1544f T ' Of the Hiﬂorieoif Plants. LIB: 3.

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It kcepeth green both Winter and fummer in my gd.r_dcn,withOut any couerture at all,notw1th' ﬁanding the injurie of out cold clymat. ’

_ I)‘ The Names.

It is reported vnto me by Trauellets,that the Indians do call it infome parts, Manibanbut gem?‘ raﬂlly Imca and Irma. It is thought to be the plant called of Tbeophrajtm,Amp/Jjdna.-ofPliny,u1’4* o;;m,;.:. c . " ‘ = T » Tl T58 Temperature. * . J This plant is hot and dry in the ﬁrﬁ dcgrec,which is meant by the feces or droffe,when the p01‘. fonous juice is prclfed or ﬂrained forth 5 and is alfo dry in the middle of the fccond degree.

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p CHAP. I56. 0ft/Je Fruit ye/1' nacdrdium, and Caiotu or Caiocm.

_ Tb: Deﬂ;rz'pti9ﬁ. TH? ancient Wfitérs hauc bin very briefe in the hiﬂorie ofdmzcardium .- the Grecians hnuﬂ ‘D9; ' ' Chcd it by the name of Av-weer. taking the name from the lie eneife it hath of an heart bot inf ﬂlapeanyd c0l0t_Ir,called of the Portugals that inhabit the Eaft iirdiesﬁ-‘am ale Malaqua, the W3” oh Nialacas for being green,and as it hangeth on the tree,it re fembletlia Beanfauing that it is mu‘ bigger: but when they be dry they are o£ a {hining blackifh colour,containing betwecne t1}€ °;.“_ ward nude and the_kernell,which is like an almond,a certain oile oﬁalfharp cau ﬂick or burning d Culfleacallcd M61-'M464m7Wm,although the kernell is vfed in meats 8; fauces,as we do Oliueﬂ”

fuch like,to procure appetite.

Andcarzﬁam. caim;

The Bean of Malaca. The kidny Bean ofll/13135‘;

. _ ' to The other fruit groweth vpon a tree of the bigneﬂ'e ofa Peare tree : the leaues are much liking,

thofe of the Olive tree,but thicker and iatter,of a feint greene colour 2 the Homes are whlfeachout ﬂing of many {mall leaues much like the ﬂoures of the Cherry tree, but much doubled 5 W“ ge, ﬁne“ = after commeth the fruit, according to Cluﬁw, of the forme and magnitude of a g00f" eegeng full ofjuice,in the end whereof is a nut,in {hapc like an Hares kidny,hauing two rindes, which is contained an moi} hot and {harp oile like that of Amzmrdium,Where0f it is a kind€' . O 1=i—' The bean or ketnell it felfe is no leffe pleafant and vvholefome in eating, than the 1’ij?4“‘;y erg. {tick nut,whereof the Indians do eat with great deligh t,afﬁrming that it prouoketh venery,e ‘ct , in is their chiefeﬁ felicitie. The fruit is contained in long cods like thofe of beanes,but g‘ neerc vnto which cods commeth forth an excrefcence like vnto an apple , very yellow: Of g fmelhfpungcous within,and full of juice,with0ut any feed s,fiones,or grains at all, f°“_“’V in ta {ie,at the one end narrower than the other,Peare-fa {hion,or like a little bottle, wh1C17_ reputed of fame for the ﬁu‘it,but not rightlyfor it is rather an excrel‘cence,as is the Gk“

97 The Place. V Gamma; The ﬁrli growes in moi’: parts of the Eaﬁ Indies, efpeciail y in Cananor, Cale-cute; Y and Decan, The laterin B-ralile. ix’-'1’

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