Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



L 



IB, I, 



$ 3 GramcnCapttulisgloiofis. 



Round headed Siliicr-crafTc- 







X 



^J TheDtfcripion. 



Edge- hog 



%gy 



% 



tiers ftalkes proceeding fr 0a j 



athickefpreadingroot -, and ac the top of 



euery ftalke grow certaine round and pri c . 



king knobs fartiioned like an hedge-hog, 



t 2 The fecond is rough and hairie • 



the 



and mire as Cyperus doth -aad at the top 

 of the ftalkes are certaine round (oft heads 

 their colour being brovvncjintermixed witji 

 yellow, Co that they lobke prettily when is 

 they are in their prime. 



*. 3 



firft 



< v 



fibrous- 



fWh 



thole 



of the Iaft defcribed:at the tops of the ftalks 

 (which are fome foot or better high) there 

 grow two or three round heads confiding of 

 foft and white downie threds. ThefefiM^s 



arefaid to fliinc in the night, and therefore 



Luciola^quiattoclit lucet. 



tfalf, 



To this I 



firft defcribed by Tabitts Co 



roots 



final! fibres,and leaucs little and very narrow at the firft,but thofe that are vpon 



Wheat. 



ieaues are crefted all along,and a little forked at the end.-the ftraw or ftalk is very flender,at the top 



each of 



the feed-veflelSjW hereof this head confifts,ends in a prickly ftalke hauing fiucorfeuen poina^wher- 

 of the vppermoft that is in the middle is the longeft. The feed that is contained in thefe prickly 



..>./r„i-:-i:..i-„j-_- 1 ^ >arentj j ilce j n C oiour to that ofCow-wheat. The floures (as in others 



kinde) hang trembling vpon yellowitli frnall threds. £ 









t 



* 



ey g 

 fuch like places. 



% ThePLceandTime. 



medowei and fields, as you may 





es 



fields and 



3 4 





May. 



grow in diuers mountainous places of Italy $ the later whereof floure 



f 



If 



\ 







called Hedge-hog Grafle,and in Latine. Gramtn EchinAtum % bv reafon of thofe 



hedgi 



Gr*men exile hirfu 









fcrut 





4 ^ 

 meth it 



Graflk 



fgh or hairy like a Goat : and Cyperridesybccanfc his roots do fpring and creepe like the Cj 



m 



This by Anguillara is thought to be Comhretum of Pliny jit is GramJucidamQiTdcrnmon 

 ^iiGramcnbtrfutnmCapituloglobofo.oitaubine^Pin.fag 



' tribuloides captatum : and Bauhine n& 



Jjfica [ubrotunda echinata. We may call it in EngUfb, Round headed Caltrop 



3 



ir 



r 



V 





head of this (which I haue thought good to call Sikier grafle) is very good to be 

 ene wouods,and effe&uall to ftay blecdin^C^/a/p. t 



JLfct Jlf ****** *7 f ^ c na »« *** dcteptianshit our Author meant this which we here giuc you io ihe C\ ft pUc:;vet Ms figure was of anotb« Craffcfomcwhu 

 >Kc tuc iccond,which figure and dcfcr.ption you may find here exf reft in cbc third place- V\ 





Chap. 





