JLib. i. Of the Hiftory of Plants. j 
Cramcn oiMatthioltis, and Gramm bulbofum of Dalefchampius. Our Author did not vnderftand what 
Xerampelinus fignified, when as he faid the white Dwarfe-grade was fo termed for the wtird im- 
ports red, or murrey, fuch a colour as the withered leaues of Vines are of. 2. Tahern. calls this 
GramenpamicnUtum minus. 3 . Lobel calls this,Exile Gramm durius. 4. This by oT tmhtolits 
was called Holofiiitm : by Thahus, Gramm epigonatocaultn ; by Taiernamonttmus, Gra. Bufimium, that 
is,Toad-graffe. t 
The Nature and Venues. 
Thefe kindes of Grades doe agree as it is thought with the common Medow-gralfe , in nature 
and vertues, notwithftanding they hauc not beene vfed in phyficke as yet, that I can reade of. 
aim? 11 * firI * 6SU " ™ °”' ly 1 v,r “ CiC of tl,c rcMnd > ‘'‘“'‘'■"S » BmUm ; yet in my judgement ii w» the 6me wilh the tiiid. which is C/umn rr.vm *W«p, 
Chap.j. Of (forme - Qrmjfe, 
% The Defcriptiah. 
1 Otne-grafle hath many graffie leaues relembling thole ofRie, or rather Otes, amon^d 
the which commethvp flender benty ftalkes, kneed or ioynted like thole of corne, 
whereupon groweth a faire tuft or pannicle not much vnlike to the feather-like tuft 
ofcommon Reed, but rounder compaft together like vnto Millet. The toot is threcfdv like thofe 
of Otes. 1 
2 Reed-graflfe hath many thin graffie leaues like the former : the bufhy top, with his long fea- 
ther-hkepannides dorefemble the common Reed, which is lightly fhaken with the winde, bran- 
ched vpon a long flender reeden ftalke, kneed or ioynted like corne.Xhe root is fmall and fibrous. 
«[ The Place and time. 
Thefe kindes of Grades grow for the mod part neere hedges, & in fallow fields in mod placesj 
,1 heir time of fpnnging, flouring, and fading may be referred to the common Medow-grade. 
A } n The 
