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Ic is called in (Srceke t Alopec tiros, and fo in Latine which is Cauda vulpfr, and lo they call it at Afom^. 
pc/icrzs Label faith; P 4 # 7 feem;th call 1C s*A.ep?p@- StelephuroSyLugdunenfls callethit gramen tcmentohum Alo* 
pecrtros veraplinij & Theophratti . The fecond Zo^/callcth as it is in the title, becaufe he found it in England as 
well as FUnders. and is that which Dodontiu calleth Alopccuros. The iaft Lobel found in the Weft parts of this 
Landjbecvveene Portfmottthy and the Ifle of Wight, and called it Alopccuros maxima Anglo Britannica } and hath noE 
becneknowne to any before. , 
. , TheVertues. 
There is no fpeciall property found to be in any of thefe for Medicine, but to be worne onely as a coy, in mens 
or womens hats. 
, Chap. XVIIL 
. gramcit Alopccurodes . Baftard Foxe-taile gutter 
jHerc are divers forts of thefe wilde or baftard Foxe-taile graffes, fame greater, other letter, ail which 
11 meane to comprehend in one Chapter,feeing theyareof nogre at moment, and but to content the 
»curious, yee I matt fhow you tne greater firft.and the letter after them 
‘ I. Cjramen Alopec uroides majm. The greatet,baftard Foxe-taile gratte. 
l he greater of thefe wild Graffesfifcch up with a ftalke two cubits high, with few leaves long 
tnd narrow on them, the fpike is fomewhat great and long, refembling the former, butnotfofofc or Woolly. 
Hereof there is a letter fort, differing chiefly in the fmallncffe,being ifomc what fmaller but longer. 
2 . gramcn AlopectirotdssAfricKm, Baftard Foxe-taile gr'affe of Africa. . &**«*- 
This African hath at fame part of the ftalke fmall long leaves,fet by thsmfelves at the joynts, and at others di- 
verfe together, the head or fpike is fomewhat great and very long,woolly and foft,as the other, the roote is great 
and long* 1 2 3 • 
3 . Grtmc* Alopecttroides ettfpidatum maximum Anglicum . Our baftard Foxe-taile graffe of the greateft flze. 
This hath many long narrow leaves, riling from a bulhy roote, and among them ftalkes two cubits high 3 
with few ;oynts and leaves on them,at the top whereof ftandeth the longeft fpiked head of any other, fomewhac 
pointed at the top,and broad at the botcomc, let about with white haires on the huskes,which are fomewhat like 
tochofcofOates. 
. .. 4 - Ah y- c -‘ r °'' ,ies cxftidMum mtjuf. Great fpiring baftard Foxe-taile grsfle. 
This is Lome what like unto the firft fort here in this Chapter expreffed, but that the lpikcd head is longer and 
>. Graven Alopecttroides majta. - 
The greater baftard Foxc-uik Grafle. 
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