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:^The defer ipt ion, 



1 cl)C£! ano fmall, tuitb litle tlafpers o;j t0r»D;eLef,lD^ertDtf [j*» 

 al it taUet() bolDe fait tipon ^cDgc£i,trd^,poIe$,anD ratle0, agamfl^ 

 lu^tcb tt ie! planteD. ^^e leaucsbe large anD round, vxi in rotmD 

 about Ijjitli ccrtattie Deepe rut^e, almoff Itlte tlje ttne leaues , but 

 fmallen i^e floU)ersbapale.,tl)efruttcrounD,(ijarppomfeD, 

 9 rouo^t) U)tt|)out, like t|)e fruit of tbe toiloe Coiocumber, gr^ne 

 at f I?e beginntag ano after JuarDc reo. 3lit t^efe apples are founa 

 b;oai^ , rougb , ant) blackii^ f^Of . SEbe I^tote puttctb ftn^t^ 

 manic b^aunrljeis oj ma>?e0, fp^eaD ab^oab bere anD tbcre, 

 .2 SCbe fee onOe hinDe batb a tW^t ftalke 05 ffem , of a reDDiC^ 

 colour Ufte purfelanc , about a tmtt Ijtgb 0^ fometobat mo;e* 

 SCb^ leaner be long anD narrotu,ant) not mucb bnlilie t^^t leaned 

 of kartbieja litlc f oitbefi 02 crcuifec about<|iDb^fiotDer0 be faire, 

 of an imarnate 0; Uuclp t clonr cfjanging tpon bleto, Mty, a litle 

 tail turncD again, not mncl) bifiPcring from tte flctueris of Jlarbs 

 ^pur* anije fruitc 0^ 0ppl£ \b rcunee^ fijarpc^t tlje point , ano 

 rougb toitl)out,greenc at ttje bcgintiiiig, but after i?cllolui{l^ pale, 

 tl)£tul)icb openctb it felfe tob^n it is ripe,anO t^e fao fallctb out, 



tbe tobicb i» tJerr toell like tnto a fctcl} . SDbe rote 10 lihe the a^ 



l}OucfatD& 



S^ The place. 



SDljefc ttuo ffrangc fjcrbes, are founo in tl)i0 countrie , in f be 

 uarcens of certaine ^erbo^iff eg* 



^ The time. 



Cbcfe plants do flotjD.ie in 3alie tinD ^uguff, anD f ^cir fruitc is 

 cipe in ^ugttS ano September. 



^-The names. 



^f)C firft kinD of t^efc bcrbcs is calleD in Italian Charantia, 



Balfamina, Momordica, ano in feme places, Pomum Hierofo- 



lymitanum : in irrencb Pomttm mirabiU, Pomme de meYHeille,t^x^ 



Mertteillemajle : in bigb £E>ottcb 515alfam offcl mcttttlin : in bafe 

 Slmaine )i5alfam appel mannclj^n : inCnglifl^ toe ma]p call it 

 Momordica,anD t\^z S^ale 515alfam apple, 



2Dbc Otber feinO is ralleD Balfaminum, anD i& not Charantia, 



3aMkmioa,oj Momordic3,as feme DotljinHcS^^e Ijiglj^oucb^ 



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