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CCXVIII. 1 6 . Schccnogroftis , five Gramen Jun- 
ceum Aquaticum Bauhini , Bauhin bis Water RuJh- 
Grafs. It has jointed Leaves , from among which 
rife up Stalks, a Hand high, or more, with certain 
chaffie Heads, parted into many Threads. 
RitJ iy Wat er Graft 
CCXIX. 17. Schotnogroftis , feu Gramen Jun- 
ceum Aquaticum vulgar e , T be common Water Rufh- 
Grafs. It has a long, thick, fpreading Root, which 
fends up feveral jointed Stalks, and at each Joint 
a narrow RuJh like Leaf-, at the tops of the Stalks 
Hand feveral, fomewhat like unto thofe of Rufhes. 
CCXX. The Places and Times. The firft feven 
of thefe GraJJes grow upon dry Land , and in dry 
places, fome of them upon Hills, fome on Moun- 
tains, and others in Woods j the fecond grows on a 
high Hill in Wales called Berwin , continually cover- 
ed with Clouds and Mills, and Watered with Show- 
ers, whilft at the fame time the Sun fhines fair in 
the Valleys' below it ^ others of them grow in the 
Woods neat Uigbgdte , in Hornfey Wood , and in ma- 
ny other Woods of this Kingdom , as alfo in Mea- 
dows adjacent to the fame, and do all of them flou- 
rifh in the Summer Months , viz. in June and Ju- 
ly the next fix Marjh RuJh-GraJJes grow in Salt 
Marlhes, and near the Sea fide, and other like pla- 
ces', in many parts of this Kingdom ^ the laft four 
grow in Watery places, and in or near Waters, whe- 
ther Handing or running , and flourilh in the Sum- 
mer time, as all the reft do. 
XXVIII. Oct\cL<rjibytd s7j, "Ayiunf ira'Sui , Gramen 
Marinum , vel Maritimum , Sea-Grafs, Eight 
Kinds. 
CCXXI. I. ’O&dyearii IrufK, Oxyagroftis Alari- 
tiHia Dalecbampij , Sharp pointed Sea-Grafs. The 
Stalks are bulny, and about two Feet long, full of 
Joints, and narrow Grafs like Leaves at every one 
of them, of a dark green color, and fo lharp at the 
points, that they are ready to prick their Legs who 
pafs' by them unawares. 
CCXXII. 2. Gramen Mant imttm afperjiimjh ugh 
Sea-Grafs. Its Root is a bulh of long white Fibres, 
which lends up feveral rcddilh, round, Email Stalks, 
a Foot or more high , leaning at firit downwards , 
enco'mpalTed with hard , fhort, and lharp pointed 
Leaves, Handing as it were in a Tuft together, with 
hard rough dents about the edges ^ the fpiked heads 
are like rough hard Burs , breaking out of a Skin 
which encloled them. 
CCXX1II. 3. Gramen Maritimum, vel Marinum 
exile vicinorum agger urn, A very fmall Sea Down - 
Grafs. It has a Root which is fmall and thready, 
which fhoots forth divers (hort Stalks , two Inches 
long, full of fmall long Leaves like Hairs let dole 
together, and among them at the tops fmall Heads, 
like to the Catkins of the Dwarf Willow. 
CCXXIV. 4. Gramen Maritimum , vel Marinum 
Spicatum , Spiked Sea-Grafs. It has a Root edmpo- 
fed of a bulh of many long Fibres or Strings, from 
whence rife up many long , hollowed , or Gutter 
Leaves, encompafling one another at the bottom, 
from among which fpring up two or three Stalks, 
bare of Leaves unto their tops, where they bear long 
fpiked Heads of greenilh Flowers , let dole toge- 
ther. 
CCXXV. 7. Gramen Marinum fpicatum. alt e rum. 
Another fpiked Sea-Grafs. It has long, llender, 
narrow, hard , and lharp pointed Leaves , growing 
often on low places 16 near the Sea, thatfometimes 
it walhes over it* the Stalks are many and low, 
with fmall, long, and round Heads thereon. 
CCXXV f 6 . Gramen Marinum majus St at ice 
quibufdam , Great Sea-Grafs , or Sea-Thrift, called 
by fome It has a pretty large long Root, 
with fome Fibres adjoined , which lends up many 
fair, long, and fomewhat broad, and whitilh greed 
Leaves, lying dole together upon the Ground, from 
which rile up (lender Stalks, naked to their tops, 
except in one place towards their middle, where 
they have two fmall Leaves turning downwards , 
contrary to almoH all other Herbs, and at their tops 
a Tuft of blulh colored Flowers, opening by de- 
grees. 
CCXXV1I. 7. Gramen Marinum Am erica nubi , 
27*77*)? Statice Americana major , Great Sea Thrift of 
America. It has a long Root, with but few Fibres 
thereat, from whence fpring up a vafi number of 
Leaves, almofl like the lalf, but they are narrower, 
of a fadder green color, and fomewhat fhining, with 
two Ribs in each, and blunt at the ends j it has llen- 
der Stalks, which bear alfo luch a Tuft of Flowers, 
but of a white color, and break but of a Skin, which 
falls down about the Stalk. 
CCXX VIII. 8. Gramen Marinum minus , Small 
Sea-Grafs, Sea-Thrift, or Sca-Cujhion. It has many 
fmall, hard, fhort, green Leaves, groyving thick to- 
gether, and fpreading on the Ground ^ the Stalks 
are many , of a Span high , without any Leaves oh 
them, but at their tops , where grow fmall round 
Tufts of blulh colored Flowers. 
GGXXIX. The Places and Times. They all of 
them have been obferved to grow upon our Sea 
Coafis, efpecially oil the Kentifh and SuJJex Shears ~ 
the fixth grows on the Mediterranean Shoars, the 
feventh on the American and they all Flower and 
Seed in the end of Summer. 
XXIX. ’atydfsict, Gramen Argent eum, Sil- 
ver-Grafs, three Kinds. 
CCXXX. 1. Gramen Argeiiteum capitalis globofis, 
Silver-G rajs round headed. It 12 the Gramen Luci - 
dum Taber ndmohtdni, and is thought to Be' the Com- 
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