44 2 Salmon s Herbal. Lib. I. 
The Virtues. 
XXXIII. i. The Liquid Juice. Pat into the 
Eyes which run and water, or where is a Dettuxion 
of Rheum, caufing rednefs or blearednefs, and drunk, 
chiefly the Juice of the Dew-Grafs , it difcuifes 
the hardnefs of Womens Brealfs, efpecially being al- 
fo bathed thereon, a. The Cocksfoot Quitch-Grafts , 
has all the Virtues of Qiiitch-Grafs, to bedifcourfed 
ot in fome of the following Chapters of this Book. 
3. The DecoQion. It is of ufe (made of the Roots 
in White Port) to expel the Terms, and it drives 
forth the Mealies , Small Pox , and is good in the 
Purples , Spotted, and other Peftilential Fevers. 4. 
The Ointment or Balfam of the Roots and green 
Grafs , is good for the Bitings of Mad Dogs, dif- 
folves hard Tumors, and not only heals green 
Wounds, but alio old Ulcers. 5. The Cataplafm 
of Herb and Roots applied to any place which bleeds, 
l'tops the Blood prefently , whether it be from the 
Nofe, or a Wound. 
VI. 'AAtxT?t/ow»#f> Granien murorum Spica Iongijfima , 
Gramen Spica nut ante Iongijfima, Caponstail-Grafs, 
or Grals with a long bending Spike, a fingle Species. 
XXXIV. This Gramen murorum Spica nutante U 
a Jingular Riant , which has a fibrous or flringy Root, 
from which arijes Leaves long and narrow, like other 
Grals Leaves , which by Time and Age growing old, 
grow fome what rounder , as thofe of Spartum , or 
Matweed ^ from among thefe Gralhe Leaves there 
grows up a fiend er Stalk about two Feet high, fcarce- 
ly Handing upright, but oftentimes hanging down its 
Head, or top of its Ear, after the manner of a Ca- 
pons Tail-, this Stalk has two of three Email Leaves 
at the Joints up to its top, where grows a very long 
Spike, bending a little downwards, compofed of 
Email and hairy Tufts, which grow of a-greyifh or 
whitifh Color being ripe, containing within them fmall 
whitifh Seed. This was found out by Mr. Good- 
yere . 
XXXV. The R/ace and Time. This Elegant 
Grals Mr. Goodyere found growing upon the Walls 
of the Ancient City of Winchefter, and was not de- 
lcribed by any Author before him, he gave it the 
Name Gerard had fome of the Seed thereof’ which 
he did Sow, which grew up, took root, and hou- 
rilhed. Seeding in the Summer Months. 
VII. K arauiysosif quor undam, Gramen Tomentofum, 
vel Tomentarium , Cotton-Grafs, or Cotton Reed- 
Grals. 
XXXVI. It Is a Jingular Plant of the Kind , ha- 
ving a Root fomewhat hard and rough, very tough , 
fmall and thready , with in any long Fibres i fining 
from it. This Cotton Reed-Grafs is in roughnefs, 
drvnefs, and form of the Leave-;, not much unlike 
tc> Foxtail-Grafts , called Pfeudofcheenanthum , but 
much greater, and not Downy-, the Stalks rife up 
to be three, four, or more Feet high, and but with 
few Joints, which are rough, garnilhed with many 
hard Gralhe Leaves, bearing at the top Heads, which 
are Spiked, Eet all along a Panicle, reddilh for fome 
rime , but growing to ripenefs, are of a fhining Sil- 
ver like whitenels, and as Eoft as Wooll in hand- 
ling, from whence it took the Name. This De- 
lcription is according to the Dutch Copy, tranflated 
by Lobel himfelf 
XXXVII. T he Places. It grows in the borders 
of dry Fields, and by Hedge lides, in many Coun- 
ties of England , efpecially in Dorfetjhire Gerard 
fays It grows upon Boggy and fuch like Moorilh 
places , and is to be feen in Bogs upon Hampfied 
Heath it grows likewife in Highgate Park , hear 
London. This with long fpiked Heads is doubtlefs 
the Gramen Tomentofum Arundinaceum of Gerard , 
deferibed in Lib. 1 . Cap. 9. 
VIII. Evreyoytus- if, % j Aop», Gramen Crifia - 
turn, Crefted-Grafs , or Cockscomb-Grafs , four 
Species. 
whence fpring up, divers fmooth flender Stalks, two 
Feet or more high, with few, or no Joints on them, 
and with fmall fhort green Leaves at them ^ the tops 
of the Stalks have flender long fpiked Heads , divi- 
ded into many parts, each whereof is like unto the 
Creft of a Bird: this Ear, fays Gerard, is fmall, 
long, of a pale green Color, fomewhat bending, fo 
that in fome fort it refembles the Comb of a Cock, 
(whence the Name) or the Seed VefTel of that Plant 
which is called Caput Gallinaceum : the Spike or 
Ear is of a pale yellowilh green, and fometimes of 
a reddifh Color , which made Bauhinus to compare 
it to Crifia Galli , or Cocks-Comb. This is Gramen 
Pratenfe Crifiatum , Gramen Spica Crifiata Bauhini. 
XX XIX. 2. Gramen Crifiatum S&bhirfutum , 
Hairy Crefted-Grafs. This feems to be a Species 
of the former, and differs from it only in thefe par- 
ticulars , the Roots are of a reddilh yellow color, 
the Stalks are lower and fmaller, and a little Hairy 
or Woolly at the bottoms, with longer Leaves, and 
a more fparfed white Head , not fo finely fet toge- 
ther, and grows rather among Hedges and Bufhes. 
XL. 3. Gramen Crifiatum Anglicum , Englijh 
Crefted-Grafs. This has fewer and longer Roots, 
not matting and increafing in the former manner, 
the Stalks are lfraight, with longer and narrower 
Leaves on them -, the Spiked Head differs ffom the 
former, in being longer and clofer fet, and not fpread 
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