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Show 2A Cuar.87, Tbeatrum Botanicum, TrrBe16, Trisr 16 Guajacuns, and Lobelchat takethit for Lotus vera, Afatthiolys calleth it P/endofotus, and faith that itcame from Angerie de Busbecke, who fentit from Conftantinople by thename of Daéfyliex Trapefonda dulces, tut affured- Cuar.87, . 1525 The Theater of‘Plants. “T.Lentijeus, TheMafticke ree, 2,3. “Lentifons: Peruana Gy Molle Olafferratis fatits: The Ingian Mallicke tcee,and ihe Indian Molle fomewhatlikeit. lyeither Busbecke or Matthiolus were deceivedtherein, acontraryfruit being given them upder that name, for the name agreeth not with hisdefeription, whichis indeed the defeription ofthis Guajacum,for by that nameof Trabiton Curmafi Dattylas ex Trapexunte, hath the Lanrocerafis beene fent from ConStantinople, as both Came. varius and Clafius doe tetit downe, whichis muchdifteringfrom this, Camerarins and Bellonins callech it ecana, Calalpintes Ermellinus, who alto takethit to be the Txberum alterum genus Pliny, Lugdunenfis asl faid before, taketh it tobe the Diefpyros of Theophraftus, lib, 3.6.13, and the Fabs Greca of Pliny” calleththe third Lorws Africana altera, or Loti Afrians (pecies. Aatthiolns The lat haththe name in the title, as itcame to us,and for the likeneffe Idoe fet it with them,if as I faid itbe not the very fame: and is alfo likely to be the Loti Africane altera fpecies , as the figure thereof plainely (heweth. . Hie UE oy) / The Vertues, Mga UINZ The berries of the Nettle tree doe binde the belly, and the fhavings of the wood made intoa pouther and dranke, or boyledin Wine or Ni See ci A 2 top-d Wyle SS NESS, N eS = WARS theit mourhes awry thatfhall eare them,but when they are full ripe are reafonable {weet and pleafant: but what othetproperty they have, I have not yet underftood. a EL eT Za ea i NApee S water and drue ke, helpeth women that are troubled with the abundanceoftheir courtfes, and the laskes of the belly alfo: the fame decoction maketh the haire to become ycllow, and ftayeth the filling of chem, The fruite of the other while theyare greenc and unripe are fo harfh as they are able to draw WS Za a Cuar. LXXXVIL, Lentifcus. The Mafticke or Lentiske tree, He Arboresrefinifere, come next tobe entreated of, that is, thofe trees that beare Roffin-like Gummes, which are divided into two forts,thatis,inito thofe that beare berries, -and thofe thar beare Cones. The berrybearing trees are thefe Oxycedrus, the prickely Cedar, Cedrus Iycia, the Cypreffelike Cedar, the greater and the lefler, Sabina wtraque, both forts of Sabine, Juniperas major, the greater luniper tree, of all which I have before in this wo:ke {poken,fome adde Taxus A the Yew tree,but I fee no reafon forit, There remaine fome others to be intrected ofand the Mafficke tree fi: {t, whereunto I thinke meete to joyne two other ftrange trees of the Weft Indies, which are referred hereunto for theirlikenefle; the reft of them which are the Turpintine tree, the Balfame trec, the Storax tree,and the Dragontree fhall follow cach in their order, 1. Lentifius, The Matticke tree. The Mafticke tree groweth likea tree,if it be faffered to grow up, and often alfo rifeth but asa fhrubbe,whofe bodyand branchesare in colouralike, that is of areddith colour, tough and gentle: and doe fomewhar bend downe their ends,whereon grow winged darke greene leaves confilting of foure couple, each ofthe bigneffe of the large Myrtle leafe,{tanding one againft another, without any odde one at the end, with a reddith circle about their edges, and fome reddith veines onthe underfide alfo,{mell ing fweete and abiding greene alwayeson the bufhes, the flowers growinclufters at the joynts with the leaves,being {mall, and of a pale purplith greene colour, and after ia their places ftand fmall blackifh berryes,of the bigneffe of Pepper cores, with a hard blacke fhe! under the outer skin,and.a white kernell within, it beareth befides thefe berries certaine hornes, with a certaine cleare liquour in them, whichturneth into {mall flyes, thatflye away: it giveth alfo a cleare white enmme in {mall droppes, when the ftockes are wounded in fundry places, which is gathered with great care and attendance. 2. Lentifcus Pervana, The Place and Time. ¢ : ? The fic eroweth as well in Provence of France as in divers placesof Italy, and in Candy alfo,and in op places of Grecia, but yeeldeth littlegumme there, bucefpecially in the Ifle of Chic, nowcalled Sic; they et or and manureit with as great paines and care,as others doe their Vines,’ whichgoeth beyond them in : e a a : the pumme?- It howreth in April, and the berryes ripen in September, and notat fevérall times, as thefe Veres of Aratzs would intimate. 9 To, fam verofempsr, viridis femperque gravata Lentifcus,triplicifelita eff grandefcere fats. Terfrages. fundens triatempora monftrat avandi. The Indian Mafticke tree, This Indian Malticke groweth as highas any high Matticke tree, {preading long and pliant branchés, bending downewards, covered withatoughreddith barke,fet with long winged leaves, made of many leaves, fet by couples, with an odde oneatthe ends, of afad greene colour, anda white ribbe in the middle, withrugged veines tran{verfing them, confpicucus chiefely underneath,being plaine and not dented about the edges, and being bruifed have noevill {ent : the flowers comeforth in fparfed tufts together on aftalke,an handbredth long,confitting of five {mall white pointed leaves a pecce.after which fucceed{mall round berries, like thofe of the former Maflicke tree,uponfhort footeftalkes, ofthe bigneffe of Pepper cornes, greene at the firft,red after, and blacke being ripe,and as tharpe and hot in talteas Pepper, fomewhat oylie, covered witha thin skinne, and the inward kernell of a veryfharpe fent and tafle, We have had a cleare white gumme in great lumpes or peeces brought us from fome of our &xgli/> plantations in the Welt Indies, whichthey called Matticke, and in the chewing was tenaciouslike Maflicke, whether the tree from whenceit was taken was an{werabl e to this or the next,we are not certaine,becaufe there wasno relation fentthereof unto us withit, 3. Lentifct Pecuani fimilis Molle difla, The Indians Molle. Clufius maketh mention of atree called Molle,received from the Welt Indies, whichas he faith might be the fame with the former anddiffering butin age, butbecaule there feemeth manifeft difference betweene them, I thought goodtofeverthem, and thewyouit with this defcription tharhe hath givenit. Thererofe faith he, two {mall plants, with the worthySigniour John Brancion,at Mechlin, from feedes that were called Molle by the Weft Indians, bur perifhed by the extremity ofthe Winter,the third yeare after they fprang up: bat the ftems of them being young,were of a darke greene colour, with divers {mall afh-coloured {pots thereon, the leaves were winged like thofe of the Ath, but much {maller, ofadarke greene colour, dented about the edges, and the endleafe longell, yeclding awhite, thicke,and glutinous fweete milke when they are broken, and being bruifed {mell like Fennell, having anaftringenc tate : it gave no flowers; bur Lobel fheweth the flowers were yellows burthe berries that werefowne and fprung, wereas biggealmoft as Pepper and clufiering together like unto a {mall clutter ofGrapes ¢ the gummeher cornes, covered with areddith skin, eofis faid'to be {weete infmell. The eto a Asitisthere ferdowne, The fecond was bronghe from America, and grew,as Banhinus relaceth ityin Cardinall Columnahis Garden at Rome, where it grew great, which allo as it is likely was the fame that lata faith Everardus Verftius {aw there, and as he faithlikewife Doctor Tovarot Sivil in Spaine, ioe him fach bis a ches with the unripe frnirein clufters to fee, but as he faith , called Molle by Tovar; grea = ace a branch hereofwith the nextthat is dented, at the beginning of his traftare de Balfzmo: Clufivs himfelfe alfo : vinz gained abranch hereof from fome place not {pecifyed, fetteth it downe astaken froma tree prowné.o le The latis mentioned likewife by Claw: in his Annotations upon ediaril, togrow as all the Chronicles, or Writers ofthe Welt Indians fay, inall theVallies and Champion grounds of Perv, andef_ecially Cieza, Petrus de Ofma alfo inhis Letter to Adonardns faithit grew at Lima in Pers. _ The Names, ; ‘ ie The Malticke trée is calledin Greeké 94” (aor A which is Juncus odoratus Jqnafi oc fifilis pont e & frequenter in dentifcalpiafindatar, and the berriesits and not erjpidt,. as fome coppics et in Latine oa cus afoliorurs lentore fortaffe by which name all Auchourscallir,and the gumme Refina ene and re Gluten Romanum; Diofcorides maketh mention of a greene Enaime as wel fome, byofthea Arabians and Adaftix by eee andGalen blacke fort that was of Egypr, both which are not knowne in ie as iy Candy and fome other places, their trees yeeld a yellowith bicter Matticke, but no : eps 3 -Bood, and fo plentiful in allthe world, as in the Ifle of Sio in the Egean Sea: there is a he Hopi e whichis called Acawehice or Spinalis as Gaza tranflateth it, becaufei is gathered from lis ick Sea ay fhewed among the Thiltles,in the Chapter of Chameleonand Carlina. In for met Hees our A aie ies {hor were farnifhed wich no other Xylobal/amam, thenthe fprigs of Lenti/cws, Twould the pe mig chet ce tinued : The fecond is called Molle by Tovar,as1 {aid before,and by Cinfia in his Cure - Cee 2 mus Lentifens Pervana, and following (lufiai faith, that it beareth the leaves eieeee tot : gro ye spr gC ted while it is young, and withont dents growingolder, which how diffonant ee t se tt is : : es ea i s plant let ogiers judge upon my judgement, & the ey of core the ene from the othee, fo . 90000 3 |