P A R. T II. 
Of Fruits', 
CHAP. Ill 
Of CALIBASHES, and fame other li^e 
Fruits. 
T He Great OVAL CALIBASH. In length, almoft i of 
a foot 5 above a foot and i in compafs. Its Figure 
anfwerable to drat of a Hens-Egg,, one end, (c. 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 Wallnut , and the fhell fomewhat 
thicker. Originally fill’d (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 Calibafb is the Fruit of a Tree. In fome fort 
defcribed by Ligon. ( a) 
The Middle OVAL CALIBASH. Of the fame tawny H tJifl. of 
colour , as the former ; as alfo a little flenderer at the Earb ' p ‘ 7 * 
top, than the bottom. In length four inches and *, and 
3 and ^ broad; 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, almoil of the colour, fizeand ihape of an Apple- 
Kemel 5 faving that the top is Taped like the common 
Picture of a Heart. 
The little OVAL CALIBASH. Of alike colour with 
the former, but ltaincd with fome black Spots. Three 
inches and I long; two and I over; fomewhat bigger than 
a Turleys-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 kin 
to the ( ucurbita Indica minor Taberna Montani ; and that 
the faid Author miftook a Calibajh, fora Gourd. 
An ORBICULAR CALIBASH. Of the Ihape and big¬ 
nefs of a Jac/cBowl. 
The halls oi 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 
Indica Lagenaria: it being not a Gourd, but the Fruit of a 'slffcbZ 
Tree, as is abovefaid. It hath a Head and Belly divided 
by a Neck, fomewhat refembling an old faihion’d Flagon. 
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