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Show Ofthe Hifteric of Plants. Linz. inch } } + lofan inch : long,+ and fometime s <1 longer, very} hardto be broken, in 31 tafte ta like the Chett fut, hthefauage people do grate and ftampeto pouder to make thembread. Bt q The Place, Cait t Srite _ Theophr Theophaltsas 6 raft faith vdy the firlt growes in Candy i , but much a in ee places of Italybythe {eafide, andalf more plentifullyin Cilicia andare o in diuers parts ofSpaine : 1¢ other hath been foundb iby ytrauellers into¢ the W eft Indies, ies, ftom fi whenc 4 i the naked branches withthefruir, ‘ b,-llmaat| ate : Q The Time, The time anfwereth that of the manured Datetree. scllofan ’ G The Names. he little Datetree ri ; _ The little Date tree or wilde i namedo : Datetr ee is f Theophraftts, saveitiee: in Naples, cep) Ti we ; in Latine commonly Palmites.. That which is found ; > midft Linea vied ee pth which ts found in the midft of of the yong {prings, l caten in and is fo to tobe banquets, is called in Greeke, tyupzais trove + in Latine Palme cerebrs mth brai of the Datetree, ne Be x | The , > 5 no me S ' } a Lin. 3. Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. — height,not poffible tobe climbedvp , and therefore the Indians for their'eafier aftending vp, at fome diftances do tie round about the tree certaine wyths or ropes thadé of the barkes of trees, as may be perceiued bythe figure, whereby very eafily they go vp and downe-to gather the fruit at their pleafure, The top of the trec is diuided into fundry branches, in fubftancelike to the great cane; whereupon dogrowfaire flaggie leaues like thofe ofthe Palme or Date tree,;whercof doubtlefle this is a wilde kinde : from the botrome of which branches commethforth fruit in Jong bun- ches like traces ofOnions, couered witha foft pulpe like ynto the Wall-nut, rough, and verie full ofhaire ofa yellowifh colour, and like the dried Date whenit is ripe: within which huskeis contained fruit like vnto the Nutmeg, but greater, very hard,and ftriped ouer with red and white veines, or finues, @ The Place, Time, and Names, > Temperature and V crtues. Galen fuppofeth that the brain of the Date treeconfifteth of fundry parts, that is to fay,ofacer: aine wateric andw armefubftance, and ofanea rthy and cold ;therefore it is moiftand cold ith a@ecttaine aftrictionor binding qualitie. “8 wii : Being g taken poheer entasOe a meat: it ingend gendrethraw humors and winde, i ; and therefor herefoere itit isis good ¢ tobe eaten This Date tree, which the Arabians call Faufel, that is by interpretation, Auellana Indica,the In- dian Nut or Filberd, 4uicen and Serapio call Filfel, and Fufel. It groweth in the EaftIndies in diuersand fundry places, as in Malauar, where vulgarly itis called Pac ; and of the Nobles and Gentlemen, Areca : which nameis vfed amongft the Portugals which dwell in thofe Indies : in Guzatateand Decanit is called Cupare - in Zeilan, Poaz : in Malaca, Piwan : in Gochin, Chacani : in En- glith, the drunken Date tree, which name we haue coined fromhis qualitie,beeaufe the fruit maketh thofe drunke that eate thereof, : q] The Temperature. It is cold and dry in the fecond degree, Cuar. 39. Of the drunken Date tree, Areca, fine Faufel. The drunken Datetree, q The Vertues. The fruit of“recabeforeit be ripe is reckoned among{t the ftupefa@iue or aftonifhing medicines , for whofocuer eateth thereofwaxeth drunke, becaufé it doth exceedingly amafe and aftonifh the fenfes. Whenthe Indiansare vexed with fome intolerable ache or paine, or muft ofneceffitie endure fome great tormentortorture,then do they take ofthis fruit,wherebythe rigor of that painwhich otherwife they fhouldfeele, is very much mitigated, The iuice ofthe fruit of 4reca doth ftrengthen the gums,faften the teeth,comfort the ftomack, flay vomiting and loofeneffe ofthebelly : it doth alfo purge the body from congealed or-closted bloud gathered within the fame. Cuar. igo. Ofthefndian Nut tree. @ The Defiription. I TT He Grecians haue not known, but the Arabians haue mentioned this Indian Nuttree, the body whereofis very great, fmooth andplaine, void of boughesor branches, of a great height ; wherefore the Indians dowsap ropes.about the body thereof,as they doe vpon the tee laft defcribed, for their more eafe in gathering thefruit: the timbet whereofis verie {pongie within, but hard without,a matterfittomake their Canoos and boats of:qnthe top of the tree gtow the leaues like thofe ofthe Date tree, but broad,and fharpe at the point as thornes, whereof they vfe to make needles, bodkins, and fuchlike inftraments, wherewith they fow the failes of their fhips,and do fuchlikelbufinefle : amongthefe leaues comeforth clufters of floureslike thofe ofthe Cheftnut tree, which turne into great fruit ofa round forme, and fomwhat fharp at one end; inthat end next vnto the tree is one hole,fomtimes two bored through : this Nutorfruit is wrappedina couertuire, confifting ofa fubftance not vnlike to hempe before it be beaten foft: there is alfa finerand gentler ftuffenext vnto the fhell,like vato Flax before it be made foft : in the mid- dlewhereof is contained a great Nut couered witha veryhard fhell, of a browne colour before it bepolithed, afterward of ablacke fhining colour like burnifhed horne’s next vito ‘the’ fhell vpon the infide there cleaueth a white cornelly fabftancefirme andfollid, of the colour andtafte of a blanched A Imond : within the cauitie or hollownes thereofis contained a moft delectable liquor ikevnto milke,andofa moft pleafant tafte. i ‘ 2° We hauenocertaine knowledge fromthofe that haue ttauelled into the Indies, ofthe tree q The Defcription, ne! ae drunken Date tree, which Carolus Clufius calleth Faufel, isan Indian tree ofa great bighes, the timberwhercofis very foft and {pongious, exceeding {mooth and plaine vato ‘iee Which beareth this little Indian Nut; neither haue we any thing ofour owne knowledge,’ more, than that wefee by experience that the fruit hereofis leffer, wherein confifteth the difference. #°:The orher, expte fled in the fame tablewith the former, by the nameof Mehenberhene,Clufi#teceiued it by the fame'name from Cortu/us ofPadua’: yet it doth not(as hee faith) well agree With the defeription; and he rather approttes oftheir opinion who refer itto the Vax unguentaria, tAOE : Mmmmmim 3 |