186 BS ~ Adam in ¥den, Or, 
ly are more or lefle fit for meat or medicine, Citruls or TurkeyMillions are of elie the 
Jame Tempertature.as the Gourd, and the feeds are ufed as Gourds, Millions, and es 
Ree to cool the heat, of tee fits of pAguess &c. 
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CHAP. C. 
vst SHOP Su Of Bafil. 
The Fam, 
ee this plant: to bed  DKELOY Ab @ axis guia. cite 
f Tae =dy fpr enear the feed, which is ulually within three 
it Staeaares time, for much ain turneth it intoagel- 
: airy ie Reartopitcan th ‘Oth ts Will have it derived from ie 
e{#, which fignifech to {mel or give a avour, andtobe writ, 8¢mer,Oxyrnm,of 
ze fwweer finell theteof, Ic is written by moft Latine Authours Ocimum not 
Fae the which fome will have’ to be he kind of grain called _ Fs opyrnm ot 
Fra ram, in see Buckwheat : others be a medly kind or corn pulie fowen 
‘tovether, I ed b dater Greek Writers, Bectainoy, Bafi ilicum, becaufe the me: 
Nit, 1S ‘a Kings houfe. _ It is called in Enslifh, 
¢ leffer Bafil eer and Buth oS ee 
re i. 
ae ie ae WF aPC ao 2 2S ey ag : hy * lochs 
= ge x, eee et 2 . i he te eo 
Cee ae 7 ter) 
i; = ees At -? » ee The es Se 
— : a 
erage. ¢ Petes Ee ea are 
i » Ball sith py oil bac wich one upright ane 
¢ forth. on all fides, whereo. whereon are {et two Leaver Tone r 
and : litele pointed, of a pale gre colour 
little a fttong heady {cent, for ae 
‘onas mat : 1 it, and therefore call i Cicracam ; = 
fimall anc 3 white nding cope of the branches, with ovo. 
ves. nt, infome places green, in others brown,after which 
theblack fe root perifheth at the firt apptoach of Winter Wer oo 
esandircbe fn erent yey them that eine SS 
Thele planes gla gabe otic hen 
Gardens | eh Us 20 alo in Iealy & other | a 
_ they are cherifhed, the natural beine not known: ai Indian and cutled : 
_ Bafil are {aid to come firft from thew Weft Indies into $ 7 ee 
her places. Moft of them do flower: i in the heat oP Saints Sad ue 
‘. them afterwards, eae Tn Se ee 
