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6 : luncus exiguw montanus mucrone carens, Small fmootb pointed Ruflies. 
The roote hereof is fmall blackc and thrcddy, (hooting forth a frnooth round ftalke fourc or five inches high 
bearing at the toppe, a brownifh red foure fquare head, having a fmall hard long thrcd above it, it hath alio 
three lmall long leaves at the foote of the ftalke of an inch long, like unto Rufhcs. 
7. Juncellus five Cbam£fcb£nos. Smell or Dwarfe Rudies.' 
Dwarfe Ruflies grow not above an inch or two high,although they naturally grow by ponds fidcs, having 
three or foure Ruflies fome what great and thicke for their proportion riling from a fibrous roote, this hath not 
bCene obferved to bring any heads for feede, and therefore is called inutilis. Like hereunto is chat fmall Rufh 
mentioned in the AdverfarU by the name of luncellus but that itgroweth fome what higher, and beareth round 
tufts on the Rufhes. 
7 he Prace and Time, 
Many of thefe Rufhes grow in watery plalhes and grounds, and the firft ufually in the deeper watersjthe three 
laftgrowin dryer places: andflourilhchiefly untill the end of Auguft or September, yet abide grccne all 
the yea re. 
The Names. 
s#/?*©- in Greeke fo called a loris crfunibiu for fo in former times it was uled, is luncus a jungendo in Latine \ 
fromthefame tfftd of binding things together: the firft is taken by Cordus and Bauhinut to bee the Mari(cut 
furthered by his translation of Theophraftut, fetting downe Marfan alwayes for his Holofchanos 
being the greateft, which is as Pliny faith adtexandas tegetes upturn : yet as Lugdunenfts faith, fome take the luncus 
floridus or Gladiolus paluftrid to be it,feeing it as well as this is fit to be brought into futidry workes: 2 >rf*^»w* alfo 
and others take it to be S cirpus : yet it is thought that the ancients tooke them to be different plants. Terence i n 
Andria bringeth in Donam to fay (unciftccies eft feirpus [avis et enodis - y and fuch an one is this Rufh without 
any joynt therein, whereupon came the proverbe, Nodam in feirpo qt/arere, tofeekea knot in a rufh, fpokenof 
filch as are (crapulous and doubtfully whereof no fcruple or doubt neede to bee made: fome thinkc that the text 
o f Diofcorides is corrupt and that in ftead of Sx®?'©" rth-lunctu Uvis it fhould be l^dia. luncus paluftrid 
that by comparingP>3«/«r zAEgineta therewith, who hath and fo hath Hermolam Bar bams alfoobfcrved it. 
Gefner znd Dodonxiu call it luncus grandis Holofchstnos, and Lugdunenfis Holofch£nos Theophrafti/fragus and others 
lunette paluftrid major , and Lobel and others luncus aquations & l£vis maximus : the fecond Bauhinut callcth Iun- 
cus five ScirpHS medius,znd faith it is the fame that Tabermontanus calleth luncus fjlvaticus : the third is the Inn- 
cus vulgaris alter of Tragus, luncus Uvis & vulgaris of Cordus , Dodon£tts and Lobel , and Oxyfchtnos by Angui- 
lara and Lugdunenjis: the fourth Lobel aWeth glomerato fore and luncus (imply by Matthiolus and others, and 
luncus Uvis by Lugdunenfis : the life is Bauhinus his title and fo are the two laft : the Arabians call it T>is, the Ita¬ 
lians Giunco } the Spaniards Iunco } the French lone, the Germanes r Bintz,en i \\\t Dutch Bie/en we Rufhes. 
The Vertues. 
The feede of Rufhes of this foft kind efpecially faith Galen and D iofcor ides faith P liny being drunke in 
wine and water,doth ftay the flux of the belly or Laske and womens Courfcs, when they come downe two abun - 
dantly : it provoketh alfo Vrine; blit it caufeth hcadach : it provoketh fleepc likewife, blit it muft be given with 
caution,leaft it bring a dead fleepe with it: the bottome or tender leaves or part of the Rufhes next to the roote 
being applyed to the bitings of the Phalangium or poyfonous Spider healeth them; the roote faith Plsny boiled 
in water to the thirds helpeth the cough. Pliny maketh mention of an Oleum \mcinum madeofJ««was fweetc 
as that of Roles, but fure it was not made of any of thefe forts of Rufhes but of the I uncus odoratus , Ivveete fmel- 
ii.ng Rufli.G^/itw flieweth excellently the property of the feedes of Rufhes, that it is compounded of an earthly 
eilence lomewhat cold,and a watery fome what hot: fo that by drying the lower parts it doth leafurely fend up 
vapours to the head,whereby fleepe is procured. 
Chap. XXXI. 
luncus after five Actstus. H ard or Sharpe Rufhes. 
F this kinde of Ruflies there are alfo divers forts, fome great, and fome fmall, fome bearing feede 
others barren or bearing none. 
1. luncus acutus vulgaris. Common hard Ruflies. 
Our common Ruflies that ferve to drew the roomes and chambers in houfes, groweth in the fame 
manner that the former fort doth, but that fometimes the ftalkes as it were give Ruflies one from 
out of another, and not all from the roote feperately as others, Jnd are alfo hard and fharper pointed, with little or 
no pith within them, the tufts are fmall,hard,fpread abroad and fliort, that breake out towards the toppes as the 
other forts doe. 
2. Oxyfchanosfive luncus acutus Alpinu. fam ho britanicus. TVelJh hard or fharpe Ruflies, 
The Ruflies of this fort are many about halfc a foote long or more, lomewhat great hard and fharpe pointed, 
from among which rife up naked Ruflies or ftalkes halfe a yard high, and from betweene two fliort leaves brea¬ 
king forth a fparfed pannickle,of fundry fmall chaffie huskes like unto Reed grade, of a brownifh colour: the 
roote is a bufh of bro wnifli hard fibres. 
3. Oxyfch£nos five Iuncus acutus minor . Small hard Ruflies. 
This fmall Rufh groweth very like unto the firft, but with finer fmaller, and as hard Ruflies as the other, the 
tuft or panickle alfo is very like it,but clofer and not fo much fpread open. 
4. luncus maritimus eapitulis Sorghi. Sea hard Ruflies with blackifh round heads of feede. 
This hard Sea Rufh hath fundry skinny browne heads,fet next about the hard long flope.roote which hath ma¬ 
ny fmall fibres under it,outofwhich rife thicke round hard, long and veryfliarpe pointed Rufhes, from among 
which rife other Rufliy ftalkes three cubits high fometimes,bearing at the toppes from betweene two fliort leaves 
a jiumber of blackifh round heades a little pointed^ fometimes but one and fometime twoor tfyee (landing dole 
joyned 
