Saimon’.r Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
like Leaves bow below and upon the jointed Stalks, 
which are a Foot high and better-, on the tops of 
the Stalks grow a number of fmall , flat , and long 
fcaly like heads, greater than the following, and 
each of them on a fine hairy Footftalk , and pendu- 
lous, which are fometimes of a whitifh color when 
they are ripe, and fometimes of a brownifh green 
color , and are to be fhaken with the leaft Wind 
imaginable. 
Jhaking-Grafs Lefler. 
CLXXXIV. 2. Gramen Tremulum medium, Pha- 
laris Pratenfis minor Lobelij , JEgilops Tragi Cf Gefi 
neri in Hortis , Gramen Polyanthos Lugdunenfis , 
The middle or lefier Maidenhair , or Qiiaking-Grafs. 
It has a fibrous Root like the other, and grows fome- 
thing like it in form , but with fewer Leaves and 
Stalks, and a large Panicle or tufted head of green- 
er, fhorter, and rounder Scale like pointed Ears, 
(landing on fmaller or finer hairy Footftalks than the 
former, which are in fuch continual motion , that 
the moft Ready Hand cannot hold them ftill , or 
from ftirring. Of this fort Boel has another, which 
is fomewhat larger, and of a dull or brown black 
color. 
CLXXXV. 3. Gramen Tremulum parvum , Small 
Maidenhair , or'^jiaking-Grafs. Of this there are 
two forts, little differing in Leaves or Stalks from 
the laft, the heads only are a little lefTer, and fo is 
the whole Panicle alfo , the one of which is Party 
Colored, of Purplifh and Green , the other is of a 
Straw Color and White. 
CLXXXVI. 4. Gramen Tremulum minus , vel 
minimum Panicula parva Bauhini , The fmall or fimal- 
left Maidenhair , or Qitaking Grafs. The Roots are 
reddifh, creeping here and there, from whence rife 
up two or three fhort Stalks, with few Joints and 
fmooth, narrow, green Leaves at them, as the many 
which grow below are } but out of the uppermoft 
joint and the Leaf, as it were out of a Hofe, breaks 
forth a fmall, long, fingle Spike of fmall fcaly heads, 
of a brownifh color, with yellowifh Bloomings, at 
their Seafon. 
CLXXXYT 1 . 5. Gramen Tremulum maximum al- 
bum Bauhini , Gramen elegans Lupuli glitmis Clujij , 
The white greatefi Maidenhair , or Quaking-Grajs . 
It has a fmall and fibrous Root, perifhing every Year 
with us , it is a fmall Grafs , with (lender Stalks , 
and a few foft green Leaves on them , at the tops 
whereof Hand flattifh, loft, fcaly heads, greater by 
much than any of the aforegoing , and of a Silver 
lhining white color, very beautiful to behold, each 
of them much like to the head of an Hop, hanging 
upon a fmall Thread-like Footftalk, as the others do, 
and are almoft as moving and ftirring as they are. 
CLXXXV III. The Places and Times. All thefe 
forts of GraJJes grow in Corn Fields , and in Lay 
Grounds, which have been formerly Plowed, and 
fome of them in dry Meadows and Paftures } the 
firft, fecond, third, and fourth kinds grow not only 
in England, but alfo in Spain, Italy, Wei} Indies, 
and other Countries $ the third fort is found grow- 
ing in Upland Corn Fields, as at Hatfield , Cfc. on 
the Graflie Banks there ^ the fifth kind is a Native 
of Spain, and grows with us only in Gardens, which 
tho' it perilhes every Y'ear, yet feldom rifes again 
of its own Sowing, but of the Sowing thereof in the 
Spring $ but in Spain it Sows it felf , and abides all 
Winter, in regard they have there no Frofts •, the 
fourth fort flourifhes , and is in Bloom with us in 
May and June . 
XXVI. KaKctuoytusK, Calamogrofiis , xa.ro. txo. 
uJ'tit, Gramen Arundinaceum , Reed-Grafs, thir- 
teen Kinds, of which feven are of the Land Kind, 
three of the Marjh Kind , and three of the Water 
Kinds. 
CLXXXIX. 1. Calamogrofiis, five Gramen Arun- 
dinaceum majus , Gramen Arundinaceum Spica mul- 
tiplier Bauhini, The greater Reed-Grajs. It has a 
Root full of white Strings or Threads, and fome 
jointed ones , which fpread in the Ground , from 
whence rife up many jointed Stalks, alfo large, (harp, 
cutting Leaves on them 1 , like to thofe of the Water- 
Reed, but leffer -, the tops of the Stalks are f urnifh- 
ed with feveral hard long Spikes or Heads, fome- 
what like to the Common Reed, which when they 
have flood long do open , and having a flocky lub- 
ftance in them, are carried away with the Wind. 
Another Kind is leflfer, and not having above one or 
two Spikes thereon. 
CXC. 2. Calamogrofiis altera minor, five Gramen 
Arundinaceum minus Norwegicum, The lefier Reed- 
Grafs. The Root confifts of many long Strings, 
from which rife up Stalks, not fo high as the for- 
mer, which , as well as the Leaves , are fomewhat 
harder or rougher than the former, (which yet in 
Norway are much more hard and rough) the fpokie 
Tuft at the top is larger, more fpread into feveral 
Panicles, fharper alfo, and a little rougher in hand- 
ling. 
CXCI. 3. Calamogrofiis nofir as Sylva Joannis , 
Reed-Grafs of John's Wood. It has a white Root, 
with thick Strings , which f )metimes fpread under 
the Ground , it is in its Stalks and Leaves a little 
like the next Woolly Reed-Grafs, but the Stalks are 
jointed in two or three places to the height of three 
or four Feet, or more, with narrower Leaves, fharp- 
er, and almoft three Feet long, being a little ftriped 
withal^ the top Panicles are fometimes a Foot or 
more long, parted into many long Spikes, which 
are as folt as Silk , and of a fhining , overworn , 
Murry color. 
CXC 1 I. 4. Calamogrofiis , five Gramen Tomento- 
fium. Woolly Reed-Grafs. It has a Root which is 
fomewhat 
