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CHAP. VIII. [unspec G]
¶ Of the cod or fruit called Ceraunia Siliqua [i. Carob.]
THere is a kind of coddy shrub which the Ionians call Ceraunia, not vnlike to the Egyp∣tian Sycomore abouesaid, for the fruit thereof comes likewise forth of the stock, but yet is contained within a cod: and thereupon it is that some haue called it the Egyptian fig tree, but they are grosly deceiued: for it doth not so much as grow in Egypt, but in Syria and Ionia, also about Gnidos and Rhodes. The tree hath green leaues all the yeare long: it putteth forth white floures of a strong smell. From the root there spring shoots, and about the foot of the tree it bears many yong imps, which are such suckers of the sap, that they draw away all the [unspec H] goodnesse, and rob the parts aboue of their nourishment, whereby the head is yellow, and no∣thing fresh and green, but fadeth in the top. The fruit of the former yere is gathered about the rising of the Dog-star the yeare following: and then presently it brings forth new. Afterwards commeth a blossome, and the fruit thriueth and waxeth all Winter, vntill the occultation of Arcturus.