r k. I be i^. The Theater of Tlantu Chap. ii. 
3. Gramm agrorum venti ffica, The Come Reede-graffe,or Bent graffe. 
This Teather-like Graffe fhooteth forth, joynted tall Clalkes, and fairt leave;,almoll like the lad, thetoppeof 
he ftalke is furnifhed with a long and large tufted head,fpread like unto fprigge; of feathers, are fomewhatlike 
ommon reedes,(landing for the moll part all one way,and hanging downe their heades,and are of a fine browns 
;rcene fhining colour,which are (being fine and lfendcr Jeafily fhaken with the winde. 
The Place and Time. 
Thefe grow in the borders of Come ficlds,tnd grounds that hive becne plowed, and flov/rifh chiefdy in the 
icginning of Summer. 
The Names. 
The firfl of thefe is the Gramen of A[atthiolm,the Gramen minimum Xerampelieim of Lobtl, called Cjramen ar- 
'enfe panic tela criffia by 'Baubinut, and by him taken to be the Gramen bulbofumD alechampij of Lugdunenfir, but as 
laid before, 1 make a quaere thereof. The fecond is the Cjramenfegetum panicula fpecieja /adore of Lobcl,Ba»hinm 
alleth it altiffitmum panicula [par/a .The third is called by Label, Agrorttm ■venti[pica Flandroru , becaufe the Flem¬ 
ur gj call it fo, and Gramen agrorum latiore arundinaceacomofapanicula, as alio Triclinarium gramen, becaufe 
he (lalkes being tyed in a row together, one by another ferveth in the Summer to be fet in chamber chimneyes, 
landing upright, when no fire is made therein, to coole,decke up,and retrefh the roome, it is ufually called in 
inglifh, Bent-grade, and of fome Windle-flrawes, it is the Gramen Arurtdinaceum arvenfe of Taiermontantu 
nd the third Cjramen pratenfe of Dodonam, but cannot be the Gramen equinum Gcfncri, as Bauhinus thougdt, foe 
.ameraritn l'aith it was white and woolly,which this is not. 
The Vertttes. 
The firfl is (aid to have the like properties unto the Quich graffe but of the reft there is no certainty of any good 
ife they have in Phyficke. 
Chap, XI. 
Gramen paniculatummontanum. Mountaine tufted Grades? 
He< 7 ''Awr»/»fc«»raoryii! 7 »w>fliouldbehercnumbredv/iththe other Mountaine kindes, but that I 
have (hewed it you in my former Booke. 
f, Gramcnmontanumpaniculajpadiccadclicatiorc. The fbft mountainePanicke(Sraffc. 
Fromafmall white roote with fhort fibres, fpring up three or foure j oynted (lalkes a footchigbj 
having a few fmall and fhort leaves on them,and fitch likewife at the the foote of the (lalkes, but few 
:n number, at the toppe whereof (landeth a brownifh panickle of three inches height, compofed of many very 
Imall huskes. This is fometimes found growing higher,and with larger Panickles. Alteram, 
2. Cjramen fylvaticumpaniculatttm altijjimum. Tall tufted Wood Panicke Graffe, 
The roote of this Graffe creepeth in the ground, let with divers fibres from whence rife two or three very tall 
Icede-like (lalkcs.two or three cubits high,bearing faire broad greene leaves on them,like ar.toCjperiis.und at the 
:oppes many fmall tufted Panickles: both [lalkes and leaves are ib tough, that the Country Shepheards make 
hem cloakes therewith againfl the weather,and the Husbandmen make twine ropes, and traces for their Horfes 
:o draw their ploughes. 
The Place and Time. ! 
The firfl groweth on thehilsby Baffin, the other in theWoodsby Mtmbelgard. 
The Names. 
Bauhinus onely hath fet out thefe by the fame Names are in their titles. 
The Vertues. 
There is as little ufe of thefe,as of the former. 
Chap. XII. 
Gramen crifiatum &fpicatttm. Crefled and fpiked Graffe. 
Here are other forts of Graffes that beare Panickles or tufted heads, but they ufually grow in or neere 
waters,which (hall be declared in that Claffis is appropriated to iuchof that nature and quality. Thofe 
that beare crefled or fpiked heads,are of divers kindes,&c. 
T. C rumen criftatnm lene. Smooch crefled G'raffe. 
The white rootes of this Graffe do mate themfelves in the ground very much, from whence fpring up divers 
[mooth (lender flalkes.twu foote high,with few or no jovnts on them, and with fmall fhort greene leaves at 
:hem : the toppes of the (lalkes have flendcr long fpiked heads fet on them,divided into many parts,each where¬ 
of is like unto the creft of a Bird,whereof it tooke the nam.', being of a pale yellowifh greene colour, and fome* 
cime reddifh, Or as BaHhin wcompareth it to the head of Criflagalli, Cockes combe. 
2. Gramen crifiatumfubhirfutum Hairy crefled Graffe. 
This other crefled Graffe,differeth from the former, op.ely in thefe particulars, the rootes are of a reddifh yel¬ 
low colour, lower and fmaller (lalkes, a little hairy or Woolly at the bottomes, with longer leaves, and a more 
[parked white head, not fo finely fet together,and groweth rather among the hedges and bufhes. 
3-, Cjramen enftatum Anglimm. Englifh crefled Graffe. 
This kinde hath fewer and longer rootes,not matting and enercafing in that manner, the (lalkes are ftraighr 
with longer and narrower leaves on them, the fpiked head differeth from it,in being longer and defer fer, and 
rot fpread into tufts, but as it were into dole fhort huskes, the whole fpikefomewhat refcmblinga fmall long 
Fox-taile Graffe, this groweth plentifully in many by places neeie Hackney a little of from London, 
et Gramm 
