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Show "4424 j T heatrum Botanicum. Guarp.2 5. 1, Chamemep'lus, TRiuspei6 The dwarfe Medlar, Trine 16, ‘This dwarfe Medlar which Ge/verfo called for fome likeneffe it had inthe fruite, with the ordinary Medlar, althoughbata little, is a {mallwooddyfhrub, covered witha reddifh ath coloured barke, having {mall leaves growing thereon, everyone byitfelte,fomewhatlike unto Baffill fatth Ge/ner, bat gray or hoary underneath,the bloffomes are {mall and greenifh, ftanding cither finglyor by couples on flender footeltalkes, atter which follow {mali reddifh round berries, with a {mall crowne of leaves at the head like unto the Medlar, without any fappe or jayce therein, or verylitle, and having two orthree {mall {ee des like grape kernells within cach: the leaves fall every ycare, andthe rooteliveth fhooting up fome twiggy ftalkes, 2. Epimels Galeni, The {mall baftard Medlar. This differeth fromthe former in that it:ifeth with longer {temmes or ftalkes, whofe leaves ate greene above andgray underneath; fomewhat like unto the former, buc fomewhat larger,the flowers hereof come forth upon a pretty long feoteftale one above another, verylike unto the bloffomes of Arbutus the Strawberry tree, thatis, like little 1. Chamenep'tus. The dwarfe Medlar, round bottle with{mall brimmes and not asthe Medlar, laid open into five leaves, which flowersare of apale bluth cofour, and curne into fmall berries,of a yellowith red colour, with Caap,26. 1425 The Names. It-pleafeth Ge/ner to namethe fir Chameme/pilum, whom almoltall fince have followed, and called foin like manner, oncly Legdunenfis calleth it Epime/, and maketh it the 14o/pilw ot Dinfcorides, which he saith fome called Epimelis, and {ome Setainum,when as himfelfefaithin his Chapter of Medlars, that Diofcorides his Mefpiius Setania; is our common Medlar,whofe fruite as well as treeis fare greater then of this, The fecond is the Epimelis of Galen, whereof he maketh mention 46, 6. fimpl, medic. and diffeceth from the Medlar {fo called; whereof he fpeaketh in anotherplace ; for he faith that the fruite hereof isfowre; and hurrfiiil to the (tomacke, and that th: Country people of /ealy did call it Ynedo, (which is probable they did fo, becantethe bloffomes are very like thofe of the Arbutus which is alfo called Vnedo) Lugdunenfia callethirE pimelis alteray but is not Clufrus his third Vitis Jdea, ashe thinketh, whichhath blacke berries, but this hath red ashe detcriberh it, and therefore therein wa deceived, yet thinkethit to be the Cotona/fer of Ge/ner,which Clefivs contradiéteth, Thethird is indeede the Cotonaffer of Gefner, which C/xfius alfo mentionethinhis hiftory ofplants, with his Chameme/pi= lusand Views Idea, Banbinws maketh a doubt whether it be notthe Agriomelea of Bellonius, Banhinus feemethto make twofeverall plants thereof, as may be feene in his Pimax. Theie plants have gotten fandry Gérmane names among the 4/pi/> inhabitants and others, as by thee divers namesin Latine derived, for the Germane may be eafily underftood, and becaufe. we wanted names to call them by,! have givenic chem as neere as I can, either from the Latine or their proper effects,and thus much may (uffice untill we further be informed of them. a little head or cr ¢ like the other, but lefler, not fo bigee as Hawthorne berries, tut dry and faplefle, with three or ‘ The Vertnes, foure hard white feedes w nem, of ,a little dry but no great harfhtalte: the leaves hereof likewile fall awayin Autame,and rife againe in the Spring. There can belittle {aid of any of thefe plants, feeing fo little hath bene faid by thofe modetne Authours, that firt wrote of them: for fome ofthembeing dryberries; are wholly neglected, and the other that have fome better rellifh or {weetetafte, ate onely eacen by the Mountainers and their children, and not applyed as medici- 3. Coton after Gefneri, Gefner his baftard low Qaince, nable for any griefe. This little fhrub,( Ge/ver fheweth todifter fromhis dwarfe Medlar, leaft any fhonld fppofe them to be both one, ) hath i Cuar. XXVI, larger and longer leaves, alittle dented abont the edges, yer hoary white, as the Quince treeleavesare, and hath berries not foround nor fored as it, but tending fomewhat to yel- Acer, The Maple tree, low, with fourethree {quare {cedes in each berry. SS} Here are onely foure forts of Maple trees knowneto us,that I am to fhew you, but Baxhinus doth di» ftinguifh them into foure thus, Sphendamnus isthar Maple that is white and tull of veines, Zygiais ycllowand crifpt, Céinorrechon is yellow and nor crifpt, Glinonis white with fowveines, bur wee Sq mutt give them you by other termes. ; The Place and Time, Both the former andthe later, grow in fandry places of Ferma nd of France alto, and fo doth the other alfo, and ties ripen in eAngnfe The Theater of Plants, ; : 1. Acer majns latifolinm Sycomors diftam, The great broad leafed Maple or Sicomore treé: The great Maple (which hath beene with many falfely called the Sycomore tree)groweth quickly tobe a great 3. Cotonafer Ge/neri, Ge/ner his baftard low Quince! 1, Acer majuslatifolium Sycomorus falfo difam, ‘The grear broad leafed Maple or Sycomoretree; 253. «dcer minus @ montanura. ©ur commen wood Maple and rhe mouritaine kinde: Sh FEEttt |