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Show —— uz =— Se Cee Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ee Of the Hiftorie of Plants, Li bia, —_ | The Defcription, 2 Pepo minorfjlueftris, 1 Pepo maior fylueftris. The great wilde Pompion. He Gourd bringethforth very long ftalkes as be thole of the Vine, cornered and par. ted into diuets branches, which withhis clafping tendrels taketh bold andclymeth The fmall wilde Pompion, vponfich things as ftand neere vntoit : the leaues be very great, broad, and tharpe WU? teem ; SNA WE ~~ AY r= \x WY (3 pointed, almoft as great as thofe of the Clot-Burre, but fofter,and fomewhat couered as it were witha white freefe, as be alfo the ftalkes and branches, like thofe of the marifh Mal he floures be white, and grow forth from the bofomeof the leaues : in their places come vpthe fruit, which are notall ofone fathion,for oftentimes they haue the forme of flagons or bottles, with-a great large belly and a finall necke.s The Gourd (faith Pliny, 6.19. cap.5. wethinto. any formeor fafhion that you wouldhaucit, eithcr like ynto a wreathed Dragon,the of aman;oranyother fhape,according to the mould whereinit is put whileft it is young: bei cred toclime ypon any Arbout where the fruit may hang, it hath beene feene to be nine foot long,by rcafon of his greatWeight which hath ftretched it out to the length. Therindewhenitis ripe 1s verie hard, \ wooddy, and ofa yellow colour : the meate or inward pulpe is white, the feed fong, flar, poin- tedat the top, broad below, wich twopeakes ftanding out like hornes, whitewithia, and {weet in tafe" 2 “The fecond differeth not from the precedent in ftalkes, leaucs, or flours: the fruit hereof isforthe mot partfafhionedlikea bottle orflagon, whereinefpecially confifteth rhe difference, 2 Cucurbita lagenariz. Bottle Gourds. IU Cucsrbitaaneuina. Snakes Gourd. pe am,©, Dy, @ The Place. Thefe Melons do grow wilde in Barbarie, A frica, and moft parts of the Eaftand We They grownotin thefe parts except they be fowne. The Time, 4 Indies. EZ —> : ; \ we Their timeof flouring and flourifhing anfwereth that ofthe garden’ Pompiau. © The Names. ee eit Althoughthe Antient Phyfitions haue rade no mentionof thefe plants,yetthe thOe dothfhew,that there be fuch,and ought tobecalled in Greeke wawsépr + in Latine, ® fiers : in Englifh,wilde Melons or Pompions. | The Temperature, tem- Likeas thefewilde Melons elitedeatie bficlowne nature very bitter,fobe theyas perature hor and drie,andthatin the later end ofthe fecond degree. They have likewsle facultie, not inferior to che wilde Cucumbers, q@ Lhe Vertues. i remaiA Thewinewhich when the pith andfeed is taken forth,is powred intothe rinde, “a forth nedfo longtherein till fuch time as it becommethbitter, doth purge the belly,am rion that the flegmaticke and cholerick humors .To be bricfe,the iuice hercofis of the fame ee the dri wilde Cucumberis of;andbeing dried it may be vfed in ftead of Elaterinm , Whe i iuice ofthe wilde Cucumber. ~ Cuar.347. ae = RS * letue them for pales to fetch water in, and many otherthe like vfes, ; greater,others fomeae e firft fight of them knowes j kinds qth pot oucr theteft, becaufe each one vponthe 10 what ¥ hem . + 1 ‘light ; efpecially they are kept for the rindes, wherein they put Turpentine, Oyle, Hanysand a+ Of Gourds. @ The Kindes, - «ag i!fo forth -fome bring! : Toe be diuers forts of Gourds,fome wilde,and orbers tame ofthe gardens! ‘orme OF fag an : certal 20 keeping end, the at bigger long, fruitlikevntoabottle;others leffer.+ I willonelyfigure and deferibe two or thre eof the chic corel ; q The Place. The Gourds arechetithed inthe gardensofthefe coldregions rather for pleafure than ftpri it:inthe hot countries where they come to ripeneffe there are fometimeseaten , but with _ ‘i q The Time. 3 . They are planted ina bed of horfe-dung in April, euen aswe hauegught in the planting ofcuSumbers : they flourith in Iune and Iuly the fruit is ripe in the end of Augutt. q The Names. . called in : Greeke oninraefuer i . Latine, : Cucurbita Z edulis, } CHcw rbitafalatina :Satwrbi of Plizy, The Gourd is + in vA |