STI%T IVM aJuerfananota 2Sj 



CVCVRBIT /£ Sychia. Sitccha. iiKv;, 



.'lCiiLUibitarum.Cuciimerumi-ScToponumintcr fc cognafo, Vt antfqui 



.X Larini^ncdum rcccntiorc5,minus accurate nonienclatui .is «.liicrencWnt. I:u- 



ilqiiidcm in olcracco IibroSyciamIndicamnominatColocvntidc.il: puta 



^ )cratcm: aii vti ctiamThcopIira(lovidctur,quamlibent varictaleni i^ diftc- 



v!icric?.in horuni fiuftuumc-iM.U(avH vox fignarc,ffi'{su namq; bullirccll, vndc 



e v.is,olUm,:V: pyxicicm flgniHcat, & fanguifugum vitrcum , aut cornu inftru- 



i 1 Jcq; foitc Luinis Cucurbita,tametfi Varroni acuruandodifta putctur. An- 



iioivlcs ctiam Sicyas pepoiics appcllat:& Galenus'Pcpocucumercm. Quarc quo facili- 



ttspcrcipiantur&difcernanturabinuiccm,qua?hodieinvfum culinariii & mcdicatum 



vcncrunt,(;cncracundanoninconimodeff<M.uaj,velCucumcreSjVocamus :quaiumdua 



fumiiafaftigiafintCarcubita: &Mclopeponcs, varia nomina adcpta, proptcr frudu. 



um^foUorumquc varictJtcm» 



CVCVMERES SATIVI C-Efuiknu, 

 Germa.Cucumercmr 

 \Ga/iii,Concoiuhrt:, 

 '\Belgts, Comcommci'c«» 



C.z/4ng . CucHmbres . 



KTO Ti s ."; I M I rtint, tum Mcridionalium, tum Septcntrionalium liortis Cucumcres, 

 qni & fiiauif.stni efu & frequcntifsimi,prcfcrtim crudi , aut muria conditi,dum adluic 

 funttcnclli,mciitohabcntur.Foliishifpidis/caI.r{5,viridatibus,fimilibusBrK ni^^aut Vi- 

 tisrni aioribiis.minot ibu£ Bardanf 5c Petafitidis:P.ores e\ luteo pallcnt liliaccijconniuct- 

 qucnoclii,aut marccfcunt,Volubilis fitu : reptantibus multis vitibus&: dauiculis , 

 proxima quarquc imphcantibns/rudumq-, dant tereteni/emipedalc , oblongu, corticc 

 tcncnoL-e,maculofo,cxobfcuroviroreinfliuum maturcfcente,intcrdum fpinuhs mol- 

 liurcuIi?,afperato,& leuitcr fecundum longitudincm canaliculato,vcl fulcato. feminc rc- 

 fcrtoalbo,MeIonisade6fimili,vtncutiquam,nifi quiaanguilius , & pufillo apiculo fub- 

 tus protenfo donatus eft j difcrepct: medullaladcfcente , admodiun fuaui, & multi vfuf 

 Officinis,non item Culinis. 



CVCVMISflexmjti4\fiue A N G v i n V s, 



P A R I o R hic,& nlfi in hortis hetbariorum infrcquens , prorfura fimillimus fupcriori 

 ^Cucumeri, flage!lii,flore,foliis,& clauiculis , frudu autcm facile difccrnitur , & ag- 

 nofcitur^qui incurua gracilitate anguinum flcxum,& longitudincm & crafsiticm acquat, 

 Tnde uomen:tenera cute,nitore hcrbido. 



MELO vulii ,/wf CHCumis Jfiti^uorum, Diofctridis M e l o p e p p , 



I^ 1 1 s afiinitatc foliorum,florum,& fruaus proximus hic,fimilIimo ctfam,vt diximus, 

 ^cmine , inclufo tamcn in dobofum fruaum,magifque vcntriofum,& fecundum lon- 

 §itudinemaltioribusliris,&torulisfulcatu.Corticeduriorc,n6nihilhirfuto,rugofo,puI- 

 lo,veI cmcreo.Carne fulua,fipore & odore mcllito,vel faccharato,cuiufmodi in gular dc- 

 Jitiis crudos fuamfsimos habet vniuerfa Italia, GaUoprouii3Cia,Norbonenfisquc & Vaf- 

 <^omca,Gallia,Hifpania:efitanturcumpaucofalc&paneIulio& Augufto. Cartcns rc* 

 gionibasadBorcam, vtFranciae,Bc!gio,& Anglix,acgrcaut infipidiores proucniunr, 

 ^.ccplcrumque maturitatcm affequuntur,pra:imbrium copia,8c calonsinopia.5cmcn c- 

 ^wm vnum officinarum habetur, intcr quatuor maiora YOcata,prunar comracndaaoms , 

 ^ft^e^uentiorisvfus, ^ ■ ^ 



