Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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% The Place j Nances, Nature , and Vert ties- 
The former grovves in medowes, and about hedges, and the later is to be found in moft fenny 
and watery places, and haue their vertues and natures common with the other GrafTes for any 
thing that wee can finde in writing. The reafon of their names may be gathered out of the 
defeription. 
•jf This which I giue you it 
etumptmiculatum of Taber- which h 
this, and framed his dcfCripcioh by loofcinj 
Chap. y. 
Of Darnell Cjrafe. 
TheDcfcription- 
I 'pvArnell Graffe,or Gramen Sorghirmm, ,as Lohelhixh very properly termed it,hath a brow- 
1 J nifh ftalke thicke and knotty, fet with long fharpe leaues like vnto the common 
Dogs Grafle: at the top whereof groweth a tuft or care of a grayilhcolonr/omwhat 
like Sorgbim, whereof it tookehis name. 
I Gramen Sorghinum, 
Darnell Gralfe, 
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2 G ramen harundinaccum pamicuhtum, 
Wilde Reed. 
2 Wilde Reed, or Gramen hanmdinaceum pannicuhtm, called alfo Cahmo?ro(lii , is far btecrer 
than Couch graffe or Dogs gralfe, and in ftalkes and leaues more rough, rugged, and cutting .It is 
rhpH 0 K f °a C atte r’ t n° USh or be vel 7 hungry -, and deadly to Sheepe,becaufe that, as 
the Husbandman faith, it is a caufeofleanneffe in them,thtrlf,and confumption ; it cutteth their 
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tonguej 
