Part II. 
Of Fruits. 
CHAP. III. 
OfCALIBASHES, and fome other li\e 
Fruits. 
THe Great OVAL CALIBASH. In length, almoft i of 
a foot 3 above a foot and ^ in compafs. Its Figure 
anfwerable to that of a Hens-Egg, one end, fc. the top, 
being fomewhat fmaller than the other. Tis now of a 
kind of tawny colour, or like that of an old Pomgranate- 
Pill. About as hard as a WaU?iut, and the (hell fomewhat 
thicker. Originally filTd (as may be feen by fome of them) 
with a Pulp and a great number of Seeds, as is a Melon or 
Gourd. Yet a Calibajh is the Fruit of a Tree. In fome fort 
defcribed by Ligon. (a) 
The Middle OVAL CALIBASH. Of the fame tawny W m f 
colour , as the former 3 as alfo a little flenderer at the ar ' p ' 72, 
top, than the bottom. In length four inches and K and 
3 and \ broad 3 of the bignefs of a China Limon. It hath a 
little round knob at the top, as big as a Great Pins Head. 
The Seed, almoft of the colour, fize and fhape of an Apple- 
Kernel^ faving that the top is Ihaped like the common 
Picture of a Heart. 
The little OVAL CALIBASH. Of a like colour with 
the former, but ftained with fome black Spots. Three 
inches and ^ long 3 two and * over 3 fomewhat bigger than 
a Turlteys~Egg. Of a perfect Oval,that is, with both the ends 
cut by the fame Ellipfis, yet both a very little prominent, 
And the top apiculated, as in the former. It feems a kiri 
to the Cucurbit a Indica minor Taberna Montani 3 and that 
the faid Author miftook a Calibajh, for a Gourd. 
An ORBICULAR CALIBASH. Of the (hape and big- 
nefs of a JackzBowL 
The halfs of an ORBICULAR CALIBASH, four inches 
and 1 Diametre. 
The Middle (b) FLAGON CALIBASH. Figur'd after a (b) See the 
manner by Bauhinus with the miftaken Title of Cucurbita ^[f tSf to 
Indica Lagenaria : it being not a Gourd, but the Fruit of a a,2. 
Tree, as is abovefaid. It hath a Head and Belly divided 
by a Neck, fomewhat refemblmg an old fafliion d Flagon. 
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