6 Of the BiLtorie of Plants. Lib. i. 
3 he Names. 
I Thefirft is called in Englilh, Corne-graffe. Lobelias calls this,Segctum gramenpanniculajpe- 
ciejaUtiore: others termeit Gramen /f£«d/c,forthatitvfually groweth among corne ; the which I 
haue not as yet feene. 
The fecond is called in Englifh, Reed-graffe : of Lobelias in Latine, Gramen agrorum latiore,arun- 
dinacea, & comojapannictd.i, for that his tuft or pannicles do refemble the Reed : and Spica venti arro- 
rum^ byreafon of his feather-top, which is eafily fhaken with the wind. $ Some in Engli!h,much 
agreeable to the Latine name, call thefe, Windle-ftrawes. Now I take this laft to be the GralTe 
with which we in London do vfually adorne our chimneys in Sommer time .-and we commonly 
call the bundle of it handfomely made vp for our vie, by the name of Bents. 
«[ TheT empcr.uure and Venues . 
Thefe G ralTes are thought to agree with common Graile,as well in temperature as vermes , al- 
though not vfed in phy ficke. 
G H A P. 4.0 
I Gramen Miliacetini. 
Millet Grafle. 
fVh'M. W/TV'- 
Of oSMillet (jrajje. 
t a Gramen majus aquaticum. 
Great Water-grade. 
*[[ The Defcription. 
j T 7T I llet GrafTe is but a Render Graffe, bearing a tuft or earelikevnto the common Me-' 
dow-gtaffe,but confifting of fmall feeds or chaffie heads like to eJMilittmfx Miller, 
whereof it tooke the name. The ftalke or leaues do refemble the Bent, wherewith 
countrey people do trimme their houfes. 
2 The great Water-gralfe in root, leafe, tuft, and reeden ftalke doth very well refemble the 
GralTe calledin Latine, Gramen fulcatum, or Pid?OT»;and by our Englifh women, Lady- laces, be- 
caufe it is ftript or furrowed with white and greene llreakes like Hike laces , but yet differs from 
thar,that this Water graife doth get vnto it ielfe fome new roots from the middle of the ftalks and 
ioynts, which the other doth not. d This is a large Graffe, hailing ftalkes almoft as thicke as ones 
little finger, with the leaues anfwerable vnto them, and a little rougilh : the tuft is fomewhat like 
arced, butleffe,andwhitiih coloured. | 
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