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which lie distinguishes four kinds, 31. Indica erocea, lutea, 

 citrina, and nigra. " Commonly," he says, u they are called 

 Zucco marina, because they first came to us from parts 

 beyond the sea, some from Syria, some from India, which the 

 names given them attest ; for they are commonly called Zucco 

 de Syria and Zucco de Peru." 



The figure of Cue timer marinus, Ital. Cocomere marino, 

 etc., in the " Effigies Plautarum " of Fuchs, 1549, is a reduced 

 copy of Bock's, and substantially agrees with that of Pepo 

 rotundus in Lyte's "Dodoens," p. 587, which was "called 

 also Cucumis marinus ; of some, Zucco marino ; in French, 

 Concombre marin, Pompons Turquins" etc. 



Matthioli of Padua (Comm. in Dioscor., ed. 1559, p. 292) 

 is more explicit. " There are," he says, " various kinds of 

 cucurbits foreign to Italy, which can be kept fresh far into 

 the winter. They say that these came into Italy from the 

 West Indies, whence they are called by many Indian. Their 

 taste is sweetish, not so insipid as ours," etc. ; and his figure 

 of Cucurbita Indica agrees with that of Bock's Zucco mari- 

 nus (or " Zucco de Peru ") and with Lyte's Pepo rotundus. 



It is certain, then, that the botanists of the 16th century to 

 whom M. De Candolle refers, used Indian — when applied to 

 varieties of Cucurbita — in the sense of American. In the 

 17th century, the evidence is not less direct. Parkinson 

 (Theatrum Botanicum, 1640, pp. 769, 770) figures and de- 

 scribes (1) Cucurbita lagenaria major, the greater Bottle 

 Gourd ; (2) C. longer, the long Gourd : (3, 4) C. clypeifor- 

 mis & verrucosa, and Anguria jSHgyptiaca, the Simmel 

 [Scallop Squash], and the rugged Gourd [warted Squash, 

 orbiculate depressed], and the Egyptian Citruell or Watery 

 Million : (5) Cucurbita Indira* oralis, pyriformis, & fere 

 rotundus* Indian Gourds, oval, pear-fashioned, and almost 

 round. Of these Indian Gourds he says : " There is very 

 great variety of these Gourds (or Millions, as some call them, 

 or Pompions, as I may call them) that came out of America 

 or the West Indies, from sundry places, both farther south 

 among the Spanish colonies, and nearer hand, in our own of 

 Virginia, New England, etc." He notes the great variety 



