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Surface rough, with many nodosities or tuber- 
cles, which are armed with prickles. Usually 
of arich green color, except where the fruit 
touches the ground, becoming yellow by age. 
Seeds numerous, small, flat and ovoidal in 
shape; will average % an inch in length, 
acutely edged and without grooves. The Cu- 
cumber seeds contain about the same constitu- 
ents as the pumpkin, and have been used for 
the same purpose. The Ointment of Cucum- 
ber was at one time a popular remedy, and was 
made from the juice of the fruit, with the addi- 
tion of suet and lard; or by adding the distilled 
Spirit of the fruit to Benzoated lard. Rarely 
prescribed and no longer an officinal remedy. 
Cydonice or Cydonium, Quince, Cydona 
Vulgaris.—Natural order Pomez or Rosacez. 
Said to be a native of western Asia, and found 
growing wild on the banks of the Danube. The 
Quince tree is cultivated in most of the tem- 
perate climates of the world, and rarely exceeds 
20 feet in height. The leaves on the many 
branches are ovate in shape, with obtuse points, 
and their surfaces are covered by a fine pu- 
bescence. The flowers are white or rose-col- 
ored, with 10 or more stamens and 5 pistils, 
and arranged in a kind of umbel. 
The fruit or pome is globular or irregularly 
pear-shaped, of a bright-golden color when fully 
ripe, 5-celled with many seeds. The Semen 
Cydonia are the parts used in medicine; these 
are ovate or ovate-oblong, and of a triangular 
shape, about 4 of an inch (6 millimeters) long, 
and a dark-brown color, with the hilum near the 
apex. The embryo is oily and white, and the 
