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Of the Hiﬁorie oi‘Plants. -

1]‘ The Deﬁrzption.

He Citrull Cucumber hath many long, ﬂexible, and tender Ptalltes trailing VPO“ the g1’OllI]Ci,bf3l'iCil€d like vnto the Vine,fet with certaine great leaues deeply cut,and very V much jagged iamong which come forth long clafping tendrels, and alfo tender °° Ptalkespn the ends whereof do grow ﬂoures ofa gold yellow colour: the fruit is fomcwhat roslﬂnf ftraked or ribbed with certaine deepe furrowes alongﬁ the fame, of a greene colour aboue, an _ derneath on that ﬁde that lyeth vpon the ground fomething white: the outward skin whﬂfﬁocu’ A very {‘inooth5‘ the meatwithin is indifferent hard,more like tggthat of the Pompion than ofthc cc . cu mber or Muske-Melon : the pulpe wherein the feed liethgiiis f pungie, and of a ﬂimie fubﬁaglaci the feed is 1ong,ﬂat,and greater than thofc of the Cucumbers: the {hell or outward barke 15 V not kilh, {ometimes of an ouerworne reddifh colour. The fruit of the Citrull doth not fo eéfﬁl)’ aim e_ putriﬁe as doth the Melon, which being gathered in a faire dry day r_nay"be kept a long time, 3%“ ciallv being couered in a heape of Wheat, as tmatt/ziolm faith 5 but acdording to my praétlfcy ‘ may keepe them muchlonger and better in a heape of dry land.» * ~ “-6, 2 The fecond kinde ol,L‘itrull differeth not from the formeigfauing that it is altogether 1° ’ and the leaues are not fo‘ deeply cut or jagged. wherein convﬁiteth the difference. V ' q] The Place and T ime. V “

t The Citrull profpereth bet’: in hot Regions,as in Sicilia,A pulia,Calabria,and"Syria,aboufggﬁ: T P. ‘

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Po and ' Tripolis. We haue many times” {owne the feeds,and diligently obferued the Order bed in planting of Cucumbers. ‘ * ~ » ;. .

' ‘ e " qr The Names. . _ . .m-«

The later‘-‘Herbarifts do call it Anguria .~ in (hops, Citm/Ira, and Cutumm Citrull:/4 -' iﬂ Engh If

C 'trnls,a.nd Cucumber Citruls,anr;'1 the feed is knowne by thé name of Semen Citruﬂi, 01' Cm“

feed. But if Cztcum/35 Citrsr//m be fo called of the yellow colour of the Citron, then is the C°“‘m°n

Cucumber properly Czmmm Cttru/lira .-"which is knowne vnto all to be contrary.

, I Tlze Temperature and Veriﬁes. , m; A The mcator pulpe of Cucumer Citrull which is next vntd"the_hark ‘iseateln raw,but more 9%’; frionlyboyledez it yeeldeth tdthe body little nourifhmem, and the fame cold git ingendreth and terilh bI6ud,mir,igateth the extremity ofheat of the inner parts,and tempereth the fliarpﬂﬁfrc ac feruentheat ofcholerzbeingraw and held in the mouth,it takes away the roughneffe ofthc “mg in Agnes, and quencheth thirft. ‘ "

B The feeds are of the like faculty with thofe of Cucumbers. V ii A P. 34.3. Of the Wilde Citrull fed//ed Colo_c_:y,inthiS-A 1} 'I'beDe_(‘criptioﬂ.i ‘ T

1 Oloquintida hath beene taken of many to be a kind of the wildc Gourd, it liﬁth 132% °’e¢Pi!Ig on the ground as do the Cucumbers and Melons, Comtning neetc 9“ t in. that_which in more daies of fome I-Ierbarifts is called Citrull Cucumbﬂiﬂ 1:33;], get‘) f°“hf’P°“,h15 190g branches {mall crooked tendrels like the Vine, and alfo ver)’ 8'“: than 1°3“°5 dee-PIY °".‘ °’ lagged : among which come forth {mall ﬂoures of a pale yellow 001°”; ' e i°°mme‘h ‘be (“it round 3‘ 3 b°W1‘€. coueredwith a thin r.inde,of a yellow colour when 5‘ ‘S “$5,, which "hm it is Pined °’ Pamd 93:, the white pulpe Or'fpllﬂgi.C » fubﬁance appeareth full 0 cine ' of a white or elfe an ouetwornebrowne colour ;~ti'lC'f|'uiC fo pared or pilled, is dryed -f0’ m‘.:dlc1ihi; the which is molt extreame bitter , and likcwife the feed ,, and the Whole plant it felfe in 21 arts. i l . 5, P 2 The fecond kinde ofColoqu_intida hath likewife many long branches and clafping t€“d’g,c wherewith it taketh hold of f uch things as are neere ‘vnto it. It bringeth forth the iikC'iCtIllCSC,l the not {'0 much jagged. The ﬂoures are (‘mall and yellow : the fruit is fafliioned like a pearc. an e‘ other fort round,wherein the efpcciall diiference conﬁiteth. ’ ' C ’

{I -«7bePl.¢ce. . . . ‘ Coloquintida is fowne and comtneth to perfection in hotregions, but feldome.0FD5‘f“’ _ Northerly and cold countries, - e ; . r - . ’ . ‘ ~ 1 V a ‘ 7 ‘ q 1%!

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Of the Hiliorie of Plants.

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T '. ' u n . N. . . . he “ ‘ids Citrullor Coloqnintida, Peate falhioned Coloquintida.

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Iris 1‘ - it meal; . _ ~ It ha ‘iwne in the Spring, and bringrth his fruit to perfeéiion in Augufc. _. _ _ . _ 4 Med’ 'er'ra' eemidlllers times deliuered vntorne_for atruth, that they d_0¢ gr?’ Igthe (‘ands of the an “Nu fea (lime, or very neere vnto it, wilde, for euery man to gather t at ili, cf ccially on ° . B3fbaric,as alfowithout the mouthof the Straights DCUE0 34”;3.74C’“~V 3“ Other pla- ﬁ¢kca)ta1de}t:t3Frorri whcnec diners Surgions of London that hat; traufellecg timber for the ciiringzof “ft men in the {hip haue brought great quantities t ereol a‘tt1e1'r returiie. It is an The Namex; ,_ ‘ . Ofte ti "“1garlyc;11ed Coloquintida .- in Greelce, :uMiru'r&r¢: the Latine tranﬂators for Colociizrlwk doe fen] re es fet downe Cumréim fylue/ln;;:notwithﬂanding there is a Cucaréita [ylmﬂra that difﬁg- ‘jrilde '11 Colm'ntbis,.or Coloquintida-:for Cucurémt fyluejtm is called inGree'ekelam'.sa.',,.ar of in Engriglqquint'ida,whereof (hall be fergortllia ;Z_eCc:ul1iar chaptjcr next after the Cucurléita or Gorirdg‘ it is called Coloquintida or PP C0 0 °q“i“ti 3- I ; cola A/_ _ . a , Tl): Tcfnperatrfre. _ g N . __ -In the la_t‘lU1ntida'as it is in his whole nature and in all his parts bitter, {bit is liltewife hot and dine glare thﬁgeng ofthe‘ fecond’ degree;and‘ therefore it purgeth,cle'nfeth',openeth and p'erforrn‘et'h all - S t . . . _ ,> . . . _ _ . ., , . . \ I. y °° a,:;a:$:;:::::t;s:S:i.:’r:*:::“.:‘;:‘.:r£*::’,i‘§i‘::::‘° =0 . V _ ‘ 5 *~‘ * » ’ 0‘ V hich . ._t _’. __ H qlTl2cVcrtues; ‘ A - p . A ‘ind cho Operationof purging it worlceth fo violently, that irdoth not onely draw forth ﬂ‘c’?.m<‘- and blotter maihellous 1‘ peedily, and in very great quantitie : but oftentimes letcheth forth b10lld 3o;haty§xc'°mi°m5ibY {barring the guts,and opening the ends of the meferaicall vcines, . , U'crned~f F erefore the fame is not to bee vfed either ra{hlv,or without fomc ._d3"?aCfQ.“5 ‘ind 059- B mixed tlheare Q-Q“““a’ine thereunto‘: neither yet at al"l,vnle{l"el’ome‘ tough “id ‘.ﬂa,m:m“3 §11ing*bcc th fame. f-rew'§h>""h9l‘€bY the vehcrrrency thereof may be repreﬂ‘ed,,tb¢ hllftflill force drilled’, and‘; c. with it eitiiieedu V Pfiﬂing through the belly,the gutsbe not fret 0’! fh?“"°d-M"J’p““ Wachcthp to mi_Xc't ma, °'M=P=e«>rsumrragaanm. . . it made of it Trochifes, or little ﬂat cake-s,rwirh‘MaBrich,gt1ni Atabicit,Tragaea-‘nth and‘ C‘ Bdellium,=r