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Chap. 19. 1169 
8 . Gruteen A'.opeturoides minus fpick a’jtro lor pa. 
Small rough long eared baftmd Foxetailc-grafc, 
fpiring upward that is fmall at the toppe and fonaewhat broad 
below, with Oaten-like huskesfet on them) and that the leaves 
are more, and much (horter. 
$. Grumen Alopecuroides alteram radice repexte 
jive PfeudofchaKanthnm Monfpeliffittm. 
Abadard Foxe-taile grade, called badard Sqinant 
at Mompelier. 
Idoe acknowledge, .that this Grade might not unfitly have 
becne placed among the Sea plants and Rudies, but in regard 
the head doth To neere refemble the badard Force taile-graffef, let 
me by your patience infert it here,whofedefeription is thus. It 
fomewh it relembleth the greated Hnglilh Foxe taile-grade, de- 
feribed in the Chapter before, differing in that this hath thicker, 
harder,and differ leaves,like unto Rudies, the head or fpike is 
long and clofe, even five or fixe inches long, of a filverlike (hi¬ 
lling colour, bu f the bloomings are ofa pale red, and thehuikes 
redder,which when it hath flood fong.beginneth to open it felfe, 
and (lie weth lomc downie matter for the winder the roote cree- 
peth along tinder ground,(hooting forth leaves and (lalkes in di¬ 
vers places. 
d. Cramers AlopecuroidesJpicaa/perabrevi. 
Short rough eared badard F oxetaiie-grafie. 
This (mail rough eared grade rifeth up.with two or three up¬ 
right but (mail flalkes with fome what narrow and fofc leaves on 
them, at the toppe whereof dandeth a thicke and fhort rough 
head,about an inch and a halfe long not fully but as it were halfe 
round.thedalkeon thebackefide beingas it were bare, (b that 
it feemeth to fiand buc on one fide: wherein is (mail white feed 
contained; the roote is fmall and white perifhing yeareiy. 
7. Grarnen Alopecuroides Jpica lengn ma'jm mime. 
Great and (mall long eared badard Foxetaile-graffe. 
Thefe Grades, are one not much unlike another, the one being 
greater,and the other fmaller, both in (talkeand leafe, the fpiked 
heads are long and (lender, and of a whitifh colour. 
S. |jranten Alopecuroides mimes fpica afpera longa . 
Small rough long eared badard Foxetaile-grafle. 
This dibercth (rom the lad in being greener, more doted with 
Italkes and leaves, and the fpiked head more (lender long, and rougher alfo. 
9. Gramen Alopecuroides minus cufridatim. Small fharpe pointed badard Foxetaile-sriffe" 
J he italke hereof is about a foote high, dorediut with few joynts, and (hort narrow leaves on them, the feike 
or eare is a!mod as big as the lad but (harper pointed, and with fome peeces growing out of the fides. 
. Grarnen Alopecuroides cufpidatttm minimum. The lead pointed’badard Foxetaile-graffe. 
rhisisjeflerthen any ofthem before, in dalkes and leaves but longer in both, as the fpike or eareisalfnlvJnm 
very fmall and flender and pointed at the end. P 5 a “° 0cin 6 
The Place and Time, 
All thefe Graffesexcept thefecond and fifth.doe grow in the fieldes and medowesof otir land fome neere Lon. 
by the'sel fide otwiJ"w° therS &Kf,3nd keepe the fame time ot flounftlin S with the red. The fifth as is 
The Names ♦ 
The fird fort of thefe Graffes.both the greater and the Ieffer are expreffed by LobelmA others, underthe name 
an n Ca “ d * , Thc leco , nd ^“'brought us out of Barbary. The third and fouth we fme 
f' , T Clt es > 33 well as to it. 1 he fifth is called by Tabermsntanus and Gerard, Schanaatham adtelterimm and bv Lo - 
‘ftMfolijs Schananthi, but afterwards altering the title, he fet it with thefe Grades, and! 
cal e?h r r iS! ° tIC e he o C : fixth IS callcd b y L "l d “”'*F‘£ramen Echiaatum Dalechampif, but Baubmua 
are ca led?<, T Alo f ecHmdt ^ ca 4 /*«. The feventh and eighth are called by Bauhimx, Cramer, T,pboides M & 
are called by otners Gramen Alopecurmum , as the lad are alfo. ^ 
Tf- . TbeVertues.. 
i hndc nothing remembred by any,whereto any of thefe are profitable. 
Chap. XIX: 
Gramen Typhinum ml Typhoides. Cats taile Grade. 
nliKes^ wlierfo'!- Ca ^ s ^ m this place, being referred to the wet and moorffi 
fortsof CatsTaile Gra^s!™ 61 "^^ am0n ® «her of the like nature, yet I will here (hew you the 
. *■ Gramen Typhoides maximum. Thetgreated Cars taile Grade, 
which'dandlonn IT T, W u h ‘r Urge fca Y“ ‘ ike whe3tc > and folkes two foote high, era 
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