Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. r. 
j Small hard Grade hath fmall roots compait rtf little firings or threds,from which come 
forth many fourerufhy leaues of the length of an inch and ahalfe : the tuft or eare is compaft of 
many pannicles Or very little earns, which to your feeling are very hard or harfli. This Graffe is 
vnplea(ant,and no wholefome food for cattell. 
4 Rufh-grafle is a final 1 plant feme handfull high, hauing many fmall rufhy leaues tough and 
pliant, as are the common Rudies: whereupon do grow fmall fcaly or chaifie huskes , in ftead of 
floures, like thole of Rufhes, but fmaller. The root is threddy like the former. 4 There is a va- 
rietie of this to be found in bogs, with the feeds bigger, and the leaues and whole plant Idler. £ 
3 Gramen minus duriufiulum. 4 G rumen jiincet/m. 
Small hard Grade. Rufh-grafle, or Toad-grafle. 
The Place . . 
The Dwarfe-graffe doth grow on heathy rough and dry barren grounds in mod places of Eng- 
land. £ That which I haue giuen you I haue not as yet obferued growing in any part of Eng- 
land. $ 
The white Dwarfe-graffe is not fo common as the former, yet doth it grow very plentifully a- 
mong the Hop gardens in Elfex and many other places. 
Small Hard-graffe growethin moift frefh marifhej,and fuch like places. 
Rufh-grafle groweth in fait marifhes neere vnto the lea, where the marilhes haue beene ouet- 
flowne with fait water, £ It alfo groweth in many wet woods, lanes, and fuch places, as in the lane 
going by Totenham Court towards Hampftead. The leffer varietie hereofgrowes on the bogges 
vponHampftead heath. £ 
The Time. 
Thefe kindes of Graffes do grow, floure,and flourifh when the common Medow grade doth.' 
The Names. 
It fufficeth what hath beene faid of the names in the defcription,as well in Englifh as Latine • 
onely that fome haue deemed White Dwarfe-grafie to be called Xerampelinum. 
Rufh-grafle hath been taken for Holofteum Matthioli. 
$ The Names in particular. 
1 This I here giue you in the full place is i\\e.GramenminmumXermpdinum o^Lobclnt is the 
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