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Mar wcedamong thefe graflic leaucs there grovves vp a (lender ftalke fome two foot long, fcarfc 

 ftandingvpright, but oft times hanging dovvn the head or topoftheeate: ithath fome two joints, 



and at eacn of thefea pretty graffie leafe. The care is almoft ai foot in length, compofed of many 

 fcnaliand (lender hairy tufts, which when they come to maturitic lookeofagrayifli or whitifh co- 

 loured doc very well refemble a Capons taile • whence my friend the fir ft obferued thereof, gaue 

 it the title of Crxmn AJu.;w**r. or Capons- taile graffe ; by which name I receiued the feed thereof, 



which fowne, tooke root,and flourishes. 



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3 Next to this I thinke fit to place the Gramen Crijiatumpt Cocks-combe graffe ofBMtlm 

 ibis Graffe hath for the root many white fibrous threds tbicke packt together : the leaues are b 

 lhort,about thebigncfleof the ordinarie medow-graffe \ the ftalks are fome cubitandbalfe hie 

 with fome two or three knots a piece : the leaues of the ttalke are ibme foure or fiuc inches loi 

 the care is fmall,longi th,of a pale greene colour.fomewhat pending, fo that in fome fort it reft 

 pies the combe of a Cocke,or the fccd-veflell of that plant which is called Caput Call ware urn. 1 



to.be found in moft med owes about Mid-fummen 



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about the fame 

 fmall 



a»d an halfe,or two inches iong.confiftingas it were of two rankes of corne ; it very muc 

 Dies Kit both in fhape and colour, and in his fhort bearded awnes, wherefore it may very 



termed Gtamtn fecalinnmpt R ic-graffe. Yet it is not Gram*i(pica.fccdirt.i which Bauhmc d 

 in the fifty feuenth place,in his Prodromus.w .iS. for that is much taller, and the oar* m.,. 



than this of my defcription. 





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r the name c&Gramcn fbica iriz,« 



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This 

 «« M .».»*« ai tau a S ^, Cj DUC noc 10 micke.ncitncr arc the leaues fobroad;:atthe ropof the ftalke 



grow diuersprettic little flattifh cares confiding of two rankes of chaffie huskes or feed-vcffels, 



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