3 Q02 Cha p. 31, Tbeatrum Botanicum. _ Trib e 13. 
to fmooth and polifh their workes of wood and bone then any other: the roote is j'oynted hkewtfe and 
creepeth. . 
8. Equifctumlr.r.c'umTt0ofHm. Branched Rufh Horfe taile. 
This differcth onely from the laft.in growing with many ftalkes from the toppe of one, that firft rifeth out of 
the ground,and that many of thofe ftalkes doc branch themfelves forth into others, all of them full of joynts and 
without leaves. 
9, Etjuifttttm nudum minw variegation. Small patty coloured Horfe taile. 
From a lmallblackiih creeping roote fpring up fundry fmall hollow pale greene ftalkes of a foote and fome 
much Idle bigh,fullof j'oynts,the lower j'oynts whereof are blackifhand the upper whitifh without leaves (ytt 
is moftlikely to bee the fame M r . Ichnfen in his Gerard faith hec found with fmall leaves, and calleth Horfe 
taileCoralline, howloever this may fometimesFeme to dififerboth from Qtfr.tr his) atthe toppe where¬ 
of ftandeth afinallihorc head, fomewhat like a fmall catkin, the crowne w hereof being white hath eight or ten 
very fmall fliarpe pointed leaves under it,which being troden on will cracke and make a noyfe. 
to. Equif'tumfatidumfabaquarepens. StinkingHorfetaile. 
The (linking Horfe taile groweth up both in and out of the water, with fundry branched ftalkes, but ftriped 
athwart,and fet with (hort leaves at every joynt, having divers lmallthreds growing at (paces on them,greene 
while it is in the water, bnt taken forth and dryed it becommeth gray and brittle, eafie to be rubbed into pontber 
with ones fingers,and falling alfo into pouther of it felfe by lying,and fmelling fomewhat like unto Brimftonc: it 
growethnot onel in the ditches of the bathes of adpouiMneare Parian but in Lufcrncm&'Bajfill alfo. And thefe 
bethe fortsof Horfetaile that delight to grow in waters and wet grounds onely, ard are nor to bcfoundelfc- 
where. There are fame other forts that are fometimes found growing although leldome as well in the lower 
wet grounds as in the uplands, which for their double habitations I thought good to feperate by themfelves, and 
fpeake of them in the laft place. 
11. Ecjuifetum pratenfe ma’jM, The great Medow Horfe taile. 
For the forme and manner ofgrowing this differcth not frotrffhe former tut in growing greater and bulbing 
with more (lore,and longer leaves then any at the joynts, each’tetfe being alfo j’oyutcd with little, featfe difetr- 
nable j'oynts. ■ 
12. EquifetHmarrjenfelonpioributfctis. Corne Horfe taile. 
ThisCorne Horfe tailegroweth very like the lift, but greater in bulke although folnewhatfhorterin leaves, 
and not joynted at all that ever I could obferve, yet I have feeneitin Kent and other places growing in the bor¬ 
ders of the Corne fields,and often ploughed up when they fallow their grounds, fo great,that a ftalke hath beene 
like a fmall hufh. 
13 , Eqnifctirm 
