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gramen pamiculajh 



ctofa latiore : others terme it Gramen fegetale , for that it vfually groweth among corne • the which 

 I haue not as yet feene. 



The fecond is called in Englifh, Reed-graffe : of LoM'm Latine, Gramen agrerum latiore arundi 

 vacea, & comofa pannicula ,for that his tuft or pannicles do refemble the Reed : and Spica vemi aqn 

 rum, by reafon of his feather top, which is eafily fhaken with the wind. $ Some in Englifti much 



Windle „ 



with which we in London do vfually adorneour chimneys in Sommer time :'ar 

 call the bundle of it handfomely made vp for our vfe, by the name of Bents. % 



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Thefe Graffes are thought to agree with common Grafle, as well in Temp< 

 although not vfed in ohvficke. 



•mmonly 





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I Gramen M iliac cum . 



Millet Grafle. 





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rafe. 



t X Gramen majui aquaticuml 



Great Water-Graffe. 



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^ The Description. 



Grafle is but a (lender Grafle. bearing a tuff 



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or ease like vnto the common Me- 

 dow-graffe, but confiding of fmall feeds or chaffie heads like to Milium or Miller, 



whereof it tooke the name. The ftalke or leaues do refemble the Bent , wherewith 



pie do trim their houfes. 



eat Water- Graffe, in root, leafr, tuft, and reeden ftalke, doth very well refemble the 

 in Latine, Gramen fulcat um, or Pitlum h and by our Englifti women, Lady-laces, be- 

 pt or furrowed with white and greene ft reakes like CAVeUm h.,i-«*i- a; to™ fmm 

 1 Water-Graffedoth get 



t This is a large Grafle 

 ger , with the leaues anfwerable vnto them, and a 



what like a Reed, but Ieffe, and whitifh coloured. $ 



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