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lcriptions of all which Species , with their various 
forts, you fhall have in the following Se&ions. 
Gramen Arvorum venti Spica , Or amen Seopuhe. , 
vel Seopularium, Bent-Grals, or Bents 
III. The Delcriptions. This is a fingular Plant 
of its kind, and called by Gerard Uarundinaceum, 
becaufe its bujhy top has Sanmcles refembHng thofe 
of Common Reed , it has a fmall and Fibrous Root, 
and grows up to be a Tard or an Ell high, with many 
thin GraJJy Leaves here and there jointed , and its 
tufted Heads or Pannicles, fpread almoft like unto 
the Sprigs of Feathers, (landing for the mod part all 
one way, and hanging down their Heads , of a fine 
brown (hining green Color, which are, being fine 
and (lender, eafily ihaken with the Wind, from 
whence fome call this in Englijh Windlegrajs ; this 
is that Grafs which the vulgar commonly call Bents, 
of which many Country People make Befoms , and 
is many times ty’d in rows together, and ferves in 
Summer time to be fet againlt the backs of Chim- 
neys, to deck up, cool, and refrefh the Room; it 
is Gramen Pratenfe tertium Dodoneti, and Gramen 
Arundinaceum arvenfe Tabernamontarti. 
***«£«> Pba/aris, Canary-Grals , feven Species, 
three true and four baftard. 
IV. r. Phelans vulgaris , Common Canary-Grafs, 
has a Fibrous Root , dying with us every Winter, 
and therefore is but an Annual Plant, to be new Sown 
every Year ; it has jointed Stalks half a Yard high, 
with Graflie Leaves on them like Barley, and at the 
top a long round Chaffie Head , fomewhat pointed 
above, whofe Bloomings are yellowilh, wherein lies 
flat, round, (hiningSeed, bigger than Millet, and 
lefs than Linfeed, of a yellowilh Color, and fome- 
what like to the Seed of Sefamum. 
V. 2. Pba/aris Semine nigro, Canary-Grafs with 
blackijh Seed. The Root hereof is like, and perifh- 
es as the other, it differs not from the former , but 
in being fomewhat leffer, both in Stalk, Leaf, and 
Head , but chiefly in the Seed, which is of a pale, 
blackifli, fhining Color. 
VI. 3. Pbalaris bulbofa Semine Albo, White bulb- 
ed Canary-Grafs, has a Root confiding of many fmali 
white Bulbs, or rather Tubers, growing in Tufts to- 
gether, with long Fibres defending from them, 
whereby they are faltned ftrongly in the Ground, and 
die not every Year , as the others do , but encreafe 
into great Tufts ; the Grafs grows very like the for- 
mer, but with fmaller, tenderer, and taller jointed 
Stalks and Leaves on them , and at the Roots are 
more foft and gentle ; the fpiked Heads are fmaller, 
and a little longer , and grow not full out fo clofe 
together, but are fofter in handling, and bring forth 
fmaller and whiter Seed rhan the others. 
VII. 4. Phalaroides majus , Gramen Phalaroides , 
vel Alopecuroides,Jive halicum majus. The greater 
Bajiard Canary-Grafs, has a Root fmall and Fibrous, 
perilhing every Year, and grows up very like to the 
true Pbalaris, or Canary-Grafs, both in Stalk, Leafj 
and Head, but that the Stalks are Angle, and with 
fewer Leaves on them ; the Head alfo or Ear is linal- 
ler, hoary, and fofter, and the Seed not much un- 
like. 
VIII. %■ Phalaroides minus. The lejfer Bajiard 
Canary-Grafs, is in all things like to the hit, but 
the Ear or Head is fmaller and longer, and the Leaves 
do fo encompafs the Stalk at bottom , that it feems 
to run thro’ them, as thro’ a Trunk. 
IX. 6. Phalaroides Spica mol/i , Gramen Phala- 
roides Germanicum , Soft headed Bajiard Canary- 
Grafs, has a Fibrous Root , from which fprings a 
Stalk, or Stalks, of a Foot and half high , fome- 
what larger than the latt, with a Joint or two there- 
on, and fhort Leaves at them, encompafling the Stalk 
at the lower end ; the Head is (horter and fmaller 
than the latt, of a (hining A(h Color, and foft to 
the feeling. 
X. 7. Phalaroides Spica Hirfutiore , Bajiard Ca- 
nary-Grafs with a more hairy Spike or Ear. It has 
a Perennial Fibrous Root, from whence lpring up 
Stalks and Leaves like the latt, but furnilhed with a 
greater (tore of Leaves and Stalks ; the Spiked Head 
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