I BE 1^. 
The Theater of Tlants. 
Chaf,28. 1205; 
\n°Fn <: Jliru\fv re ” C ^\^*^ C rf C l ,in .' The Germans Narrtnkolber.. The Dutch Lifch deden and ‘Ponfen. And we 
minht firlv hr'r'l^i > T CeS i, Calt ! l raile ' ,nd Rcedc Mace by others: 6nt in being betweene a Rufh andaRecde.it 
5 > lied Torch rufh, or Torch reede: Some alio call this as wellas the next, by the name of Sedge. 
,J ,. , . f r I The Virtues. , 
heinn mwir S !I n ' Uc l 3 pr .°P crt y hereunto, that the pouther fbouldhelpe children when they arc burden, 
r Wltfl ® etol ?y. a " d the rootes of GladieU and Horfe-tongue, but others doe utterly conteft againft i c , 
and miv-j ,nw " dly b ^oo dangerous,in that it would rather ftrangle then helpe them.for it is ulually known 
™iT? d , asabjltet0 Mice. Diofcerides one ly faith that thefiocky fublf ance mixed with Axuneia, IS g 00 d 
• . r"!?®U ltl j^ c,d ' 5 y good Authors to be ufedin the place of the true Paper reede.for thofeufesitisan- 
lno„»c u lcdoch, "° d eratdy clenfeand dry, and being applyedto the bleeding places ftancheth blood. The 
let cot are ulually kept to make Mats.and (or childrens chaires.and many other the likeufes. 
Chap. XXXVIII. 
Spargamum. The Butre Reede. 
9 F this kinde of Reede I have foure forts to (hew you, two whereof are generally remembred by 
a molt Writers, a third as the lead of them all,is mentioned by Buubinm • but we have a fourth lore 
■ lately brought from Virginia. 
1. Spargamumramofum. Branched BnrreReede. 
_ This branched Recdehathlarger,broader,androugherlcavesthenthofeoftbeReedemace. yen 
three fejuare as it werelikethem.and fharpe.bothat theedges and points, among which rifeth a rough totind 
ftalke two foote high, with the like buc leffer leaves on them, dividing it lelfe toward the toppe into fundry 
branches, bearing on them divers fmall greene burres, which are not rough at the firlf, bnt growing ripe are 
hard and prickly, fomewhac rcfembling the rough burres of Flatanns ,the Plane tree,with a icafe at the joync up 
to the toppe, the roote bulheth into meny (Rings and fibres. * 1 2 3 ' ^ 
2. Sparganihm nonramojutn. Vnbranched Burre Reede. 
This otberburre Reede growetbupinthelike manner, with leaves fomewhetbroader then the former, anda 
Gngle lower (hike,not brannhed at all, but bearing the like balles or burres, but fomewhat (efter and not fo'pr ick- 
lywith a leafe at every one of them likewife: the roote alio is like the other. 
3. Spargattium mimif.um. The lead Burre Reode. 
This fmall Burre reede hath a (talke about two inches high, rifing from a fmall roote, compofed of a few long 
1 * sparganium ramofnia. 
Branched Burre Reede. 
1. a. SparganHtm mufui ramofm, C<r nnn ramo/iim. 
Branched and Vnbranched Burre Reede. 
