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3 Small hard GrafTe hath fmall roots oompa^ of little firings or threds, from which come 

 forth many foure rufhy leaues of the length of an inch and a halfe : the tuft or earc is compaft of 

 many pannicles or very little eares, which to your feeling are very hard or harfti. This GrafTe is 

 vnpleafant, and no wholefome food for cattell. 



4 Rufh-Graffe is a fmall plant fpme hand-full high, hauing many fmall rufhy leaues, tough 

 and pliant,as are the common Rufhei: wherongrow fmall fcalyorchaffiehusksjnftead of flours: 

 the feeds are like thofe of Rufhes, but fmaller : the root is threddy like the former. $ There is a 

 varietie of this to be found in bogs, with the feeds bigger, and the leaues & whole plant JefTer. t 



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The D warfe-graiTe growes on heathy rough and dry barren ground s, in mod places of England, 



n l l • rf / glUen you l haue not y et obfe ™ed growing in any part of England, t 

 l he white Dwarfe-grafTe is not fo common as the former, yet doth it grow very plentifully a- 



mongtheHopgardensinElTex^ndmanyotherpIaces. 



Small Hard-graiTegroweth in moift frefli marirtiesand fuch like places. 



Kufti-grafle gtoweth in fait marifhes neere vnto the fea, where the mariflies haue beene ouer- 

 tiownewithfaltwatcr. * It alfo groweth in many wet woods, lanes, and fuch like places- asinthe 

 jane going by Totenam Court toward Hampfted. ThelelTer varietie hereof growes on the bogs 

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Tnefc kindes of GralTes do grow,floure 3 and flourifh, when the common Medow-sra lTc doth. 



' U The Names. 



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