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Show at 236 Cuap. 34. - Lheatrum Botanicum. Trised TRIBE 2¢ Siliqua dulcisfive Ceratonia, The fweete Beane or Carob tree, FS|E | this kind of fweete Beane or Carob tree,there hath beene one other‘alfo lately found out,and made knowne tothe world by ona: for the ordinary fort, being well knowne to moft, efpecially in Spine and Italy, and other the hotter Countries ofthe Eaft, is remembred by the ancients. ¥, Siiigquadulcis five vulgatior. The ordinary fweete Beane or Carobtree, i The Carobe or fweete Beane tree that hathbeene oflongeft knowledgetoall, growethin the hot Countries,as Spaineand Italy, tobe a very great tree covered withanafhcoloured barke, {preading very muchin breadth with veryfaire great branches, che younger beingreddifh atthe firft, whereon doe grow fparfedly winged leaves, very like unto the leaves of the purging Ca/fatree, but that they are rounder at the ends or points,and fomewhatharder in handling, ofa darke greene colour onthe upperfide; and of:apaler greene underneath: it bearetha long catkin inthe winter, like unto that of the Wallnut, which in the {pring time openeth into many darke purplith flowers, and afterwards bringeth crooked cods, ofthe bignefic of a large beane cod, in fome larger in others finaller, greene at the firft, and of abrownifh colour, when they are ripe; wherein are flatand round feedes,very like unto thofe of Ca/fia, and are ofanunpleafant talte, while they are frefh, but gather more {weeteneffe being kepttobe dry : the fhellthereof although hardis eaten; afwell as the inner fubftance; which that I mayufe the words of Péinye, isneither of a flefhie wooddyor skinnie fubftance, but ofthem all as it were mixed together. Inthe hotter countries of India &c. as Strabo in his Geoghtaphie writing of the trees of India doth report, there isa certaine thicke fubftance lying within thefe cads, which being taken forth ferveth the Indians, and thofe other people where they growin ftcad of Sugar or Honey, to preferve the young cods of Caffia, Gingar, Mirobalans, and other fruites withall. ; 2. Caroba five Siliquaex Guinea purgatrix, The Carob or purging Beane of Ginnye. The Carob or purging Beane of. Ginny, groweth no doubt in his naturall piace, tobe agreat tree, but in the leffe warme Countries, as italy whereuntoit was firft brought, ic cannot doe fo: but fheweth by the growing that it muchdiffereth not from the former; bearing his leaves after the fame manner; the fruite (for we haveno knowledge ofthe floweras yet) is crooked thicke and fhort (and as Pona faith, fomewhatlike an Anacarde or Cajous)) about threeinches long, ofa brownecolour ontheoutfide, very likeunto the other, having a bowing orroundneffe all the length of the backe, and aneminenceor lift asit were in the hollownefle : within whichis foure or five fomewhat rounder and not fo flat feedes, Siliqua dulcis vnlgatior. more pointed below and round atthe head: the The ordinaxy fweete Beane or Carob tree, orhorne: But thatfiliqua whereofTheophraftws maketh mentionin his fourth booke and fecond chapter; and whichthe Jonians called Ceronia,and fomeas hefaithficws egypria, but falfely, witha white fower and trite growing from the’body of the tree, more plentifally than from the branches, cannot bee. this filiqua; but fome others even as Lugdunenfis and others affirme alfo: Plinje calleth ic Siliqua dulcis and {> doth Alpinas and others: infome Apothecaries fhops beyond Sea Xylocaratta or rather Xj‘ylocaratia, the Araa bians call it Charnebiem, in Italy they callit (arobe and Carobole,and in Naples Salequa, cortuptly; from fliqua as Matthiols faith, the Spaniards call it Algarrovas, the Germaines and Datch call it Saint Loans brot, that is, Saint Johns bread, fappofing that Saint John fed upon thefe fruites; and wilde honey; while he did abide in the wilder— nefle of Judea, asin Marth, 3.4, but they are much deceived,for the wordin the Hebrew text (as Junius and Tremellins doe note upon the 22 verf,of the 11. chap, ofLevitticus is Arbie, (whereofthere were foure kindes; ofeach whereof it was lawfull for the //raelites to eate) tranflaeed into Greeke weides, in Latine Locufte, which are kindes of grafhoppers, pectiliar to thofe Eafterne Countries, much differing froth ours: but this filigqua or {weete Beanetree,is the {ame mentioned in the1s chap. and 16 ver/. ofche Gofpell according to Saint Luke; whereofthe {wine fed themfelyts, and the prodigall child woiild faine have earen of them to ftay his hunger} but could nor have them : for in all thefe Coiintries where they grow,the poorer fort of people doe often cate them, and the hoggesfor rhe moft part confiime the reft: the feede of this Beane, was that kinde of weight in ancient timescalled Karat,and among the gold{mithes a Carret, weighing fixe graines formerly; althoughin i : thefe dayes they accountit tobe but foure; . Flores @ frudus Silique dulcis vulgaris. 2. Et ex Guinea. : 2 reines and backe to temperthe heate, and is effeGtiiall in the difeafes of the cheft, as coughes and fhortnefle of breathes as Ca/fia is, which things alfo the decoétion of the cads, performeth very well: Galen inhis fecond booke of Aliments, condemneth the nfe of them for meate,faying they are hatd of difeéttion; and are not eafily avoyded forth of the body : and in his feventh booke of fimple medicines, hee faith they are of adrying and binding quality, although they conteine in them {omefweeteneffe, and that they are fomewhat like unto Cher= ries that being freth they loofenthebelly, and being dry bindeirs becanfe the moyft fubftance being confiimed; the thicker eflence remaineth: } Cuarp, XXXV.z Lamarindys,. The Tamarind or fower Beane tree: apap HeTamarind or fowér Beane trée groweth to be asgreat as a Plum tree with many branches thicke fee 3) with pale greene wingedleav The Place, na of Verona, inhis Italian booke, who had it from Signor Contarni of Venice, + The Time; Thefirktfowreth in the very beginningof the {pring,and , The Vertnes, Thefruite whileit is ftefh and new gathered, helpeth to purge the belly, brit being dryed doth rather bindéit; andis then more beneficiall to the ftomacke, than while it is frefi, becaufe it fomewhat troubleth it with the evill afte, and hard digefting thereof : the {wecte fub{tance within them, isoften alfo ufed-as honey, bothto loofen the belly, almoft as muchas the extracted pulpe of Caffia, and isalfo good for the inflammations of the es, that is many fet together on both fides of the middle rib but {maller; e then cithet thofe ofthe Caffi« or Carobtree; having alwayes an cddeoneat the end,which ufually clofé v” themfelves together 5’ both at the ferting of the funne, and Upon raine, and open againe at the rifing The firft as is before fayd groweth in all the South and other is originally from Ginny, and is fet forth onely by Pe- 149 Iis called in Greeke xxedna, Ceratia ofDiofcorides, ideff, filiqua, & ieurwvia o upwia Ceratonia & (eronia, quafi cornuta Siliqua,of Galen,eAginetaand others,becaufe the cods are crooked, or bowing inwards ‘like a fithe tafte is more fharpe and quicke, even almoft burning the throate, which peradventure isbut from the nature of the hot Countrywhereit grew and may grow more milde,after it hath beeneinured unto a more temperate climate. Eaft Countries, as India, Armenia, Syria, Arabia, Egypt, &c.and in Greece, Spaine, Italy, &c, frequently in many places, as both AZatthiolus and Clufivs make mention’: the Cunb36. ) the fruite is pes inthe “hot time o£ the Sdmmer onely: of the dther thefe is nd further knowledge as yet, The Names, _ than of the fruite. ~~ ¢hat one ouncehereof;; i more effe@uall fe i purging, i i hath beene tryed by experience, eperi for it in £ Caffie is eget res ouncesofthe other, and is effe@tuall toall che difeafes aforefayd. CHap, XXXIIII. - Lhe Theater ofPlants. thereof, and faire Weather, of a foweror acide tafe : the flowers are formewhat large and white, like unto ow- ers of the Orange tree, cOnfifting df tight leaves, {melling yery {Wweete, having foure {mall white threds,ftan ding inthe middle abont the umbone, which after growethto be the fruite, and when it is ripe, ismuch larger, than any kidney beanécod, fome greater and leffe than others, 4s in all fortsof fruite, fomewhatbendingor croos ked, wherein is contained a blacke fibftance, not diftinguifhed into cels, as the (u/fia folutiva is, bur the {eede lying difperfed ‘aniong the pulpe ‘hath diverfe bigge and long ftrings running through it; of a very acide fowre orfharpe {weetetafte, very pleafing to the palate and ftomacke: the feede or kernels greater thai thofeiof Caffia, and as it were {quare and fomewhatHatalfo: the tree never loofeth his leafe, are but will eridiire no cold; as hath beene often tryed inthofe colder Cotintries, b The Place. Thistree naturally groweth in manyplaces in the Eaft Indiés both in -rabia and &gypt in their Orchards; a : < as Garcias faith;it is onély novirifhéd as a ftranget The Time: We havé no certaine knowledgeofthe timé of Aowring ot the beating ofripe fruite. The Names. Tis called by the Arabians (for none ofthe anciént Greeke writers hath made any mention of it) pheniton, thatis the fower Date tree:but both ofthem very unfitly, for it may very well be perceived thatitis nothing like unto any kinde of Tamarin» dus that is the Datetree of India, for Tamar fignifieth a Date with them, andof the later Greeke writers Oxye Date tree, Lacuna following AZe/ues, it Daltylus Indicus, ofthe Greeke word daéy/us that fj nifieth a finger, whichthe fruite doth very wellcalleth réfenible, being bowed or crooked like unto a bowed or bended finger: {ome takeit to be Pala of Pliny, whereot he malteth mention in his 12 booke and 6, chap. fouie againe thinke rhat it differeth nothing from the Palmule Thebaice of Diofcorides, the Dates of Thebes ‘and becaufeit thouild not waht an Englifh name, according to the property thereof; I havecalled i¢ the fowre Beanetree, for thatthe fruiteor cad is fo like a great kidney Beane cod. The Vertnes. : _ The inward palpé of the Tatwarind is very effeftiall to purge choller, and therefore is of great good wfeé ‘ in all hotr or peflilentiall agues, it openeth the obltractions both ofthe liver and fpleene; and therefoteis profitable.i gains |