Book V. land off BARBADOS. 
When thefe are ripe, the infide foft waterifh Pulp and Seed are fcooped 
out: Then there remains, next to the husky or fhelly outward Part, a 
Pulp of a more folid Subftance, than what is fcooped out. 
This, being likewife taken out in Slices, and fomewhat dried of its na- 
tural Juice, is put into feveral Syrups; and at laft, candied or frofted 
over, becomes an agreeable Sweetmeat. 
BatcHeor’s Pears; Lat. Souanum fructu pyriformi 
inverfo. . 
aes SE are of Two forts; the one almoft fpherical; the other hath 
+ the Refemblance of a Nipple upon the Top. 
The Plant that bears thefe, grows to about Three Feet in Height, fup- 
ported by very few Roots. 
It hath many Side-Branches, which are very prickly. 
Thefe are cloathed with deep fegmented rough Leaves, which are 
about Six Inches long, and Three broad. 
Their middle Ribs, as well as the tranfverfe, are guarded with a great 
many fharp-pointed Prickles. 
The Flower, which is compofed of one fingle Leaf of a whitifh Blue, 
expands itfelf horizontally. 
This is fupported by Five fmall fharp-pointed capfular Leaves. 
From the Centre rife Five yellow deep-chanelled Stamina. 
Thefe are fucceeded. by the Fruit above-mentioned ; which, when ripe, 
is of a golden Colour, and about the Bignefs of a Tennis-ball ; the In- 
fide being full of {mall Seed. 
This Plant grows chiefly invery rich Ground, efpecially upon Dunghils. 
BreApD AND CHEESE; or, SUCKING-BoTTLE. 
| Rate IS is a ligneous Wyth, with dark Iron-coloured Leaves, each like 
thofe of an Orange, having a longifh Heart-like Stalk. 
Thefe are about Three Inches long, fharp-pointed, and here-and- 
there {nipped on the Edges. 
The Stalk of the Vine, as well as the middle Ribs of the Leaves, is 
of a purple Colour. 
The Flowers are fucceeded by yellow conic capfular Pods, fomewhat in 
Shape like a Bottle, each dividing into Three Partitions, having one Seed, 
which, at one End, is covered with a whitifh rough Pith, which is fome- 
times eaten. 
~The Root of thisVine, mixed and boiled with Lime-juice, and the Ruft 
of Iron, by way of Plaifter, cures the Body-Yaws. 
Nn CusTARD- 
