Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
51 The Description. 
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x Yperus GrafTe hath roots fomewhat like Cyperus, whereof it tooke his rame • h 
V> leaues are long and large likevnto the common reed.-the ftalke doth grow to' the 
- . hei S ht °f a “bit in feme places , vpon which groweth little fcaly knobs or cares 
fpike Mrion fomewhat like vnto Cats-taile, or Reed-mace, very chaffie, rough, and rugged ’ 
a Rufhy Water-grafTe hath his roots like the former, with many fibres or firings hang,™ ar 
them ; and creepeth along vpon the vppermoft face of the earth, or rather mud, wherein if o&J 
eth, bearing at each loynt one flender benty ftalke, fet with a few fmallgraifie nlades or leaues 
bringing forth at the top in little hoods, ftnall feather-like tuftsoreares. 5 
The Place, Time ^and Names. 
3S *• haU f infinimed ’ in m y fie and mi ' dd y grounds, in the fame feafon that others 
do. And concerning their names there hath been faid enough in their titles. 
'HAP. lO. 
Of Water- CjrajTe. 
1 Gramen aqnaticum , 
Water-grafTe. 
2 G rumen aquatimm (picatum. 
Spiked Water-grafTe. 
J n^Oj Co ft/OLs . 
5f The Description. 
^ 1 \ /\ L Ater-grafle, or as we terme it, Water Burre-graffe, hath a few long narrow 
V V. lender andioynted leaues : among which rifethvp a ftalke of two foot high, 
-run bearing vpon his fmall and tender branches certaine little rough knobsf or 
. n * ^b‘ ,r P e pointed feeds made vp into cornered heads : his root is fmall and threddy. 
and ' hC P' ant not wed ex P re ft/°t it fhould haue had the leaues made narrower, 
in r ntS ex P^ e , ln them, like as you may fee in the Gramen jttnccitm (jluaticum, which is the ninth 
the/V^^i^P^’fotdiatand this arefoiike, that I know no other difference benveene 
Th > n ’ ' Ut * r 1 u iat “ * eaues longer and narrower than that, and the heads finaller and whiter. 
wimm * S a rea ona '- dc § ood figure of this in the Hijlorta Lugd.p.ioo l , vndei the name of o-irundo 
? Spiked 
