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Show sia An Appendixto 1605 the Hiftory ofPlants. le Oxyacantha Theophrafti. The Buer-greene Thorne. | The Defiription, Tissemegia bt by reafon ofthe too much moifture ofthe feafon, which caufes it to become worme-eaten. Oenoplia non fpinofa. The great Iuiubestree. The Thorny kinde isdeferibed by Alpinu:,who rightly iudges it the Conmarus of LAthineus,but the figure he giues is not very accurate, That which wants prickles growes (as well as the prickly one)in Agypt and Syria, as alfo inthe city Rhetimoin Candy,whither it was brought | uning,and thenitwill in time grow tothe Leight ofa {mal treeas the Hawthorne, wherero it is of affinitie forthe wood is white and hard, like ir, and covered ouer with the likebarke; buttheleaues ate out of Syria. The hiftorie of both thefe trees is in Serapio by the nameof Sadar: but he,according to bis cuftome confounds it with the Lotus of Diofcorides from whichit very muchdiffers. Bello. fomwhat like thofe of the Damfon tree,lon. gith,fharp pointed, and {nipt about theed. ges: & they grow along rhe brancheswwithout any order,yet fometimes they keep this maner of growing : at each knot,where com: monly there isa fharpe pricklesrewes our niws inhis fecond booke , and 79.chap. ofhis Obferuations,teckons vp Napeca amongft the trees thatare alwaies greene: whichistrue, in thofe that grow in Egypt and Syria ; but falfe in fuch as grow in Candy. That tree in Agypt and Syria is called Nep, or Nap. oneof the larger leaues, which may befome inch and halfe Jong, and {omethree Quarters ofan inch broad : then vponthe ptickle, and at the comming out therofare three or foure moreorleffe,much {mallet Jeanes:row thefe cAlpinus calls it Paliurus Athenei, or Nab- ca Lcyptiorum , thinking it (as I formerly leaues are ofa faite and fhining green aboue butpaler vnderneath,and they Keepon al the yeare: Atthe ends,andoft timesin themid dles of the branches co meforthclufters or vmbels of little whitith bluth coloured floures,confifting of fiue leaues apiece;ivith fome little chiues in their middles then follow clufters ofbetries,in fhape,tatte; and bigneffe like thofe of the Hawthorneand of the fame,but much moreorient and pleafing colour,and containingin themthe like feed: now thefe berries hang Jong vponthe tree,é€ make a gatieat Bey amongft the greene d : eaues, and chiefely then, whenas the Aueae ee oe trees oftheir wonted verdure, This flout inMay and Iune,and Zoe opeae a ptin pes i - an ee : 1t growes wilde in fundry places of Italy,and Prouince gardens with vs,whereitis held in good efteemeforhis euer greeneffe and p = — = yg 7 forme youdefire to impofe vpon him, aue the fame facultie i i p pag.1328,and therefore I willprotanae attributedto Hawes,in the foregoing booke, faid) the Conmarus mentionedim the 14. booke ofAtheneus his Deipnofophitts. @ The Vertues out ofAlpinus. Thefruit is of a cold and dry facultie, and thevnripeones are frequently vfed to ftrengthen the ftomacke, andftoplasks : the iuice of them beingfor this purpofeeither taken by the mouth,or injected by clyfter :of the famefruit dried and macerated inwater,is made an infufion profitable againft the relaxationandvicera~ . tionoftheguts, The decoétion or infufionof the ripe dried fruit,is ofa very frequent vie againft all peitilent feuers : for theyaffirmethat this froit hath faction, and that it powerfully fireng. ¢ awonderfull efficacie again{t yenenate qualities,and putri : thens the heart. cholerf ; orth ofthe ftomacke and N ood to purge Alfo the iuice of the perfeGly ripe fruitis very 8 themin all putride feuers to mitigate their vfean infufion made of firft eines : and chey willingly heate or burning. Cuar, 3.0fthe Agyptian Nap,orgreatFuiubes tree. Cuar. 14. Ofthe Perpan Plum. q The De(cription, 2 tree, — for his leaues and mannerofgrowing I thinke mayfitly bereferred tothe Iu ae ares oforts ; that is, the one prickly, and the other not prick! y, in other refpects ya nalike,to that onefigure andhiftorie may ferue for them both ; which J will giue yo" out OfClafius,who receiued this figure together with a defcription thereof from Honorins Bellus,aud alfoadded thertothat which Proper Alpin, hathwrittenofit in his 5.chap, de Plant. eAigypt.[tgrows tothe height ofan-indifferent Peare-treejanid the bodie and branches thereof are coucted with 4 es eaaee barke: the leaues are like thofe of the Iumbes tree, two inches long, and one vnderneath: MrihyaiReineenanesses Beavis eae — - ‘thets vponfingle long foot-falks : nm a ’ eercomtning a ae flouresbihanging white ofthe oflittleApple afmall nee k hone is alks.: after thefe ollowes the fruit Hxey" PES gneffe for the moft part ofa large Cherry, and fometimesas big sa VV4! nutofa fweet tafte,containing therein a kernell or ftonelike that ofan Oliue.It bearesfiuit twifea ycare, forit hath tipefruit both in the Spring andfall ; yet the vernall fruit feldom comes t0g004, qj The Defiription. )to be Lam beholdenforthe hiftorie and figure Histree is thought by Clufius (cowhom s er 1t be a s whith doubt hat fomew uthe wrch,p P/xt L and 4 Pliny yor mentionedby, fe :avoo7 he peP 7[¢a make mention of the A . Diofcovides allo, Galen andStrabo fh inthe, fhell ay Wot er ioned by Theophrafius fruit fhurvp thh fruit fhut'vp inthe a ng ng longit haui e, g green s e i es p t ree alwai i ce ita make ke they all siima .and weey of Clufin nl iptio Perfea arbori defer c ee this by y b {ce e c may o y you s agree $ : Almo:nd:with wy hich howthisJ being alwaies g cen, and( coat ofan tree, {preading it felfe far abroad,and e d Baylic ett leaue broadS e the of Pe This tree (faith he) is like to a Peare r, The The leaue thofe i h t like e k arc s leaue z green colou Ya, hes ofaieyellowifh Rit ee an g brance hanin cs nerti fome colour vnderneath,firm,hauing mole O tree oreene aboue: and ofa grayith loures are. Mke tion.thThef aftric e uir at alittl Thefr with wleaues e yello tongu whiti the {mall g fix Gift of 7 .vé bitin D1tDz, © Guell,yet and {mel! goodtafteSd ofa po00d ) r,andpleafant e colowNea ee at b mete are fathioned, s toee sed,i,¢ofa black chickafterwar matly and the Bay,growing1 ds it becomes Pearce t4 L ares andafterw os id ick i ey eS i, je Vii is like a Plum, the Pr C xefnt,or fv ect ek ond oned kernell,in tafte notvnlikea relation of 0 mne, by the he relati eee in fa Saat fa(hi Autuumne i in e p i ripe i was | fruit se g and I vnderftoodthe ; ing in the Sprin it flofr 3 2 = Tettte ie Sig’. |