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forth of a fhcath or huske, among the which chaffic huskcs is contained the feed, long and chaffic. 

 The roocconfiftcth of many firings folding one within another, by meanes whereof it commeth 



to the forme of a tuft or haffocke. 



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P Units Mat- Weed. 





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Hooded Mat- Weed. 







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Icfler, whereupon doe grovv many graflic leaues, tough and pliant, hard in handling as ate rhe Ku- 

 fhes A fpokie chaffie tuft groweth at the top of the ftalke, comming forth of a hood or finewie 

 flieath,fuch as enclofeth the rloures of Onions, Leekes, NarcifTus, and fuch like, before they come 

 to flouring, with feed and roots 1 ike the precedent. 



3 Englifh Mat- weed hath a rufhie root, deepely creeping and growing inhcapes of fand and 

 graueil, from the which anfe ftiffeand fharpe pointed leaues a foot and ahalfe long,ofa whitifh 

 co!our,vcry much refembling tbofe of Camels hay. The ftalke groweth tothe height of a cubit 

 or morc,whercreupon doth grow a fpike t or eare of fome fiue or fix inches long, fomewhat refem- 

 bling Rie j it is the thickcncfle of a finger in the midft, and fmaller towards both the ends The 

 Iced is broivness fmallas Canarie feed,but round and fomewhat fharpe at the one end t. Of this 

 plant neither Sheepe nor any other Cartel will tafte or eate. 



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long, not vnlike to Dogs Grafte, but do not thruft deepe into the ground, but creepe onelv vnder 

 ted SS thaf o°f Rie'"" 11 ' ThC Wft ° r C2re 1S ft0rter ' Md m ° re Iefemblin § the hcad «* Canary 



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f another fmaller Rufti-leaued Spmum with 



hath not defcribed it in his Latine w5£fc ^ ^3^35^3^^ ^ *" 

 tf To this kindred muft be added the Feathered Graffe,though not pertaking vvi'th the former 

 in place ofgrowth. Tt hath many fmall leaues of a foots length,round, ^ete Sarw wtoS 



E ^ y Tli alke i n ? texcced , in § *e height of the leaues, which beare a fpike vnlike the fore- 

 n tioned Mat-weeds, hauing three or foure feeds ending in, ot fending v/very 'fine "StflfeL 



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