166 The Natural Hiftory of the Book VI. 
The fmall Wi.p CucuMBER. 
J HIS is a {mall Vine, creeping generally along old Walls. 
Its Leaves are thin, and fharp-pointed, of about an Inch and an 
Ahalf long, and as broad near the Stalk, where they grow out, as it were, 
into Ears. Pty 
. The Flowers are fucceeded by a {mall {mooth Fruit, of about the 
Bignefs and Form of a ‘Thimble. prot 
Thefe, when ripe, are of a bluifh black Colour, and are eatable. 
. The Poison-WyTH. 
HIS isa large fcandent ligneous fhrubby Vine, whofe Roots are 
very many, and ftrong; and the main Body of the Wyth, near 
the Ground, as large as one’s Arm, and fomewhat flattith. 
This climbs to a great Height, and is cloathed with fharp-pointed 
green Leaves of above Three Inches long, and-near Two broad. 
If the main Stalk is cut off near the Ground, or at any Height, the 
upper Part, covering the Trees or Rocks, will ftill furvive, and in a 
fhort time fend down, from feveral Parts, long ftringy Filaments ; 
which, growing downward, take Root, and fupply the Place of the 
broken-off Stalk. 
The Flowers are, in Appearance, like a Bunch of red Coral, fucceeded 
by {mall Berries, black when ripe. 
