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i_> I B. 1. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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HAP 



.4.58. 



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Of Horfe-taile or Sbaue^grajfe. 







Defi 





j j^i Rear Horfe-taile rifeth vp with a round ftalke hollow within like a reed,a cubic high, 



lTcompa<3 as it were of many fmall pieces one put into the end of another,fom times of 



a reddifh co!our,very rough, and fet at euery joint with many ftiffe Rufli-Jike leaues, 



or rough bridles, which maketh the whole plant torefemble the tailcof a horfe, whereof it tookc 



his name : on the top of the ftalke do ftand in ftead of floures cluttered and thicke catkins,not vn- 



likc to the fir ft fhoot s of S perage,vvhich is called Atyactntha : the root is jointed 3 and creepctb in 



cbc ground. 



2 This fmalland naked Shaue-grafTc 3 wherewith Fletchers and Combe-makers doe rub and 

 polifh their worke,rifcth out ot the ground like the firft (boots of Afparagus, jointed or kneed by 

 certain diftanccs like the precedent, but altogether without fuch briftly leaues, yet exceeding 

 roudiand cutting : the rooteroweth afloDe in the earth like thofe rtfrhe Cnnrh.araffp 





Eqnifetum majml 



Great Horfe-taile 



Equifetttnt nudum. 



Naked Horfe-taile, 







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3 



cry ft 

 l k plant. 



-! 







hath 



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a 



of 



ssw^siss: 



^ long rough rufhy leaues 

 nt L°<Wandrubwooddcn 



rou 



root 



A 



anotWi-i i f Inel paces , hauing at each 



another hk e th e other of I , s k in< £_ 



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