CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. 



oxen and rhein deer are fond of it, but that 



horlcs refufe it. 

 I 

 byc7naic 6. EQUISETUM caulc nudo fcabro bafi fubramofo. 

 Sp. pi. 1517. {Ger. em. 1 113. /. 2.) 



Kougi: Horfe-tail. Shave- grals. Dutch Rulhes. 

 Anglts. 



Ey the fides of rivers, and in wet, marfhy woods, 



... but rare. Dr. Farfons. It was not our fortune 



10 find ix in Scotlandy but it grows plentifully in 



J^cfthumberlandy on the banks of Nortb-^yne^ 



near T\unnick and Chipchace. %. VIL 



I'he i^alks of this kind are evergreen, about a 



cubit high, naked, and unbranched for the moft 



part, but fometimes emitting two or three la- 



. teral branches near the bafe. They are furrow'd 



. with 18 or 20 rough, obtufe angles, are fiftular, 

 and diftantly jointed, the joints many of them 

 being three inches afunder. The vaginae are 

 black at the bale and the margin, and obfoletely 

 dented with as many fhort obtufe dents as the 

 fialk has furrows. 



The fpike terminates the {lalk, and the 'vagina^ 

 whicli immediately fubtends it, is pale ?t the 

 bale, but b!:;ck at the margin, diftindly and 

 acutely dented. 



All ihe fpec.es of horfetail will in feme degree 

 aniwer iht purpofes ot polifhinp; woods and me- 

 tals, but t'lis is the bed and moll defirable of 

 any, as being the hardeft and rougheft. It is 

 , , ■ much 



