie Bay-tree, boughes or branches, like thofe of the Citron tree : the leauies are alfo like tholecf the @ The Kinds, T= .tree is of kindred with the Limontree, the Orange is ofthe fame houfe or focke: 7 the Affyrian Apple tree claimeth a placeas neereft in kinred and neighbourhood : where. ore intend to cemprehend themall in this one chapter, i +butthat they differ in this, that at the lower end next the flalke thereisa leffer leafe made almoftafter the vulgar figure ofan heart,whereonthe bigger leafe doth ftand,or is faftned:+ & they 1s round areofa feet {mell: the floures are white, of a moft pleafant fweet fmell alfo: the fruit is likea ball, cuery circumftance belonging to the forme is very w« !| knowne to all sthe tafte foure, fometimesfiveer,and ofteh ofa tafte betweene bothsthe feeds are like thofe of the Limon, | The Defiription, z 4 Malus Afyyria. 3 Malus arantia. Tk — tree is notvery great, hauing many boughes or branche s,tough andpliable Spa cone witha greene barke: whereon do grow greene leaues, long,fomewhat broad,e-) The Affyrian Appletree. The Orangetree. eee —{mell like thofe of the Bay tree: among which come forth here and there a bofome whereof come forthfmal floures,confifting of fue listle!beaniesof; pastas the middle: the fruit is lone Ur tending to purple, with certaine threds like haires growing in uur is long,greater many times than the Cucumber, oftenleffer , and not much X CMalus medica. & 2 The Pome Citrontree; iie KL~ ase Zs ZN VW Malus Limonia Malus Limonia, The Limontree, iY WAN AY im S MSMSS SSS if SU 4 The Affyrian Apple tree is like vnto the Orangetree : the branches are like :the leaues are Beater: the floures are like thofe ofthe Citron tree: the fruit is round, three timesas big as the Orange :the barkeorpeeling is thicke, rough, and ofapale yellow colout, wherein appeare often asitwere finall clifts. orcrackes :the pulpe or inner fubftance is full of iuice, in taite fharpe, as that of the Limon,but notfo pleafant : the feeds are like thofe ofthe Citron. @ The Place. YR The Citron, Limon, and Orangetrees do grow efpecially on the fea coafts of Italy, and on the Mlands ofthe Adriaticke Turrhene,and alfo Aigzan Seas, & likewife onthe maine land,neer vnto Mectes and great lakes : there is alfo great ftore of themin Spaine,but in places efpecially ioining, eter than the Limon: the barkeorrindeisofa light ‘golden colour, fet with diu ers knobs of umps,and of a very pleafant fmell : the pulpe or fubftancenext vntoit is thick,whit hard hang e, a kinde of aromaticall or {picie fmell,almoft without any ighin that tafteatall : the fofter pulpe wit! asnor fo firme or folid,but more {pungie,andfull ofa fower iuice, inwhichthe feedliethhi d,greaterand thicker thana graineof Barley, , d leaues OF 2 The Limon treeis like vato the Pome Citron tree in growth,thornybranches,an a pleafant tothe fea, or notfarre off : they are alfo found in certaine prouinces of Francewhichlie vpon the ihidland fea.They werefirft brought out of Media, as not onely Piinze writeth, but alfo the Poet Pirgil affirmethin the fecond book ofhis Georgickes,writing of the Citron tree after this maner : Media ferttriftesfuccos,tardumanefaporem Felicis mali, quo non prafentius vilum, Poculafi quandofave tofecerc mowerce, Mifiuernntque |