' i B. 2. 
Of the Hiflory of Plants; 
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Chap. 458. 
Of Horfe-taile, orShaue-graJje. 
The Dcfcriptiert. 
1 ^ eat Horfe-taile rifeth vp with a round ftalke,hollow within like a Reed,a cubit high, 
\ } compaftas it were of many frnall pieces, one put into the end of another, fometimes 
of a reddifh colour, Very rough, and fet at euery ioint with many ftiffe rufh-like leaues 
or rough briftlcs, which maketh the whole plant to referable die taile of a horfe, whereof it tooke 
his name : on the top of the ftalke do (land in ftead of floures cluftercd and thicke Catkins, not vn- 
Iike to the firft lhoots of Sperage, which is called Myacunthu : the root is ioynted, and creepeth in 
I the ground. 
2 This fmall or naked Shaue-grafTe, wherewith Fletchers and Combe-makers do rub and po- 
llilh their worke, rifeth out ofthe ground like the firft fhoots of Afparagus,iointed or kneed by 
certaine diftances like the precedent, but altogether without fuch briftly leaues, yet exceeding 
rough and cutting : the root groweth aflope in the earth, like thofe of the Couch- grade. 
■ijetum mams. 
Horfe-taile, 
5 Equifetum nudum; 
Naked Horfe-taile. . 
C O^y t. IaAs'is VV t") 
3 H orfe-taile which for the moft part groweth among come, and where corne hath been, hath 
a very flender root, and Angle • from which rife vp diners iointed ftalkes, whereon doe grow verie 
long rough narrow iointed leaues, like vnto the firft deferibed, but thicker and rougher, as is the 
reft of the plant. 
4 Water Horfe-taile, that growes by the brinks of riuers and running ftreams,and often in the 
midftofthewater,hatha very long root, according to thedeptli of thewater, groffe, thicke, and 
iointed, with fome threds anexed thereto : from which rifeth vp a great thick iointed ftalke, where- 
on do grow long rough rufhy leaues, pyramide or fteeple fafhion. The whole plant is alfo tough, 
hard, and fit to iTiaue and rub wooden things as theother. 
5 ThiskindeofHorfe-tailethatgrowesinwoodsand fhadowie places, hath a fmall root, and 
fingle, from which rifeth vparough chamfered ftalke ioynted by certaine fpaces, hairing at each 
loynt twobufhss of rough briftly leaues fet one againft another like the other of his kinde. 
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