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X. Kota. If into the Shell or Rind ( after the 
Pulp or Subilance of the Seed is taken forth) you 
put in White Port or Lisbon Wine, and it let remain 
therein fo long, till it becomes bitter, it admi- 
rably purge the Belly, and will educe Pituitous, 
Cholerick, and Watery Humors, and carry off the 
the Morbifick caufe of the Dropfy Sarcites , or 
Anafarca , as alfo of the Kings Evil and the 
Gout. 
XI. The Inf pi [fate Juice of the Fruit. It has the 
fame Operation with that of Elaterium, or Infpif- 
fate Juice, or ftecula of the Wild Cucumber ; and 
may be very well ufed in place thereof for all 
thofe Difeafes to which the Elaterium is applyed ; 
but 1 am apt to believe it mult be given in a larger 
Dofe, viz. in full the Double quantity. 
CHAP. CCCCLXXXIV. 
Of MELON-MUSK. 
I. cp H E Karnes. It is called in Greek , 
X MiMr: (which fignifies an Apple: and 
therefore fome Authors have called it) Mbai ■mmuv, 
Me/opepon : (or Pepon fmelling like an Apple:) 
in Lot me, Melo , Melopepo , Melo mofcoatm , 
and Melo Mufchatellinus : in Englijh , Musk 
Melon. 
II. T be Kinds. Authors make four Species of 
this Plant , to which we Ihall add a fifth , grow- 
ing in America , viz. I . Melo, vel Melopepo vul- 
garis , Our Common Musk-Melon. 2. Melo Hi- 
fpanicus , the Spanifh Musk-Melon. 5. Melo Pyri- 
formis , the Pear-fafhon’d Musk-Melon. 4. Melo 
Saccharinus , the Sugar Musk-Melon. 5. Melo 
Americana: , vel Flondianus , Melo Caroliniant/s, 
vel Virginianns, the American or Carolinian Musk- 
Melon. 
The Descriptions. 
III. I 'he firft, or Our Common Musk Melon. 
It has a long Root with many Fibres at it, running 
not very deep into the Earth , but in a great meafure 
tinder the upper cruft of the Ground. From this 
Root (hoot forth Stalks, Branches and Leaves, 
much refembling thofe of the Cucumber, both in 
the manner of growing, and in its trailing Branches, 
which are rough , with rough uneven Leaves , 
with yellow Flowers : after which come the Fruir, 
which is rounder , thicker , bigger , and rugged , 
than any Cucumber ■, and fpotted on the out fide, 
of a ruffet color , and green underneath, which 
when it comes to be full ripe, will change a little 
yellowilh, being deep furrowed and ribbed, and 
fometimes without Ribs, and having many times 
chaps and rifts in fome places of the Rind. The 
inward hard Pulp, is yellow, and of a pretty fait 
or folid Sabftance, and is only eaten : The Pulp 
MV SK -ME LON. 
within that, is vety foft, Ilimy, and watery, 
and of a pretty deep yellow color, in which is 
contained the Seed, which is fomething larger and 
yellower than that of the Cucumber. The Fruit 
coming to be of a ftrong fweet fmell, and change- 
ing its color , either to yellownefs, or a green 
yellow, (hews its coming to ripnefs: but it requires 
much watering in the hot time of the day, to induce 
its looner ripening. 
IV. Gerard has this Defcription of it. It is like 
to the Common Cucumber in its Stalks, lying flat 
upon the Ground, long , Branched and rough. The 
Leaves are much alike, butleffer, rounder, and 
not fo cornered. The Flowers in like manner are 
yellow. The Fruit is bigger (than the Cucumber : ) 
at firft fomething hairy, fomething long, and fome- 
what round ; often times greater, and many times 
Idler. The Bark or Rind is of an over-grown 
ruffet green qolor, ribbed and f urrowed very deeply, 
having chaps or Chinks, and a confufed roughnefs. 
The Pulp which is to be earen is of a faint yellow 
color, the middle part of which is of a (limy 
moifture, in which is contained the Seed, much 
like to that of the Cucumber , and of a browner 
color. 
V. The feconi , or Spanilh Musk-Melon. It 
hat from its Root which is like the former, long 
trailing Branches , on which grow broad Leaves, 
'/lightly indented about the edges, not divided at all 
as are all the reft of the Melons. The Fruit is 
large for the moil parr, and grow near unto the 
Stalk , like unto the Common Garden Melon or 
Pompion, very long, nor crefted or furrowed at 
all, bur fpotted with very many fuch marks or 
fpots as are on the back fide of the Harts-tongue 
Leaf. The Pulps (both the firmer and the fofter) 
as alfo the Seed, are much like rhe former. 
VI. The third , or Pear falhloned Musk-Melon. 
It has many long Viney Branches , upon which grow 
cornered Leaves, like thofe of the Vine ■, as alio 
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