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lie which in the Hiftoria Luwkn 





more whicifli and hairie 5 the head or panicle is alfo fofc and woollvymd it is commonly of a pJ 

 orelfcamurriecolour. s /» 



7. J hcrcis tobe found in fome bogs in Summer time about the. end of 1i\\y a prcttierurt,; 

 graflc,fomefoote or better in height, the ftalke is hard andrufliie^hauing fome three joints « 

 each whereof there comes forth a leafe as in other grafles, and out of the bofome of the two vn 

 permoft of thefe leaues comes forth a (lender ftaHce being fome 2 or 3 inches h island at the r£ 

 thereof grovves as in a little vmble a pretty white chame floure s and at, or nigh to the top of Z 

 maineflalke there grow three or fourefuch floures cluftering together vpon little fhort and fl P n 

 der ioot-ftaIkes:the leaues are but fmall,and fome handful! or better long , the root I did not oh 

 feme. This fcemes to haue fome affini tie with the G r amen jwceum aqtt.it 1 cum , formerly defcribpd" 



in the ninth chapter. I neuer found this but once, and that was in the company of M r Tboml 



Smith sm& W.l 



Windfor 



the fearch of rare plants, and wee found this vpon a bogge neere the high way fide at the cornX 



' A » n grCat & atke ' l thinkc iC ma y ver y Rti 'y bc called Gramenjunceum Uucanthemum : White floured 

 S^T 'TV Kufh-grafle. * —*: — - — *"-«uwica 



/t ?i. Th f ,aft y eareatM a r g 3teint hcI&eofTenet,neeretothefea fide and by the chalky cliffr 

 I o jferued a pretty little grafle which from a (mall white fibrous roote fent vp a number of flail™ 

 of an vncquail height $ for the longeft, which were thofe that lay partly fpred vpon the ground 

 werefomehandfullhigh,theotherthatgrewftreightvpwerenot fo much -and of this, one inch 

 and halte was taken vp in the fpike or eare, which was nothicker than the reflof the ftalke and fee 

 med nothing clfe buta plaine fmooth ftalke, vnlefle you looked vpon itearncftly,and thcnvoJ 

 might perceiue it to be like Darnell grafTe:whetefore in the journall that I wrote of this SiropL 



voyage, I called 1 tpag. 3 .Gramenparvum marimmftica Loliacea. I iildge it to be the fame that sJ 



bine m his Prodrom^pag.ivMth fet forth vnder the name of Gramen LolUcmm minus (bicaCimplici 



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fcribed vnto, is not the G 



forghmum (which our Authour called Darneli-grafTe) but another grafle growin 

 with ftalkes about fome fpan high, but they feldome fland vprieht 



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iicn nereatter chap. 5 a is called Lolfum rutrumfled DarnelLofwhich I judge this is a variety, 

 mg little there from but in fmalnefTe^of growth. . * • /: 



10 ^Vpon Hampftead heath I haue often obfeructf a fmall grafle whofe longeft leaues are 



K^iuiiriacum. or Feather-erafle 



M. 3 3. you may finde it vnder the name of Gramen Spartium capillacto fit. 



better. In the foremen tioncd jouroall, 



this 



LMonftelwum cepiUaceo folio minimum A haue thoug 



forth in his Prodromw,pag. 1 1. vnder the title of Gramen ft 



mug by thefe two names, to fuch as are ftudious in plants, which may happen to lioht by chance 

 (for they were not intended for publicke) vpon our Iournall, that they need not°doubt of my 



meaning. 



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not pafle oner in filence two or three Grafles, which for any thing 







rangers with vs,thc one I haue feenc with MT.Parkinfin, and it is fet forth by Bauhine par. 30. of 

 ins Prodrome. 1\iz other by Zofc// in the fecondpartofhiso^er^/^.4^8. The firft (which 



*™* fitly cals <7r<«w» aUpecuroida flica tpra, and thinks it to be Gram.Ecbinatum Dalefchmfa 



jf. ^ r , lb p, d ^- z 1^/'^. - 43 2 0hatha fibrousand white root, from which arifeth a fliffe ftalke 



any knots.or knees : the leaues are like to the other fox-taile-gfafles, but greenentbe 



^are is rough,of fome inch in len 

 nrft isgreene, and fhewes yellow 



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Gr*men Scoptriam Ifchxmi pAmiculis Gallicum^ hath foots fome cubit long, flender and' very s ' 

 (for of thefe are made the head brufhes which are vulgarly vCed) the ftraw is flender and tome co- 



here and there joynted like to other Grafles : the 

 nanner of Cocks foot GrafTe,whereof it is a kinde 



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