. American journal of pharmacy. d varied and variable io6 Cassaba and Honey Dczv Melons. S Am. Jour. Pharni.\ February, I^^l. products. They are classed by him into ten groups which he terms:canteloups, melons, brodes, sucrins, melons dhiver, serpents, formede concombre, Chito, Dudain, rouges de Perse, and sauvages, eachof these groups containing varieties or nearly allied races. According to the same authority the species is indigenous toSouthern Asia from the foot of the Himalayas to Cape Comorin. De Candolle,- however, thinks that Ciicufnis mclo like CitruUusColoeyutliis was once wild from
. American journal of pharmacy. d varied and variable io6 Cassaba and Honey Dczv Melons. S Am. Jour. Pharni.\ February, I^^l. products. They are classed by him into ten groups which he terms:canteloups, melons, brodes, sucrins, melons dhiver, serpents, formede concombre, Chito, Dudain, rouges de Perse, and sauvages, eachof these groups containing varieties or nearly allied races. According to the same authority the species is indigenous toSouthern Asia from the foot of the Himalayas to Cape Comorin. De Candolle,- however, thinks that Ciicufnis mclo like CitruUusColoeyutliis was once wild from the west coast of Africa as far asIndia. The Egytians grew it and the Romans and Greeks were atleast familiar with some of its varieties.* Columella, of Gades, acontemporary of Seneca, an extensive writer on agricvilture whoiiourished about the middle of the first century A. D., refers to avariety known as the serpent melon in the phrase nt coluber . .ventre citbaf flcxo. Pliny in his wn-itings refers to the melons Fig. 2. Lateral aspect of Cassaba (to left) and Honey Dew (to rifiht) Melons. Its introduction into China appears to date from the eightlicentury. In 1597, Gerard,-* in his Herbal, described and figured severalkinds of melons. But it was not until 1629, according to Oliver deSerres, that they began to be cultivated on a large scale in France. Some of the valued modern types of the species, such as theCantaloupes, Dudain. Pineapple Melons and Netted Melons hadtheir origin in Persia and the neighboring Caucasian regions. Fromhere thev were introduced into the Mediterranean countries, not- Am. Jour. Pharin. )February, 1921. !i Cassaha and lloncy Dew Mclans. 107 ably Asia Minor. Italy. I^raiict- and Spain, wIkiicc tlu-ir .seeds wereconveyed to this country. The variety iiwdonts, which yields fruits known as wintermelons, is said by Uailey ^ to differ from the wild si)ecies in havinj.^lighter colored, less hairy and narrower leaves, and little or noneof the mu
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