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Of the Hiftoriie of Plants. 



% The Defer ipion. 



1 T^ He Citrull Cucumber hath many long, flexible, and tender ftalkes trail;™ 



I b round,branchcd like vnto the Vine.fet with certaine great l e a UC s deep S the 

 much jagged: among which come forth long clafping tendrels and ilfo reX < y 

 ftaIkes,on the ends whereof do grow floures of a gold yellow colour : the fruit is fomelw ! - 

 ftraked or ribbed with certaine deepe furrowes alongft the fame, of a greenecolour abouc Z ' 

 derneathon that fide thatlyeth vpon the ground lomething white: the outward skinwhe r 

 very fmoorh 5 the meat within is indifferent hard,more like to that of the Pompion than of the " 



umber or Muske- Melon : the pulpe wherein the feed lieth,is fpungie, and of aflimie fubftl 



the feed is long,flat,and greater than thofe of the Cucu nbers: the fhell or outward barke is hi ' 



kith, fometimes ot an ouerworne reddifh colour. The fruit of the Citrull doth not fo eafilv re/ ' 



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Wheat, as Ufcatthioltu 



may keepe them much longer and better in a heape of dry fand . 



aut according to my ptaaifc you 



The fecond kinde of Citrull diifereth not "from the former,fauing that it is altogether lelTcr 

 and the leaues are not fo deeply cut or jagged, wherein confifteth the difference. ' 



«fl The Place andTime. 



The Citrull profperethbeft in hotRegions,as in Sicilia,Apulia,Calabria,and Syria, about Ale- 



We 



bed in planting of Cucumbers. 



ff The Names. 



The later Herbarifts do call it Anguria : in (hops, Citru/lus, and Cucumus Citrullus : in Englifc, 

 Citrnls,and Cucumber Citruls,and the feed is knowne by the name of Semen CitruRi, orCitruU 

 feed. But if Cucumts Citrullus be fo called of rheyellow colour of the Citron 3 then is the common 

 Cucumber properly Cucumis Citrulltx .• which is knowne vnto all to be contrary. 



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terifh bloud,micigateth the extremity of heat ot the inner parts^and tern pereth the fharpneflfe and 

 feruent heat of cholenbeing raw and held in the mouth,it takes away the roughneiTe of the tongue 

 in Agues, and quencheth thirft. 



The feeds are of the like faculty with thofe of Cucumbers. 



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HAP. 



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Of the mlde Citrull called Colocynthis, 



^ The Defer iftion. 



Oloquintida hath beene tak<*n of many to be a kind of the wilde Gourd, it lieth a long 

 creeping on the ground as do the Cucucnoersand Melons, com ming neerei to ta 

 that which in tho edaie^or fome Herbariltsis called Citrull Cucumber . it onj 

 geth forth vpon his long branches f.nallcrooked tendrelslike the Vine, and alfovery great ^ 

 leauesdeeply cut or jagged : among which comr forth fmall flouresof a pale yellow cow ; 



cotnmcth the fruit round as a bowle, couered wirh a tbin rinde, of a yellow colour when it is » 



.."._' "" \">earetlr f ediS; 



of a white or elfe an ouerworne browne colour \ rhe fruit'fo pared or pilled, is djT^./JJJJ, $& 



*»»*uiviu tut* uuil iuuiiu a) a uxsrv i^j tuumu *» *i»* » ****** ■«•■«») wi •• j»,.#— -. - 



which when it is pilled or pared off, the white pulpe or fpungie fubftance appearetn 



parts 



tend*' 5 ' 

 but 



the which is moft extreame bitter, and likcwife the feed, and the whole plant it iei* 



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2 The fecond kinde of Coloquintida hath likewife manv long branches an d ctofpi ng - _ faut 

 wherewith it taketh hold of fuch things as are neere vnto it. Irbringeth forth the liwic . ^ 

 not fo much jagged. The floures are fmall and yel low : the fruit is faihioned like a p""-' 

 other fort round,wherein the ef pcciall difference confifteth. 



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^r 7 he Place. nrneucn' D 



Coloquintida is fowne and commetb to perfection in hot regions, but feldome or 



theft 



Northerly and cold countries. 



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