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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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^ 3 GramenCapitulisglolofts. 
Round headed Siluer-grafle. 
The Dc fcription . 
i T ~T Edge-hog GrafTe hath Jong 
J[ _J_ ftiife flaggy leaues with di- 
?*• uers ftalkes proceeding from 
a thicke fpreading root ; and at the "top of 
euery ftalke growe certaine round and pric- 
king knobs fafhioned like an hedge-hog. 
t 2 The fecond is rough and hairie : 
his roots do fpred and creep vnder the mud 
andmyreas Cypcrus doth; and at the top 
oftheflalkes are certaine round foft heads, 
their colour being iirowne, intermixed with 
yellow, fo rhat they looke prettily when as 
they are in their prime. 
$ 3 This GrafTe ( whole figure was 
formerly in the firft place in this Chapter) 
hath a fmall and fibroustoot, from which 
rife leaues like thofe of Wheat, but with 
, fomelong white hairsvpon them like thofe 
of the laft defcribed:at the tops of the ftalks 
(which are fome foot or better high ) there 
grow two or three round heads confining of 
foftand white dovvnie threds. Thefe heads 
are laid to thine in the night, and therefore 
they in Italy call it ( according to Cefalpi- 
nus) Luc tola, quia noclulucet'. 
4 To this I may adde'anothc-r growing 
alfo in Italy, and firft defcribed by F alius 
Columna. It hath fmall . creeping ioynted 
foots, out of which come fmall fibres, and leaues little and very narrow at the firft, but thofe that 
arevpon the ftalkes areas longagaine, incompaffing the ftalks, as in Wheat, Dogs-grafTe, and the 
like. Thefe leaues are crefted all along, and a little forked at the end : the ftraw or ftalke is very 
flender, at the top whereof growes a fharpe prickly round head, much after the manner of the laft 
defcribed : each of the feed-veffels whereof this head confifts ends in a prickly ftalke hauing flue 
or feuen points, whereof thevppermoft that is in the middle is the longed. The feed that is con- 
tained in thefe prickly vefTels is little and tranfparent,likein colour to that of Cow-wheat. The 
floures (as in others of this kinde) hang trembling vpon yellow ifh fmall threds. $ 
% The Place and Time. 
ft i 2 They grow in watery medows and fields, as you may fee in Saint Georges fields and 
fuch like places. r 
3 4 Both thefe grow indiuers mountainous places of Italy ; the later whereof noures in 
May. 
«[ 7 he Names. 
The firft is called Hedge-hog Grade, and in Latiae,Gramen Echinatumjoy reafon of thofe pric- 
kleswhicharelikevntoahedge-hog. . 
The fecond hairy GrafTe is called Gramen exile hirfutum Cyperoides, becaufeit is fmall ana little, 
and rough or hairy like a Goat : and Cypcroides, becaufe his roots do fpring and creepe like the (j- 
^ ^ 3 This by Awuillara is thought mbcComlretum Pliny -ps is Gramducidum obT abernamon. 
tanus Gramen hirfti:umcapilu!oglolofi,obBanhine,Pin.pag.y. 
4 ’ F alius Columna calls this, Gramen montamim Echinatum triluloides capitatum . and Ban nine na- 
’meth it, Gramen (pica jubrotundaechinata. Wee may call it in Englifh , Round headed Caltrope 
Graffe. 
TheVertucs. 
3 Theheade of this (which I haue thought good tocall Siluer-grafle) is verygoodtobe ap- 
plied to greene wounds, and etfeftuall to flay bleeding,C.e/i^\ £ 
t It is cuident bv the name and de{cription,that oar Author meant this which we here glue you in the firft place ; yet his figure was of another Graffe fomwhac 
like thclccondjwhich figure and defcription you may findchcrc cxprcll in the third place- Cllftp 
