Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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B. 1. 
Of bearded C P article Cjrafje. 
The Description. 
B Enrded Panicke grafTe hack-broad and 
large leaues like barly, formvhat hoa- 
rie,orofan oner-worne rufl'et colour. 
The llalkes hane two or three iovnts at the inolf, 
and many cares on the top, without order ; vpon 
fome ftalkes more eares ■, on others fewer /much 
like vn to the eare of w ilde Panicke, bur that this 
hath many beards or awnes, which the other 
wants. 
Small Papnicke Graffe, as Lobelitu vvri- 
teth, in roots, leaues, ioynts, and ftalkes is like 
the former, failing that the eare is much lefle, 
conliftingof fewer roues of feed, containedin 
fmall chaffie blackiflihuskes.T his,as the 'former, 
hath many eares vpon one ftalke. 
£ 5 This final! fanmeke Grafle from a 
threddy root fendeth forth many little ftilkes, 
whereof fome are one handfull, other-fome little 
more than an inch high •, and each of thefe ftalkes 
on the top fuftaines one fingle eare, in fhape very 
likevntothe eareofvvilde Pannicke, but about 
halfe the length. The ftalkes of this are com- 
monly crooked, and fet with graflie leaues like to 
thereftofthiskinde. The figure hereof was vn- 
fitly placed by our Author in the fixteenth place 
in the eighth chapter, vnder the title otGrmen Cj- 
feroidcsjjncatum. ' r J 
