u88 CHAP.29. 
Tbeatrum c Botanicum. 
Tribe ij.' 
4. Gratne* echinatumplanum. Flat prickly headed (Sraflc. 
This fmall graffe rifeth not much higher then a palme or handbreadth, and from a white roote made of many 
fibres fendeth forth a few fmall hairy leaves an inch long, asalfoa fmall and fineftalke, with a flat fpikedhead 
and moll fharpe aunes at. the ends of the huskes whereof it confifteth. 
c Gramm cchinato capitulo. Round prickly headed Graffe. 
The roote of this graffe is comp Med of many white threds, feuding forth feme few narrow rough leaves two 
or three inches long,among which rife up flender.fome higher and others lower ft,Ikes, with one or two joynts 
and leaves at them°each having at the toppe a fmall round head fet with very fharpe prickles, within the huskes 
whereof lye white deere leede. ^ ^ Atrow headed Gra(Ie . 
Vnto thefe cralfes let me adde this alto,which although others doe referre to another^, yet I doe to this 
for the fharpe heads fake : it hath fundry narrow flender leaves foure inches long, among which the fta.ke that 
hath no joynt or leafe thereon groweth a foot high,bearing many fmall three fquare heads in a long Ipike onca- 
bovc another,eac!. on a feverall (hort footftalkc.faftnoned fomewhat like to a broad Arrow head, or the leafe of 
Stgittsr is,but that • h y ate (mall and rounder,bifoiked below and fharpe pointed abovc ;t he root is a lmall bufhof 
many imall white fibres. ^ 
The three firft grow in dry places and old mndde walls, and in the like places doe the other alfo grow and 
flourifh at the lave ti me with other lorts of graffes. 
The Names. 
The f rft was fit ft called by CMatthhlue Gramen acnleatum, and fince by others in like manner, Bauhinm calleth 
it ftalicumas he do'h the fecond Germanicum, which Lobel called paluftre eebinatum, and Lugiuni.fr (frame* a- 
c„! ca ,rm Dalechampi, ■. the third is not mentioned by any before now : the fourth is fet forth by Bauhin Wj and 
called Gramen fbtc.t plana echinau : the lift is defected both by Batihmui and Columna this calling it Gramen mom 
tmum ecbmatrm tr.buloidet capiutum, the other Gramen[pica [ubrotunda echinata, or Cjranum ecbmato capitu¬ 
late ■ the latt is caked by Lnttiunenfr Gramen Triglachinfive Vermicnlatum'Dalechampy, which Bauhir w doth di- 
vcrliy referre,as unto that Gramen olThaluu that (ome as he faith would makea rufh, but hee would not doe fo 
for that the leaves were graflie.and groweth in wet or moorilh places,but Lugitmenfu faith his doth Ipring up in 
dry rounds • as slfo unro gramen jpic.-itum marinum ahetumoi Libel, whereunto I acknowledge it hath fomc 
rcfemblance.hu- ’,e place feemeth to contrary it; and that it is alfo the fecond Cahmograjlie ofTrague.mi 
the fourth Gala v. ^ jf Lut dune.fit ;fo that it leemeth that for fome likeneffe he applyeth the one to the other. 
* The Vertucs . 
C MuttiioUu would transferee the vertucs of his Gramen aculeatum to thofe of ‘Dufetiridei,but there is much 
doubt made thereof by the learned,and of the reft there is nothing can be learned worth the relating. 
Chii. XXIX. 
SchcnogroftU five Gramen Iunceum, Rufh Graffes. 
! Here ,re divers forts ofRufh Sraffes. fome that grow in the upland grounds, fome in the watery and 
f moorifh plafhesjand fome ncare the Sea (hores, of the former onely 1 meane to entreate in this Chap- 
! ter,and ofthereft in thenextClaffis among the moorifh and water plants. 
I. Gramen Iunceum montanum [nbc&rulea fpica Cambro britameum. 
The gallant mountaine Welp? Rufh Graffe. 
This gallant Rufh draff-' :h a great many fine flender Rufh like leaves, little lefle then a cubit or halfe a yard 
■ lon», from amon 15 h :.h vp two or three flender fmall ftalkes, eight or nine inches long and much lower 
then the leaves, bearing ai cir i r tappea out from berweene two leaves which are rather like skins, being broad 
below and fmall; v fd the end yet one alwayes longer then the other, a fmall fpiked fcaly like head, of a fine 
blewiih colour. , a 
GramenIunceum'jpemfum mime. Another gallant (mall Ruih tiralle. 
This fmall RafhGn . 'e is very like the former,but chat it hath much fmaller rufh like leaves not pad three or 
foure inches long,ruing out of» rowne hard huske or hole, fet at the toppe of a fmall fibrous roote, from among 
which Inring up divers joynted ftalkes with fuch like leaves on them, and a fmall head,at the toppe like unto 
the former, but of a browne clearc Chefhut colour and fmaller as the whole plant is, having two lmall leaves 
thereat as in the former. . 
a. Gramm Ittnccum T>aUchampif. DalechampM his Rum Graffe. 
Dalechampitu his fmall Rufh graffe that groweth in cold and dry places,hath a number pf fmall round rulh-like 
greene leaves riling from a very long white fibrous roote, whence fpting divers joynted ftalkes with lome lew 
leaves on them,and at the toppe a fparfed or open Ipikcd head,fomewhat like unto the Holofieum Sa/amanjuum of 
Clufim confiding of many purplifh huskes. 
4, Gramen Iunceum vulgare. The common Rufti graffe. 
The leaves of this common Rufh graffe are almol* round, feven or eight inches long,among which the ftalkes 
that are a fpan long.beare at their heads feverall fmall panicles fpike fafhion one above another: the roote is com- 
pofed of brownifh yellow threds. - Hh rr 
5. Gramen Iunceum fijharumma)tu arncuUtofolio. The greater joynted Wood Rufh graffe. 
The ftalkes of this Rufh graffe are fomewhat flat and very greene, the leaves are almoft round with many le- 
verall croffe joynts on them ; the tufted heads at the toppe of the ftalkes that are neare two cubits high,are muen 
lpread into many rufh-like pannickles and fomewhat fiat alfo ; the roote creepeth a little fet with many 
fmallfibrc5 - ' C. Gramen 
