Part H. Of Fruits. 231 
better than Earth or Wood, as being both light, and not 
brittle. The little bitter Gourd, being eaten, worketh by 
Vomit and Stool. The Water diftilfd from unripe Gourds, 
applied with Linnen, is moft fuccefsf ul, and a great Expe- 
riment againft that Heat, called Syriafis, {a) efpecially in o)Bauh.iib. 
Infants. 1tf.c1.p217 
A FRUIT in fliape fomewhat like a WILD CUCU- 
MER5 yet not, as that , hairy, but fmooth. The Seeds 
alfo of both are in figure, colour, and taft, altogether alike. 
So that perhaps it may not be improperly called Cucumis 
Sylvefirisglaber. 
A FRUIT, fuppofed by Clufius, (b) to be that of the (*) Exot - lib - 
EGYPTIAN-BEAN of Diofcorides , a Water- Plant. Tis a,c,y ' 
of a brown Bay, and of a foftifh and light fubftance $ 
the top, which is broadeft, above three inches over,and flat 5 
divided into about twenty round and open Cells, almoft 
like an Honey-Comb. In each Cell is contained a Bean or 
Nut, alike colour'd, of an Oval fhape, as big as a fmall 
Akgrn^ and in the fame manner pointed at the top. See 
alfo the Figure in Bauh. 
A flender COD of GUINY-PEPPER. Capfici Silipa 
angufta. Pifo (c) defcribes and figures nine or ten forts, all CO Hift, 1. ^ 
growing in Br a file, and there called Quiya $ of which this c ' 
is the longed and moft flender. Tis ufed as a great Sto- 
machick Medicine, and in Sauces, both in fubftance and 
infufion, in America, Spain, and other Countries, and by 
many prefer d before the beft Pepper. 
The COD of the Broad Leaved DOGSBANE. Siliqua 
Apocyni latifolij. Given by George Wheeler Efq$. Defcribed 
and figur'd in Bauhinus : (d) but with the Cods fhorter and 0*) L *5- 
thicker than their natural fhape. Of kin to that which c,I5 ' p ' I35 ° 
hobelim calls the Scammony of Montpelier. Along the 
middle or centre of the Cod, runs a flender fibrous pillar, 
to which, and not to the fides of the Cod, the Seeds are 
fallen d on both fides it $ and fo encompalfed about with 
Down, wherewith the Cod is fill'd up. A provident fore- 
caft of Nature to keep them warm. The faid Down con- 
fifteth not of fingle Hairs, but Plumes, affixed to the Seeds, 
wherewith they are winged for their being more difperfed^ 
ly wafted by the Aer, and prevent their falling in a ruck on 
the ground. 
The 
