Lib. l. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
87 
£ phalaris f rat enfis altera. 
Pearle Grade. 
x^hpuumi 
Fox-taile. 
2 Quaking Phalaris grovveth in fertile pallures, and 
in dry niedowes. 
3 Thisgrowcs naturally in fome parts of Spaine, 
and it is fovven yearely in many of our London Gar’ 
dens. 
The time. 
1 3 Thefe Canarie feeds are fowen in May, and are 
ripeinAuguft. • 
The names . 
1 Canary feed , or Canarie corne is called of the 
Grecians, tautfe. tlie Latines retaining the fame name 
Phalaris : in the Iflands of Canarie, Mpifii .■ inEmdilh 
Cana rie feed, and Canary gralfe. 
2 Phalaris fratenfts is called alfo Gramen tremulsirt 
in Chefbire about Nantwicla, Quakers and Shakers : 1 r. 
fome places, Cow-quakes. 
3 This by fome is termed Phalaris altera: Clufius 
Calleth it Gramen Amourettes maim .■ Bauhine, Gramcntre. 
mtilunt maximum : In Englilh they call it Pearle-Gralfe 
and Garden-Q_ takers. 
T he nature and vertues. 
I finde not any thing fet dotvne as touching the tem- 
perature of Phalaris, notwithftanding it is thought to be 
of the nature of Millet. 
Theiuyceand feed,as Galen faith, are thought to be 
profitably drunke againft the paines of the bladder. A- 
pothecaries for want of Millet doe vfe the fame with 
good fucceffe in fomentations 5 for in dry fomentations 
it ferueth in ftead thereof, and is his fiiocadaneum, or quid 
fro qua. We vfe it in England alfo to feed the Canarie 
Birds. 
Chjp, <£5. 
Of FoxOTaile . 
T he deferiptioni 
1 TT'Ox-taile hath many gralfie leaues or 
JL blades, rough and hairy, like vnto 
thofe ofBarley, butleffeand fhorter. 
The ftalkeis likewife loft and hairy ■ whereupon 
doth grow a fmall fpike or eare, foft, and very 
downy, briftledWith very fmall haires in fhape, 
like vnto a Fox-taile, whereof it tooke his name, 
which dieth at the approch of Winter, and te- 
couereth it felfe the next yeare by falling of his 
feed. 
t There is one or two varieties of this Plant 
in the largenelfeand fmalnefle of the eare. 
2 ^Befides thefc forementioned flrangers, 
there is alfo another which growes naturally in 
manywatry Salt places of this kingdome, as in 
Kent by Dartford,in Eirex,&c. The ftalkes of 
this plant are gra(Ty,and fome two foot high. 
With leaues like Wheat or Dogs Gralfe. The 
eare is very large, being commonly foure orfiue 
inches long, downy, foft like filke,and of a brows 
iiifh colour, £ 
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