Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lib. i. 
15 
7 he Names. 
The firftis called Gramen fluviatile, and alfo Gramen aqieu innatxns : in EngliftijFlote-grafle.Trv/. 
gtu calls it firamen n at urn , Ducks-grafle. 
The fecond is called Gramen fluviatile Jpicatum, and fluviatile album by 7 abernamontams ikevvi !e 
in Englifh it is called Flote-graffe, and Floter-graffe,becaufe they fvyimme and flote in the 
water. 
Chap. u. Of Jfneed'CjraJfe. 
•J The Defcription. 
j T/^ Need-grade hath ftraight and vpright ftrawie ftalkes, with ioynts like to the draw of 
corne, and beareth fniall gralfie leaues or blades fpiked at the top like vnto Pannick, 
with a rough care ofa darke browne colour. His roots are hairy and threddy,and the 
ioynts of the ftraw are very large and confpicuous. 
I Gramcngeniculaumt . 
Kneed-grafle. 
2 Gramtngeniadatum aquaticum'. 
Water Kneed-graife. 
'2 W ater Kneed-graffe hath many long and {lender flemmes, ioynted with many knobby and 
gouty knees likevnto Reed,fet with broad flaggy leaues fomewhat fliarpe pointed ; bearing at the 
top a tuft or pannicle diuided into fundry fmall branches, of a duskifh colour. His root is , thred- 
die like the other. 
ff 7 he Place ,7 ime, and Names . 
Thefe Graffes do grow in fertile moift medowes ^ not differing in time from others. Andthey 
are called Geniculata, becaufc they haue large ioynts like as it were knees. 
We haue nothing deliuered vs of their nature and properties. 
