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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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I Cucumti vulgaris. 



Common Cucumber. 



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4 Cucumis ex Wftanico femmnatw. 



' Spanifli Cucumber. 







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2 Cttcumii Xyinguinus . 



Adders Cucumber! 



* There be alfo certaine long cucumbers, 

 which were firft made(as is faid)by art and mi- 

 nuring,which Nature afterwards did preferue: 

 for at the firft,when as the fruit is very lirtle,it 

 is put into fome hollow cane, or other thing 

 made of purpofe,in which the cucumber grow- 

 eth very long, by reafon of that narrow hollow. 

 nelTe, which being filled vp, the cucumber en- 

 creafeth in length. The feeds of this kmde ot 

 cucumber being fownebringetb forth notfucn 

 as were before, but fuch as art hath framed { 

 which of their own growth arefound long 

 oftentimes very crookedly turned : and rberc- 

 upon they haue becne called ^tngmfnW 



Cucumbers. - , Ul u 



3 The peare fafliioned Cucumber bar* 



many trailing branches lying flat vjojBJ 

 ground, rough and prickly j whereon dojw 

 at each joynFone rough leafe, (W£%& 



foot-ftalks.whereondogrow y«^y - ^ re , 



floures.Tbe fruit fucceeds.fhaped^ 1 MJJ 

 as big as a great Warden The root is J r 7 f 

 4 B TheTe hath bin not long ft^gj^ 

 Spin fome feeds of a rare & ^^ ic h 

 ber.into Strausburg a city m <kt**P^ 



there brought forth long trailing 



tranche 



rcugh & hair^fVVwhh verv W$j£$ 



fliafp pointed/afhioncd like vnto toe ^ e 



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