sturtevant's notes on edible plants 207 



Notes on Classification. 



1. Early and late melons, as also winter melons, are described by Amatus,i iSS4; 

 Slimmer and winter, by Bauhin,^ 1623. 



2. White- and red-fleshed are described by Amatus, 1554; yellow-fleshed by Dodonaeus, 

 1616; green-fleshed by Marcgravius' 1648; green, golden, pale yellow and ashen by Bauhin,* 

 1623. 



3. Svi^ar melons are named sucrinos by Ruellius,* 1^,16; succrades rouges and succrades 

 blanches by Chabraeus,' 1677; and succris and succredes by Dalechamp,^ 1587. 



4. Netted melons are named by Camerarius,* 1586, as also the ribbed. The warted 

 are mentioned in the Adversaria,' 1570; rough, warted and smooth, by Baxihin,'" 1623. 



5. The rotind, long, oval and pear-form are mentioned by Gerarde," 1597; the quince 

 form, by Dalechamp,"' 1587; the oblong, by Dodonaeus, 1616; the round, oblong, depressed, 

 or flat, by Bauhin,'' 1623. 



C. melo dudaim Naud. dudaim melon, pomegranate melon, queen anne's-pocket 



MELON. 



Equatorial Africa. The fruit is globose-ovate, as large as a lemon, and noi edible 

 but is cultivated for its strong and pleasant odor. It has a very fragrant, musky smell 

 and a whitish, flaccid, insipid pulp." 



C. melo flexuosus Naud. snake cucumber, snake melon. 



East Indies. This melon is cultivated in Japan and is called by the Dutch banket 

 melon.^^ 



C. prophetarum Linn, globe cucumber. 



Arabia and tropical Africa. The flesh of this cucumber is scanty and too bitter to 

 be edible, says Vilmorin,'* who includes it among the plants of the kitchen garden. Btirr ^^ 

 says the fruit is sometimes eaten boiled, but is generally pickled in its green state like the 

 common cucimiber and adds that it is not worthy of ctiltivation. 



Dioscorides Amatus Lusitanus Ed. 265. 1554. 



' Bauhin Ptnax 310, 311. 1623. 



' Marcgravius Hist. Rerum Nat. Bras. 22. 1648. (Piso) 



*Bauhin, C. Pinax 310, 311. 1623. 



' Ruellius Nat. Stirp. 503. 1536. 



' Chabraeus Icon. Sciag. 134. 1677. 



' Dalechamp Hist. Gen. PL (Lugd.) 623. 1587. 



' Camerarius iJ/>i7. 296. 1586. 



' Pena and Lobel ^dueri. 285. 1570. 

 " Bauhin, C. PJna* 310, 311. 1623. 

 " Gerarde, J. Herb. 770, 775. 1597. 

 " Dalechamp Hist. Gen. PI. (Lugd.) 623 1587. 

 " Bauhin, C. Pinax 310, 311. 1623. 

 "Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:27. 1834. 

 " Ibid. 



"Vilmorin Veg. Card. 227. 1885. 

 " Burr Field, Card. Veg. 179. 1863. 



