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Show Cuar.4t Theatrum Botanicum. Tris r,2 chitArbo it Arborrili, trifolia, diverfe diverf doecalldow the lealt Laburnnm, sburanin, Fabainverfa, agyris fata, Fabaior fe,Gerardhiaigugt reofAnagyri edocs TRIBE.2. : The Theater ofPlants. 6 5. Generac Méyrobalanorum Sak are the etn are in Afatthio/xs, but thetitles are contrary, for Gerard his feetida, is the iB belo or Anagyris alterain Matthiolye It is probable in my opinion, that the {mallerLabuAnagyris rnum fhould be thatCo. Z Pie of Theophraftus,whichis fet down in the 14.¢,ofhis third book, with a willow leafe: forif feafe by it felfit maywel refemble a Willowleafe;bothfor forme andcolour,and beareth {mall you take any one in cods,li ke unto nite as that doth : Gefner did referre this kinde unto the mountaine C;ytifus, but Adatthiolysfeeds reprooveth him for ie ithe great booke of Eyéterenfis callethit Anagyris latifolia, but Icall it Laburaum maj, asdoe the lat Laburnum minus, Cuar.4t. Emblicorum cna sacle Eruttnsfaertre bathato The Vertnes. Theleaves as well asthe feede ofthe firlt Beane trefoile, are a {trong vomit, efpecially in the hot Countries, where it growethjand Howorius Bellys writing thereof to Clafius, faith that in Candy, where that kind groweth with rounderleaves, ifthe Goatesor fheepe do chance to feed theteon,the milke whichtheygive will canfe an thatfhall takeit, to fall as well into extreame {courting downewards as{trong cafting upwards, and that many thereby have beene broughtin danger oftheir lives: the young leaves faith Dio/corides applyed unto tumorsor {wellings, difcuffeth and repreffeth them; and ifa dram ofthe powder of them, be drunke in Wine; as he faith alfo, itexpelleth both the dead birth, and the fecondine, and likewife bringeth downe the monethly courfes of women; if fome of the leaves, be bound to thofe that have hard and uneafietravell in child bearing, it canfeth a {peedydelivery of the birth, but they matt bee taken away prefently afterwards ; they are likewife given in wine to thofe thatare fhort winded, andto fuch as are often troubled withthe head-ach : the barke of the roote hatha digefting ripening and difcufling quality: both the otherforts here fer downe, have the fame properties, for theyareal{o of the fame temperature, but J Aatthiolys ignorantlyofthe feede ofthe leffer Beane trefoile, have {aith, that he hath knowne, that {ome that have taken had firong v omitings even unto blood : Soleri us 18[cho= Lis in eAtium faith, that bycertaine and undoubted experience it hath beene found,that a dramme either more or lefle,of the dryed bark thereof made into powder, and taken in anykind of drink, purgeth veryftrongly both wards and downewards,but ina diverfe manner; upfor ifas he faith, (which Itake rather tobe buta conceite) the barke be pulled off fromthe tree upwards, it will canfe vomitings, if downewards great purging of the belly downewards : the Bees faith Pliay, refufe to touch the flowers of this Laburnum, which is the leffer Beane Trefoile, but it hath beene truelyobferved, that bothin the naturall places where it groweth, as alfo with us, that the Bees doe not refafe to feedeupon them commovere whenthey wouldfignifie one, that : the Grecians have an nfuall proverbe with them, Anagyrin worketh as wee fay his owne woe, oristhe harme. caufe of his owne a SE Cuap, XLI. Afjrobalani, Myrobalans or purging Indian Plummes, 3 ADs gh there AMDOg OS Lthouugh be none of thefe t Myrobalandee trees( : where ofare forts us #) guifhed in the Apothecaries fhops) se offinites wel Iknown & diftin= growing inany of thefe: C hrifti an Cour ntries of Exrope, as far ag a! ever I could learne,yet I could doeno leffe than make mention of them here,bothbecanfe the fruite gag] are often nfed in Phyficke among othe r purge rs,an d to make it knowne toall that might be mifta s by thename, and thinke that the ken Myrob alane Plumm es, thered and the white that I have bred in myformer book, be fome reme ofthefe kindes: bur fo they are mnot, neither for forme nor qualit {tir up fome ingenious mind amon y: as alfo to g our Merchants,that trade to Alepp o & Cairo, & into Perfia and the to give order to theirfactors, if they Eaft Indies, be found in the places of their abode doe it not them{elyes sto enquire and feeke ont fuch of the forts that are to , andei countries, ifthey abide any time in them, ther to plant the ftones of thefe feverall kinds in thofe warmer that when theyarea little grownethey might then fend them hither : us (for thofe are too drythat are brough plant them here to try if they will tfor phyficke ufe) that wee may not growe andabide with us, that at leaft, having but afight of the the leaves of anyfort, we might compa forme theyare anfwerable thereunto ; [ mutt re themwiththe defcriptions that writers have made of them, wheth of in the meane time therefore but thew er before me have done, with fuch you themas Garzias and others defcriptions as they gave of them, orfend thefreth ftones overhither to and are extant, not Knowing whether they 1. Myrobalanus Citrina, The yellow Myrobalane or Pp urgi The tree that beareth thefe yellow ng Indian Plum. Myrobalanes is faid to grow ase ches and wingedleaves asa be true or no, Plumtree, havi on them nable Plums, fomewhat long like unto the true Service tree : the fruit is for the moft part as ng manybran« it is dtyed, thewing ittobefiveandnot fully round, but hav ing manyfaire ridges on the outfide, bigge as reafoe {quare efpecially when flefh ot {ubftance being ofa reafonable though round,ofa yellower colour onthe outfide then Bellerici; the ftone is white thicke,andthickneffe, yet notfo thicke as the Chebuli,or Emblici,anyof the reft; the nor fo thin asthe very hard to breake, {mall long kernel] lying in the middle, ofan inftringent tafte withemniences and ridges alfo therein, and a very hath no fiich kernell that thereout as the dryed fruit is alfo,bnt much be preffed anoyle, as Bellonins more tooke to bee the yellow'M rrobalmay noteth ofthe kernells of that then it:this aee h plaine yetlo ; s of Hierich yrobalayane tree€, in the hee t e ry Hierich op fruit eethat oas he noteth ir, ix ib, Obfer f vatio num 2. This kind OF sacl obala nys Chebula, The purp le Myrobalane, or purging obalane tree growing in ftatu Tndjan Plum. re €aring leaves on the branc hes like unto the Peach andbranches like a Plum (as Garzias {ith allthe forts tree: the fruit hereof is aré) the ofa blackith greateft and longeft of all purple colour onthe Ms de while the 4 it is_ freth which } s commended forthekat being1 outfi Vhich It it hholdeth j f i . oe . 7 3 1 f ) five {quare as the ormernf, ae ; me thin the dry fruit ; (w hi C y other, and with the {malleft being of the thick ich eft ftone {ubft in ance, the middl and e, more not fully fo hard to b let kernel therein, flefhy ; an y 10 hard to breake as the former, but with 3: Myrobalanus 3. Myrobalanys Bellerica. The3 round Myrobalané,or balané,or Rene purging ia,aed, Indian Plum: iof a paler gre oie The round Myrobalane is like the reft for growth, but bearing pe les inhi 4 Of cioeahe Bien, es i at aed facets afhcoloured (underneath peradventure) Mi a hd bleu seben theta Welle bee andfi F dh yyet beingas it were three in many, and of aes i Mees fubttante or lealb Bethy of ae and fmooth, shitith colour on fquare the outfide, being dry, of the thi oat Haid of a darke or dufty whitifh col : OGLE OME Pere RAIN veiy Hd BIerel ie them : the {tone whereofis thicke greater then any other, prop iwithin a reafonable bigneffe. ss ; atedallanat i eeeonerob anus Emblica. The bearded or fix {quare Mane or purging sete at canine ak TheBee creediae bearethheard this Myrobalane or alesis po yaleces palme orhandbreadth long, before : Fase Sarksof Fae z ate haveve he ‘ that Garzias v2ias faithfaith fo of thema z aeae oh AN Be Ee growing(as you dges : the a iiom donhole very finely cut i ivided on the edges: the fruit frt is roundin fhew,. but doth fepara'tte Tall pekcon fxs noe a Bodk oe obferved tthe dryfruit, alwayes brougur ante Da aie rangi Sree HIM anes ri ry and more plainelyin the fruit preter eee ee fed Cael Hee Stee He Aichi i : x Te > eed eet Pei wieke 18, which which will will tebe divided into many parts:the {tone wwhereof wi unto us, givided betweene them, and bearded at the head ofthe three aok ees oe ortteee rae pat into tice the he three feverall divifions, havingg each ofthem two calls, where in it being feparated wate SL OC oe ree {quare, , Pp ‘ie Plum rite Opies Indica, Theblacke Mi yrobaiee * Eeears : Willow Jeafe : thé ' i is lik ; e leaf (as Garzias {aith) 1 e ieee Ripa aapestaiydues eile, a they.cannotbe fo.plainely difcerned. fruit faith Garzias is eight {quare, which may be whena theyfk os freth, eon but Mae Cie: alberta keds: wine in thofe that are brought over untous dry, the {malleft of all the reft, it any {tone in fomewhat long the middle,and the blackeft of any- | tee i ar n divers divers provinces, a ies Wi anured, but iin provinces, as fomein Goa and. nits growin the Eaft Indice wild andot yh eforts grow inthe kinedome of Cambaya, and Fetend Lee ei “S rrate)) and Bengala : Bellonius faith in (nagar mn, Guz yhich we call atano this time Swrrate ng mean hande tacticsheaoka grow in Arabiaand oe pans in the plaines of Hiee acd i was miftaken. ihe, but I doe doe much doubtofthe pe mi rae richo,out certaintyy; thereofandee thinke rather chat he¢ was leffe ofof their their tim time of flowringot bearingfruic. We knowfolittle of the treés that we know know leffe g g The Names. t \ tba ey edd Dioftoride?} itswe ny of themknowne unto any ofthe antient Greeke swriters, Uaecaddeat ide 2, neit itheruntoPliny o Pliny, for Zalthough g hee maketh mention ofa Myrobalanus, yet. h eVagnentaria, . as 1 fhewed red youali youa little before, which is the Nex Ben, Balanus Wyrepfica, 2 lass Vagne ox Glans é yer |