Chap* 327. ‘Engltjh Herbs, 
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Stalks ate good againlt Pituitous Tumors, and the 
Gout, bathing with the Lye made thereof; and rhat 
it dilfolves hard Tumors and Kernels in the Flelh , 
difcufling Swellings of the Joints, For the Fillula 
Lachrymalis. Take the whole Plant, Root and green 
Seed three farts , Roots of Vi ild Oats one part , boil 
in a fufficient quantity of Water til 1 a third fart is 
confumed , from, and add an equal quantity oj Ho- 
ney, and boil to the thicknefs of a Syrup , to every 
Quart of which add fine Aloes in fine Ponder one 
Ounce , nix and dijfolve , in which wet Tents , and 
put them up the Noflrils. Dodonatus. A jo the 
Juice of the Plant mixed with Barley Meal to a foft 
Pafte and infpijfated , is good for the fame purpofe-, 
mix a little of it with Dam.uk Rofe Water to a thick- 
nefs, and apply it Plaijleraife to the iEgilops or Fi- 
ftula, and it will cure it ; it alfo foft e ns and difcujfes 
hard Tumors in other parts of the Body. 
XVIII. "kyratu Gramen Echinatum , Hedge- 
Hog-Grafs, or prickly headed Grafs, four kinds. 
CXXVII. t. Granten Echinatum vulgare Com- 
mon Hedge-Hog , or prickly headed Grafs , Gramen 
Pa/u/ire Echinatum Lobelij, Gramen aculeatum Da- 
lechampij. It has a fibrous or thready Root, which 
fends up divers Graffie Leaves, and among them fe- 
veral (lender Stalks, leaning this way and that way, 
on which are fet fliort fpiked heads, very rough and 
lharp, made of many husks, in which lies the 
Seed. 
CXXVIII. 2 . Gramen Echinatum Itdlicum acule- 
atum Matthio/i, Matthiolus his Hedge-Hog , or prick- 
ly headed Grafs. It has a fibrous Root, which fends 
up fmall Gtals Leaves and Stalks, much like the 
Small common Grafs , but at the Joints with the 
Leaves come fof ih fmall prickly heads , folded in 
husks, and ending in three points, in which lye fmall 
long pointed Seed. 
CXXIX. a. Gramen Echinatum planum, Gramen 
Spica plana Echinata Bauhini, plat Hedge-Hog , or 
prickly headed Grafs. It rifes up not much higher 
than a Palm or Hand breadth, and from a white 
Root, made of many Fibres, it fends forth a lew 
fmall hairy Leaves, an Inch long, as alfo a fine and 
fmall Stalk, with a flat fpiked head, and very fharp 
Awnes at the ends of the Husks. 
CXXX. a. Gramen Echinatum Adontanum Tn- 
bulotdes Echinata Bauhini, Gramen Spica fubrolutda 
Echinata Col urn a Gramen hchinaro Capitmo , -eel 
Capitulate, lledge-Hog, or round prickly headed Grafs: 
It has a Robt compofed ol many white Threads, 
fending forth l'ome lew narrow rough Leaves, two 
or three Inches long, among Which rife up {lender 
Stalks, lome higher fame lower, with one or two 
Joints, and Leaves at them, each having at the top 
a fmall round head, fet with very (bmp prickles, 
within the husks whereoflyes clear white Seed. 
CXXXI. The Places an i Times. The fir 11 grows 
in Watery Meadows and Fields, as in Sr. George J 
Fields, near London , and fuch other like places -, 
the other three grow in dry places, and old Mud 
Walls, they all Hourilhing and Seeding at the ufual 
times with othel Grajjes. 
XIX. "kysusis y ovetsudni, A rulsyiiarn, Gramen Ge- 
niculatum , Kneed-Grafi, two Kinds. 
CXXXII. I . Gramen Geniculatttm Prattvfe lia^ 
a fibrous and hairy Root, from whence come ltraight 
upright ftrawy Stalks , with manifold Joints, like 
to thofe of Corn , which are very large and confpi- 
cuous , having thereat many fmall Graflie Leaves , 
and bearing at their tops fpiky rough Panicles, of a 
dark brown color. 
CXXXIII. 2 . Gramen Geniculatum Aquaticum, 
Water Kneed-Grafs. It has a thready Root like 
the former, from which rife many long and (lender 
Stalks, jointed with many large, knobbed and gouty 
Knees, altnoft like unto Reed , let with broad baggy 
Leaves, fomething (harp pointed, bearing at their 
tops TufcS br Panicles , divided into feveral fmall 
Branches, of a duskilh color. 
CXXXIV. i he Places and Times . The firlf 
grows in fertile and moilt Meadows , the other in 
moil! and plalhy Fields , and places apt to retain 
much Wet, alfo at the bottoms of Banks, by Ditch 
and Hedge fide, and fiourilh when the other Grajfes 
do. 
XX. 'tsyfisi: ntiu&riai Gramen Pratenfe, Meadow- 
Grafs, five kinds. 
CXXXV. f. Gramen Pratenfe vulgatius majus , 
The greater common Meadow-Grafs. It has a bulhy 
M m m 2 fibrouf 
