Tbeatrum Botanicum 
no 6 CiiAP.17, 
T RIBS IJ. 
Minimum. There is another fmall one with (mall (hort leaves and ftalkcs, lull of fmall fcaly hcadssUpon very Chore footc- 
flalkes* 
Gramen tremulum maximum album Hifianicum. The greateft white S pani/b Quakers,Or Pearle grade. 
This greater white ^vanijb kindeis a fmall grade, with llender (talks, and a few foft grccne leaves on them, at 
the toppes whereof hand the greateft and flattilh foft fcaly heades, of any of the other before, arid of a filver fin¬ 
ning white colour,very bcautifull to behold,each muchlike unto the head of an hoppe handing on a fmall thred- 
like footelfalke as the others doe, but are alrnolt as moving and ftirring as the other : the roocc is fmall and fibrous 
perilhingevery yeare with ns, and feldomeriling againeby it ownc fowing, but of the lowing thereof in the 
Spring,vet lowing it felfc in S paint, and abiding there all the W inter,in regard they have no frolls. 
5 The Place and Time. 
All thefe k indes of Grades doe grow in the Come fields.fome in Ley grounds, and others in dry Medowes.and 
PafUires. The firft and fecond with the fcverall forts of it in our owne Country as well as in Spain',Italy, or elfe- 
where, the other forts are all of them fpecified in their titles or defections where they are natural]. They flou- 
rifh fomewhat earlier then divers other Gtaffes. 
The Names. 
The firft is called by Lobel Gramen paniculefum phalaroides, by Clu/itu Gramm amourettes cjuaf, amatorinm or 
amabite Lovely grade, by Tdodontnt Gramtnpratenfe fextum,by Lugdunenfs gramenfiliceumfivepolyantbosfccun- 
dam , by Tabermontarus Gi amen paniculatumfativum, and io Gerard from him, by Bauhintu Cjramen paniculn 
elegantijftmitfive majus , and I have called it Phalaria pratenjis major, jive Cjramen trtmulnm majus, bc- 
caufe it bcarcth the greateft number of heads of any the reft 1 The lecond is called Phalaru praterjit minor by Le¬ 
tt l, Amourettes tremblantesby Clufim tV £gilops by Tragmytni Gefner inhortss, and Gramenpolyanthus by Lugdu. 
nenjit : The third is called by Tatthmut according to the title, making it the fame or very neerc unto Thahu, his 
fmall fort ofGraffe, and the other kinde thereof Gramen tremnlum minus panicula magna, and Aquitanicnm by 
Lobelia his llluftrations, that he intended to publilh: The fourth is called as it is in the title: the laft is called by 
Bauhintu Gramen tremulum maximum, and queftioncth if it be not Pbalarii altera oi fafalpinus, Cln/itit inbis 
cure pofleriores ma-:eth mention hereol,by tbc name of Cjramen amourettes majore panicula candicante , which he 
faith Boel fliewcd him as he brought it out of Spaine, but he gave it me firft, by the name of Gramen elegant lupuli 
glumit, and is now adayes amongour gentlewomen much efteemed, and called Pearle grade, the forts of the fe¬ 
cond kinde arc by them called Maidenhaire graffe,or rather Meade hairegraffe: The T)utch call them Leif lick;, 
and we ordinarily Quakers,or Shakers,or Quaking graffe,&c. 
TheVertues. 
The chiefcft ufe that thefe gtaffes are put unto, is for Gentlewomen to weare on their heads or armes, as they 
would doe any fine flower or pretty toy to behold, as alfo put into wreathes and Garlands, that the Country peo¬ 
ple make for their f ports and paftimes, And hath no ufe in Phyficke for any Medicine that I can heare of. 
Chap. XVII. 
-dlopecuro: genuina. Maxima & altero Anglica, 
The three forts of Fox c-taileGrafles. 
Alopecuros, Foxtaile graffe. 
I handled the Phalaris, fowill I the Alopecuros j 
thatisfpeakeoftheve»»i»e kind in this < hapter, 
and joyne unto it fuch as are liked thereunto, and 
lpcake of the baftard kinds in the Chapter follow- 
I. Alopecuros genuina. 
The true Foxe-taile graffe: 
The true Foxe-tailc grade groweth up with two or three 
foft hoary (Talks about a foote high, with fmall long and nar¬ 
row foft leaves on them,as hoary as the ftalks,whereon (band 
foft woolly, or hoaty heads, fomewhat long and round, be- 
fet round with foft haires,of a pale draw colour, refembling 
the tails of a Foxe, whereofit tookc thename: therooteis 
fmall, and made of a few fibres which perifheth yearely. 
7. Alopecuros altera Anglic a,& Flandrica. 
Another Foxe-taile graffe like unto the former. 
This other Foxe-taile graffe hath leaves and rootesnot 
much unlike to the former but longer, and the ftalkes grow 
higher,the heads alio are rounder, andfhorter, and nothing 
ft) woolly or hoary. 
3. Alopecurot maxima Anglica 
The greateft Englifh Foxetaile graffe."' 
This greateft Foxe-taile graffe growethtobe halfeayard 
or two foote high, fometimes having faire large leaves like 
unto Wheate but larger, fet at the joynts, and at the toppes, 
large great, full foft and woolly heads like the former, but 
much greater and longer, either higher or lower. 
The Place and Time, 
The firft of thefe is not found naturall in Png! and,as the o- 
thers are,butgrowethin diverfe places about Momptlttr in 
France ,we oncly have it in our gardens for curioficy. 
