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XIV.

Fruits of Trees. Fructus Arborum.

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_Fruits_ that have no shells are pull’d from fruit-bearing trees. _Poma_ decerpuntur, a fructiferis arboribus.

The _Apple_, 1. is round. _Malum_, 1. est rotundum.

The _Pear_, 2. and _Fig_, 3. are something long. _Pyrum_, 2. & _Ficus_, 3. sunt oblonga.

The _Cherry_, 4. hangeth by a long start. _Cerasum_, 4. pendet longo _Pediolo_.

The _Plumb_, 5. and _Peach_, 6. by a shorter. _Prunum_, 5. & _Persicum_, 6. breviori.

The _Mulberry_, 7. by a very short one. _Morum_, 7. brevissimo.

The _Wall-nut_, 8. the _Hazel-nut_, 9. and _Chest-nut_, 10. are wrapped in a _husk_ and a _Shell_. _Nux Juglans_, 8. _Avellana_, 9. & _Castanea_, 10. involuta sunt _Cortici_ & _Putamini_.

Barren trees are 11. The _Firr_, the _Alder_, The _Birch_, the _Cypress_, The _Beech_, the _Ash_, Steriles arbores sunt 11. _Abies_, _Alnus_, _Betula_, _Cupressus_, _Fagus_, _Fraxinus_, The _Sallow_, the _Linden-tree_, &c., but most of them affording shade. _Salix_, _Tilia_, &c. sed pleræque umbriferæ.

But the _Juniper_, 12. and _Bay-tree_, 13. yield _Berries_. At _Juniperus_, 12. & _Laurus_, 13. ferunt _Baccas_.

The _Pine_, 14. _Pine-apples_. _Pinus_, 14. _Strobilos_.

The _Oak_, 15. _Acorns_ and _Galls_. _Quercus_, 15. _Glandes_ & _Gallas_.