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, V. The third , or Other fort of great fmooth 
Rufll. The Root of this is bujhy like the left juft 
now defcribed. And this other greater fort is 
■very like to it, faving that it grows with a lejfer 
ftore of Rulhes, of a darkijh green color ; and 
the Tuft, or brownifh Panicle alfo , is more fpread 
abroad at large , each part of it Jianding upon 
a pretty long foot Stalk, and is broad below, and 
pointed upwards. 
VI. The fourth , or Smaller Bull Rufll with 
difperfed Tufts. This differs from the greater 
fort juft before defcribed , only in the fmall- 
nefs of the Plant, it growing in drier Ground ; 
which fame fuppofe to be the Caufe of it's 
fmallnefs. 
VII. T be fifth , or Round Headed Rufh. 
Its Root is Bujhy like to the feconl fort above ^ 
from which rife up fever al Shoots , like to 
that Kind alfo , and pithy within like it: 
The chief efi difference confifis in thit , that the 
Tufted Heads ft and fo?ne thing clofe together 5 are 
round and not pointed at all. 
VIII. The Jixth , or Our common fmall 
hard Rufhes. They have a Jhort bujhy , fibrous 
or firingy Root-, from whence come forth feve- 
ral Shoots they grow in the fame manner 
a* the others do, but that fometimes the 
Stalks or Rufhes , fend as it were other 
Rufhes out of their fides , or one from ano- 
ther, and not all from the Root feparately 
as the others. They are alfo hard and Jharper 
pointed, .with little or no Pith within them , yet 
are they hollow , porous or fpongy , and Weir 
Tufts at the upper end of the Rulhes are fmall, 
bard, fpread abroad, and Jhort , which break out 
near the tops at the others do, 
IX. The fevenih, or Our Welsh (harp Rufll. 
its Root conjifts of a Bujb of brovmifli hard Fibres 
or Strings. The Rulhes of this Kind are about 
S or -j Inches long or more-, fomething great 
hard , and Jharp pointed-, from among which rife 
up naked- Rulhes or Stalks half a Tard high- 
and from between two Jhort Leaves , breaks 
is ft ar -f ei Panicle, of fever al fmall 
khajfy Husks , like unto Reed Grafs, of a brown- 
ijh Color. 
X. The eighth, or Englilh Sea hard Rufll. It 
bat a long, hard, creeping and fibrous Root 
with feyeral brown skinny Heads, out of which 
rife thick, round , hard, long, and very Jharp 
pointed Rufhes , from among which rife up other 
Rujhy Stalks two or three Feet high, bearing 
near the tops, about 5 Inches below them, a J lender 
and long Panicle , compofed of many Chaffie Husks , 
which when they are ripe, open and ' fhew their 
Seed. 
XI. The ninth, or Greater Aglet headed Rufh. 
It has a creeping Spreading Root, rcplenijhed 
with many intricate Fibres, from which fpring 
forth feveral fiender naked Rulhes, about a Foot 
and half long , full of ahitijh Pith, and having 
at the bottoms of them, certain reddijh Skins 
cncompajfing them , and fearing each of ■ them 
at their tops, a fmall Tat kin . or Aglet , like 
the firft Head of an Afparagus, blooming with 
fmall white Threads like a Plantain Head, which 
XII. The tenth, or Lelfer Aglet headed Rulh. 
It hat a creeping fibrous or Jiringy Root like the 
former, from which rife up feveral Jhort Rulhes; 
and from among them other fiender and taller 
Rulhes about a Foot high, each of them bearing 
I I fitch 
