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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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B. I. 
£ 3 Gramen arandmacetm minus. 
The leffer Reed-Grafle. 
tongue, ftraitneth the gullet or throat,and draw- 
ethdovvne blond into the ftomacke or maw ■ 
whereof enfueth inflammation , and death for 
the mod part. And not onely this Calaworrojla 
is hurtfull, but alfo all other kindes of (hearing 
leaned reeds, flagges, fedge,or the like , which 
haue as it were edges ; and cut on both tides like 
kniuesas well mens nngers,as cattels mouthes. 
This herbe is in a meane between reed' & grade. 
The root is white, creeping downwards very 
deepe. The fpike or eare is likevnto the reed, 
being foft and cottony, fomewhat refembling. 
Pannicke. 
£ 3 This in roo.t,fl:alkes,ahd leaues is like 
totheiaftdeferibed, but that they are lefler: 
the top or head is a long (ingle fpike or eare, not 
feuered or parted into many eares like ihe top 
ofthe precedent, and by this and the magni- 
tude it may chiefely bediftinguifbed from it. 
This was in the- twelfth place in the fixteenth 
chapter, vnder the title of Gramm banmdmaceum 
minus : and the CttLmogroftis but now deferibed, 
was alfo there againe in the eleuenth place. £ 
The Place. 
The firft growes in fields and orchards g'lmofl 
euery where; the other grow in fenny ivatenfh 
places. 
«JJ The Names. 
2 This in Lincolnelhire is called Sheere- 
gra(Te,or Henne: in orherparts of England,wild 
Reed : in Latine, Calafnogroflis out of tha 
Gteeke, oaweto- As for their natures and venues we doe not linde anjtgifeat'vfe of them worth 
thefettingdovvne. *' / 
■f The figure that was in the fecond place was of tinmen mam ayuticum, being the fecond of th,e precedent Chapter. Thfi true figure of this was page ai.yodcf 
the title of Cjyamen bunaidtnacittm mam- The third bung the; e alio, as X haue touched in the defetipcion , 
Chap .6. Oj Feather-top, Feme , and JVood-grajJe. 
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TlfeD eferiftion. 
£ l r ' | 'His might fitly haue beene put to thofe mentioned in the foregoing chapter,- but 
that our Author determined it for this, as mayappeareby the mention made of 
it in the names, as alfo by the.defcription hereof; framed from the figurewe here 
giue you. £ This Grafle is garnifhed with chaffie and downie tufts,fet vpon a long benty ftalke 
of two cubits high or fomewhat more, naked without any blades or leaues, for themoft part. His 
root is tough and hard. £ The top is commonly of a red or murrey colour, and the leaues fofc 
and downy. £ : 
£ 2 rhisjwhofefigurewasformerlybyour Author giuen for the laft deferibed, though! 
verie much different from ir, is a very pretty and elegant grafle : it in roots and leaues is not vnlike 
to the vfuall medow Grafle , the ftalke rifeth to the height of a foot, and at the top thereof it bea- 
reth a beautifull panuicle, (whence the French and Spanifh Nations cal! it Amourettes , that is,the 
Lonely Grafle.) This head confifts of many littleeares, fhaped much like thofe ofthe ordinarie 
Quaking Grafle, 'ongerand flatter, being compofed of more feales , fo that each of them fome- 
tvhat refetnbleS the leafeofa frrlall Feme, whence I haue called it Ferne-Grafle.Thcfe tops when 
they are ripe are white, and are gathered where they grow naturally tobeautifie garlands. £ 
3 Wood-grafle hath many fmall and threddy roots, compaff together in manner of a tuft • 
from which fpring immediately out of the earth many grafly leaues, among thewhich are fundrie 
benty 
