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1 Papa Vlztijarfjilitﬁé:/Zi‘:”5. 2 Papa minar’i" The great wildc Pompion. The {mall Wilde POT“ . v "V! f”‘.

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V Q‘ Tlie Names. 4 _ If-doth Although the antient phyﬁtions haue made no mention of this plantryet the thing 1‘ {C ,,,-in ihew that there be {uch,and ought to be called in Greeke niwm «franc = in Latine,Peparm'f} "" ft Engliflmvildc Melons or Pompions. 1]’ The Temperature. “em-V" Like as thcfe wild Melons be altogether of their owne nature very bitter,fo be they am’ 0 perature hot and dry,and that in the later end of the fecond degree. They haue likewifc 3 5 facultie,not inferior to the wilde Cucumbers.

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A The Wine which when the pith and feed is taken forth is poured into the rinde, and had‘ forth

ned fo long therein till fuch time as it becommeth bitter,doth purge the bel1y,and brinéethat the ﬂegmaucke and cholericke humots.To bebi-iefe,the juice herof is of the fame oper3“°n- td juice

Wilde Cfmumbef isrand being dried it may be vfed in {lead of Elarerium , which is the I 1‘ ‘of the wilde Cucumber,

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‘ Herediuers fortsof’ Gourds, (0016 Wilde, Others tameof the garcIen:fom€1?"ri rcatﬂfs

vnto a bottle 5 others longbigger at the end,kecping no certain form or f3ﬂ110Il;f0mc others leﬂ'c. 1; I will only ﬁgure and defcribe two or three of the chiefclhand fo palfe ouer th

«each one vpon the ﬁrit ﬁght of them knowes towhat kinde to refer them. 1: 4 771‘

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Li B. 2.. H the Hiliorie of Plants. 93:1

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Q; 177?: Deﬁ‘r.€p'tia;iz. I W He Gourd bringcth forth my long {ialks as be thofe of the Vine,'corn'er'ed and parted into diucrs branches, which with his clafping tendrels taketh hold and clymethvport aimoa » ﬁrth things«as iiandgneere viito it : the Ieaucs bee very greagbroadland {harpe pointed, reef-r 3> lgteatas tholc of the (_,lot-burr‘e,biit lofter,and fomwhat couered as it were witha white and er 33 be allo the Ralkes and branches, like thofe of the marilh Mallow: the ﬂotires be white, 0 gjgiow forth from the bofonieoftlre leaues : in their places come vp the fruit, which are not all az‘}d:e{i3i}11OU3fOrOf[CI)tll‘llCS they haiie theforme of ﬂagons and b(_)tEl€S?Wlth a greatalarge belly VOW V ‘T-1:111 necke. The Gourd (faith Flin'y,lz6.I9.cap.5.) grovveth into any forme or fafhion that 4 imw curd llauc: it 5 either like vnto a wreathed Dragon,the leg ofa man,or any other fhape,accor— thecfltti the mold wherein it is put while it_is yong zbelng fuffered to clyme vponanyy arbor where r ‘flit n_1ayhang,it hath bin feen to be nine foot long_,by reafon ofhis great weight which hath théfttheci it out in the length: the rinde when it is ripe,is yery hard,woody,and ofayellow colour”: PE {feat or inward pulpe is white; the feed long, ﬂat, pointed at the top, broad, below, with two

1 S {landing out like h0rnes,whitc within,and fwcet oftaﬁe. The fecond differs not from the precedent in ftallt‘s,Ieaues,or ﬂoures: the fruit hereof is for e m0“ part {alhioned like a flagon or b'ottle,wherein efpecially conﬁﬁeth the difference.

I Czicurlu-'14 Mg ,-,,=,mr‘ i Crtctiréita lagcnariag Snakes Gourd Bottle Gourds.

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Gﬁurd l 13 TIE Nd“. ' ' ' ’ h f’ l afure than profit in the gm 0 sarc cheiilhed in the gardens ofthcfe col regionsrat er orp: { H delighbeipecig any thlggtriei where they come to I‘lp.Cl1CISti1Cy~é.1l’C fOl11El-mCSﬁat§1ﬂ,bll ta gr $t:11f<l)I1[~:1C we them 29,5 pales to f V “C 'e_pt ﬁn the rinds wherein t icy put turpenti‘nc,o c, ony, - .

etch Water in,and many other the like vfes.

T. ‘ qr?/aerzfme. , M A h_ r. b hey are Planted in a bed ofhorfedtmg in April like as wehaue taught ‘ ° 9' “m““r§ Oi mcllln‘

as : the)’ ﬂmlfiih in lune and Iuly the fruit is riP‘e,in the end‘ of AUg“ﬂ“ , . 11 T/2e Names.

_ . ‘ ~ { . .” ‘ ‘I: ,,,e _ The Gourd is called in Gxeeke, mews. was :' in Latine,G‘m‘z4r5zta cdulzs,Cz/ctirézrafnirr..4 . of I’ may

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