L i b. i. Of the Hiftory .of Plants, ^5 
f ane Clitfius his figure for his firil, and T dbernamontanus figure for the fecond Spur turn An^lio'tmm ^ 
ut I will thinkc them both of one plant (though Bnuhine diftinguifh them) vjitill fome fhall 
make the contrary manifeft. This the Dutch call ^alitlC; and ourEngliiT in Tenet, Hc!me,T«>- 
■ner calls it Sea-Bent. 
4 This is Spartum herba 4 Batavicum of Clufuts ; Gramm Sparteum , or land Sport inm Of Taber;’. 
and our Author gaue Tabcrn. figure in the 2 3 Chapter of this Booke vnder the title of inputs ma- 
nnus gramineus ; Lobcll calls it Spartum nofiras alteram. 
5 Lobell calls this Spartum nofir as porvum. 
6 Clttfitis calls this Spartum Attfiriacum • Dalefchampitts, Gramen pirrmatum - we in England call 
it Gramcnplttmofitm, or Feathered Grafle. ^ 
The temperature fjertnes , and vfe. 
Thefe kindes of graflie or rather rufhie Reed haue no vfe in phy ficke, but ferue to make Mats, \ 
and hangings forchambers,fraile.s,baskets,and fuch like. The people of the Countries where ■ 
they grow do make beds of them, draw their houfes and chambers in ftead of Rufhes, for which 
they doexcell,as my fclfe haue feene. Turner alhruieth, That they made hats of the Englifh one 
in Northumberland in his time. 
They do likewife in fundry places of the Iflands of Madera, Canaria, Saint Thomas , and other g 
of the Iflands in the trad vnto the Well Indies, make of them their boots, ihooes , Herd-mens 
Coats, fires, and lights. It is very hurtfull for cattell,as Sheere-grafle is.. 
The Feather-Gralfe is worne by fundry Ladies and Gentlewomen in dead ofaFeather, the 
which it exquifitely refembles. 
C h a p. 35 . Of Qcunels Hay. 
I Scoenantfmm 
Camels Hay, 
.hr, 
2 Sc&nantbum adulterimm. 
Ballard Camels Hay. 
1 h>. 
C The defeription. 
Amels Hay hath leaues very like vnto Mat-Weed or Helme ; his roots are many , in 
quantitie meane , fullof imall haircsor threds proceeding fromrhe bigger'Root 
deeply growing in the ground, bailing diners long "ftalkes like Cyperus Grafle , fee 
D 2 with 
