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Show Cu ap. 3 Theatrum Botanic icum. TrisBBe £2, Cuap, III, 1. Colocynthis Pulgarss. Coloquintida. or the bitter Gotrde, i a ee the ground,asa Gourd or Cowcumbe BOAHis bitter Gourd —oi — ee it {elfe, which are lefferand r doth, hae fomewhat lon= y ving diverferough she ete and moredivided orcut in at the edges, moft ger, thanthofe : ‘. oe alindented in,or ufualy intofive or notched round about; the leaves of the forme doe ve= FOS ane “bl fhofe of the Citrui l Cowcumber; atthe joynts with the leave " ty ees oe fame fafhion with s:com e forth the them, but fomewhat fmaller, and alfo {mall tendrells pani c oesei s atalitn Vine hath, wherewith it windeth about anyplants, or other things thar or com e oe etseras ic iraite that. followeth iadmal and next l and round asa ball, many of themunto not ey “Bean pen si Crabbe or Peare-maine, greeneat the firft on muchb igger t the outfide, and afterwards gtowingto i which fhellis as hard as any Pompi on or Gourde; and is ufually pared away while i be of abrowne yellow, y is greene, the fubftance under it being white, very light 5 Colocynthis Pomiformis (9 Py iformis. {pongie; or loofe, and of an extreamebitter talte, almoft in« The round and Peare fafhioned bitter Gourde, durable, and provoking loathing or caftin g in Many that tafte its having therein fixe orders or rowes ofwhite hard feede, ofthe bignefle of Cowcumber {eede, but fuller harder and rounder; and nothing fo bitter. or forceable in worki pulpe or fubftanceis: the roote isnot very ng, as the white and quickly perifhing with the. firt cold great but ftringie, approach of wins & ter, 2. Colocynthis major rotunda... The greater Coloquintida, or bitter Conrde, This fort ofbitter Gourde differeth not from the former,eitherin leafe or flower or manner of fruite, which groweth to be twice. growing, but onely in the as hig asthe former, and as round; greene atthe firft,. but ofa pale yellow. when itis Tipe, ¢ whofe pulpeor inner fubftance is alfo white and {pongie, and SE ina manneras bitter, with fach like feedes as are inthe forme r; % and difpofed for the moft part into eighe Towes, or partitions: : the rooteperifhe thas the former, 3. Colocynthts oblonga, The longb itter Gourde, This kind of Colloquintida differ S fort, for either manner of growi eth nor from thelaft great ng, forme ofthe leay€s of flowers, butonely in the fruit, which is as great almoft as the laft, but is not fo {phericall or round likea ball, but fomewhat long with the roundneffe, and being alittle fat at the head: the fhell or outer rinde thereof, is greene at the firlt, and afterwards groweth to be whitifh, with many {pots thereon - this isalfo bitter but not fo extreame as thefirft, 4. Colocynthis pyriformis, Peare-fathioned Co’ loquintida or bitter Gourd, This Peare-fathioned Kin de, hath Many trayling rou gh branches like the firft , and leaves,cut in alfo on the edgfuch like long and round “pointed large or great,and ofa darkeres bur not fo deepely, neither fo greene colour; at the joynts the leaves, with come forth the flowers, being yellow, but fmaller than the firft, and likewife which taketh hold on every{mall twining clafpers as the other, thin fruite is fmall,13not bigger than a large g,thatit may Catherine Peare, and man head whereof is fomewhat y {maller, yet all fathioned comprehend: the rounder thana Peare; the like a Peare the fhell or outward rinde whe itis ripe with many longlines reofis greene, but whiter or ftrakes thereon; the inne when {pongie but leffe bitt r pulp e or fubf tanc e, bei ng er t han-any of the reft, atth almoft as white, light, and e leaftin thofe have gro rowesorrankes of white wne in my garden, hav feede like the reft. ing but foure 3 The Place, Thefirt commeth as.a Merc of thofe that are curious, Theohandife tous from Arabia, Egypt, and Syria, yet is nou ther forts fome have beene foun rif d in Spaine and Italy, buthed up in the gardens ¢ Ah Yeare in our gardens ing. a if wee be defirons to fee we fow their feede them, for they never come up of their owne fowThe Time, Theyflower laté, an d to perfection, untill 1 fo doe they ripén with their fruic, which unleffe the yeare Proove kindly, the very late : but the fir worf t of all, nae’! me The firft as that which onely was knowen, or The Names, Greeke xoroxe'ssie Colocynthis, at leaft ‘menti ioned by the ancient w riters, is and of {o ME orxvd mxer Sic Eippocrates calleth it called in ua picra quafi Cucumis am arxs, the bit & chung Of the Latines (i cynt Colequintida, and we xdarne bis. E and Cuc urbita fylvvefPris,in the ter Cowcumber: in “nglith,either Colo Apothecaries fhops guintida, or the bitter Gourde, wh ich you will, ‘The reft of them have T A 2e 4 J ripe Cuar. 4s Lhe TheaterofPlantes. cain SE : : =< or ae — ; : them,and as much as canbefai2 dofthem as molt writers docal them,t hat mention ee , have their nara Poe Colocynthis, : 3 Germanica, becaufe it is leffe oon a n ot ob} ane ci grow ‘ ott . 1 onely aes c aie Beflerss 0} chat fet out the Bifhop of epee es ae Pee It ‘othe iB thels fou mids arid the greater Game that beareth round fruite like an Apple fibionea fe Ho ie Mn the 2 ot Kinet and 2 rh =a ‘one Sthered ‘wilde the 4, chapter, is called a w a varies rade Nae ‘aa c that in the Sees s call it Chendelfand Handal,and theteot Trochifci Alhanaal quafi e: Gonrdsithe Arabians ca 7? * The Vertes. : i iy a a uiiiied : Rani ft ; der the outer fhell oror riride, tiride, is i that on ely without yhite foft {pongie tl anyfeéde, é fubfance, unc The ea me being on Eamne bitter va «coriati purgeth violently » EVEN oftentimes, CO excOr oe pon BehEons efpeciall rr whi f Pedicy, but thedofe or quantity which was given by s atancincedt ne f ioe (their dry conflitutions de proportion; thar ourmotbetter énduring ir) doth Geich sé choke that ate Nbdftious kid See Pole able to endure withone manifeft danger, unleffe itbein-t li pee a iltr o,-graines, of -the inufed to continuall : for 124/corides f Laeg labour appointeth yith honey Myrrhe and waterinto 4, obe/s, that is 1 pills, whenour yh Ps éRarleatte Phyfitians,dare ean one obo ner fubftance to be ma id if a {crup'e; 2b. yea they thinke halfe this quantity, mixed that i sane = Se 34 BArgets, A. sraines or halre b Ht ee nee ae it is fo found by ey gerthat often happeneth, daylyexperience, and ene hos ater ey seaig Lea enemy to SoD ftomacke and as ile the Le Dye ad is appointed in the cof of Rofes,Gum Rofes.thereofTracacanthaan Trotpifes —Albandall, a aie > et * byif the gummes, and canfeth % ie Bea4 ee f the-oyle, to pafle mae Souda. ee way; This is the fafeft waytotake it inwardly at the ag Li eepriciee an@orkesn te the eernup a anh ot of ‘halfe that force, or the décoction, isn as the pulpeit felfe, fo found by z epee dav and Nive? Beg er 8 {ted with loameor clay, and fefome Vinega eedes bed takenforth feedes p of an therein,the out apple; overcrufted w liquor h, and faltnethloofe teethyifithey doth eafe andit bee wathed the paines of the tooth-ach, an a4 See pues fleepe foraday ner 2 W. . and ifn an Heck Apple fo ordered,fome olf Ros wae a = nas Be fteepe din the Wine ).and the wine : ) e€. hi 1¢ ve falfely interpreted that the Apple, and anight (which ee OS 47 a SyaNeP the body : more gently. Diofeorides order was*to boy le the Wine a ftrayned forth to be brunke warme, pu fland honied water, inthe Apple, and. lecitftand openall night tocooleinthe ayré: Itpurgeth op he further or more remote, parts,as ftrongly flegme an the braines, tcholer, eG 2 and andother icynts,toughor a8alfo clammie from the groffe ay{the reynes alfo; and is.therefore veryfinewes, linges humors,from and breaft, andthe helpe. from pare Seed, Shindttte the Read, she moat ful ritelyauptied’ toall the difeafes that aes to es ditfines inthe head he wating u Cifit bepee Ba grimethat is invérate;the falling ficknes,the apoplexie,t :turningig 2 oF { chejoyntesde ning tue ide eg helpfull > af: of & eyes,the could Gout,the Sciatica or hipgoute,and other paines he firaightneffe ofthe chelt fhortneffe f ad aindife and for putride or rotten fevers, foranold of congh, the ee eget be fden arieade Pe te th, and above allcither FP ae iene thefe, ithelpeth the cholicke, whether it por taken ate avai the aged or weake, but in glifters, or {uppofitories: xtereee a hie applyed ie ar ? mr) & hemos apie * a4 . A a fty bodies; neither 2 to women w 1th ¢. \ . : ae te aera in Vinegar, it taketh away all difcolourings of a Peemartes mg Seay onepews anil feabbes, if the placesaffected, be often rtibbed et uh rabediftaphisteat,d, both fledclenedapi ofColona, and eupon waresofemt tobe tog hated boa maketh Seeds Lee See ae estes taketh awaythe paine, and finging noyfe of ving gray :hoa the fame oyle dropped in ‘Flay i t jongSete ofmes ego ek "little Oxe gail and anointed, on the belly wvar eee ee canfeth them ide and oftentimes bib te thednd purgeth the belly, being onely fo bicerne (ie aPpLyS My ri ae ib avercOmiebe the fon rf which rhight be availeable thereof, many griefes, fuffereth it not a ARE ne isis Garth Stectiaticas urging quality ithath: for If when itis takenit fhould worke ov cyan with Oyle Of tweeAL: aeee nd b the 1 danger a decd bitCe f of the patient, pte cinch defitheccdate teeda aise a nds, or the Oyle of : Walnuts, mittigateth the violence th diverte cornervol the joe haulAotbled much delig i chee with aatiie feede hereofalfo: iftherefore they be fet, orlayd, in div ‘nk di Chambers is fayd to killfleaes: icaewill kill andi deftroy The them all: The decoction ore aera CGalsdesnti P. fePhas commendeth the ufe of Coeor nevér uled wt other forts of Colequintida are feldome 2 4s = o and violent in purging, aaa ocyathis Pyrsformis, as being lefle and 5”therefore fafer to bee taken in bitter and vio ze Cuap. IIIT, yes y Pet ie ater weumber Cucumis agreftis five Afininus, The wilde or {pirting Co ‘ “7m: ~ t Qo piles beriCacwellacthe : ses itter Gourde, G vilde Cowcumber (as wellas the liffering n e r wilde or bitter 4 g fromall the former : reft wilc : re TEMe a their families d, being ) isfit as ae eet cis ‘ veentreated cof, of apartby it felfe, as fiolent or ate rather pane more: lone = on the thereof, as the former, a. gp) Violent i in “1 all the = qualities Ot as whereon with many rough trailing branches, reo are fet ver aq ground like mare, § hee former, ery OF ' 2 ee Gacawhae Sa whitifh oced underneath; ste ch ill coloured greene leaves; little or nothing tugged and rough é a unrathe: diEsneline eae wacaeieeaniine 7 ale divided-or parted at the edges; at the leaves, come forth {mall pals: betwe heads for the moft. part, asall otherforts yellow flowers, opening into five leaves,joynts of at the end fmall greene heads fuch heads, fall away quickly Gourds,Cowcumbers &c. doe: but thofe that haveof withflowers oncly wee which is fall touch seandcand outfruite; for that greene head, asin all others, groweth to be the ee ftalkes, long, and fomewhar ofa gtayifh greene, whenthey being crooked, and are ripe; the Ae Eee bending thefruite Dending downewards, which witha the fr little io vail aa aint open touch, ee ne phen hands,or feede.ineerOE. faethe at the end next the ftalke,and {prirt out the juycesand ac Sy other places againlt fome fee B 3 rig = it we) 161 |