[An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies by Robert Knox]@TWC D-Link bookAn Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies PART I 61/117
The Berries the Drugsters in the City there, do sell in their Shops. [The Dounekaia] The Dounekaia gauhah, a shrub, bears leaves as broad as two fingers, and six or eight foot long, on both sides of them set full of Thorns, and a streak of Thorns runs thro the middle.
These leaves they split to weave Matts withal.
The Tree bears a bud above a span long, tapering somewhat like a Sugar-loaf.
Leaves cover this bud folding it about, like the leaves of a Cabbage.
Which leaves smell rarely sweet, and look of a lovely yellow colour like gold.
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