127 ° Chap. 41 . Iheatrum iSotanicum. Thief 14 * 
7. Gramen acjuaticum (picatum. Spiked Water Grade. 
The Wate* (piked Grade hath fundry weake ftalkes,leaning every way, full of joynts which arefomewhac 
knobby or rou,,d, raking rooteagaine in divers piaces.having long and narrow leaves upon them, which lye fio- 
ting upon and under the Water, that part that groweth up hath lome leaves like wife thereon, and a long (lender 
browne fpdted head at the toppe,the roote buflteth thicke in the mudde with many firings and fibres therear. 
S. Gramen jluviatile. 1 letc Grade. 
The Tlote grade groweth in the very like manner to the lad, with leaning (hikes, and rooting at the joynts, but 
hath more (lore of leaves on them,the toppes being furnifhed with iundry fpiked heads, two or three togcch'cr at 
a joynt upwards. 
$>. Cjr.tmtn acjuaticum alterum. Another Water or Burre Graffe. 
The leaves of this Graffe arelong fmooth and tender, among which rifeth up a ftalke about halfeayardhhh, 
with a few leaves fee thereon,and at the toppea many (mall rough heads like burres. 
10. Gramm Fluviatilccornutum. Horned Flote graffe. 
This (Irange Graffe hath a very (lender llalke about two foote high, joynted at fundry places, and tvvofmall 
Rnfhy leaves for the mofl part (et at each of them,growing fomewhat broad, and compaffing it at the bottome 
with a large skinne, from whence alfo rife one or two ftalkes ending in a skinny head, which hath at the end of 
them three or touie very narrow leaves.turningdownewards, and feeming like homes; the roote is fmall and 
threddy. 
It. Cjramen bulbofttm acjuaticum, The Waterbulbed Graffe. 
This Graffe hath an ovall bulbed roote fpotted with yellow markes, and white within,not having any fent or 
tartc, fromwhencefpringethupbetwcenetwoearesasit were,a fmall llalke about two inches long, with ano¬ 
ther longer peece thereon, at the toppe whereof thrudeth forth divers fibres, and from them divers'fong and 
broad leaves: but whatdalkeor dower it bore,we are yet to learne,being thus muchoncly brought and thereby 
deferibed. 
The Place and Time, 
The two firfldoe g ow in ponds md lakes, in fundry places, as well of this Land as of others.- The third in the 
watery places about Padoa and in Haflia alfo. The fourth in the waters about Michelfield by "Bajpll, The filth 
fixth,fcventh, eighth and ninth,in watery ditches and ponds in divers parts of the land. The lad in the Lakes 
necre Mompelierjini doe all flour fn in the Summertime. 
The Names . 
The fird is the gramen acjuaticum harundinaceum paniculatum of Tabcrmontanw. The fecond the Gramen 
majiu iicjn.it cum of Lobel, The third and fourth are called by Bauhintu Gramen p,iluJlre,o-c. but I have ftt them 
both under the title of acjuaticum. The fifth and lixih are not mentioned by any before. The feventh is localled 
by Lobe lit it is in the title. The next hcecalleth Gramen auejie innatam. The ninth is called by Lohel Gramm 
acjuaticum alteram. The lad is fo called by Bauhinw as it is in the title. 
TheVertaes, 
Mod ofihefe Grades will Hrrfes eate of, although we know not any ufe they have for any humane griefc. 
Chap. X L I. 
Lyihoxj Ion five lignum Lapideum. 
Stone wood,or Wood made Stone. 
E T me yet addethis Wood made Stone,in the end 
ofthele trelh Water plants, feeing diverfe waters 
in this Kingdome as well as others have that pro¬ 
perty, that what wood foever greater or lt-ffer, 
wrought or unwrought, by letting it abide in the 
water, in the Sommer time or Spring, for fome 
time, according as t e thickneffe will give time to penetrate 
ir, the branches of trees and greene herbes,yea leather gloves, 
a -d many other have beenc metamorphofed into done, kee¬ 
ping that forme it held before it was put in, by the chilling 
quality of the water. 
Ljthoxylertfive lignum lapideum. Scone WooJ. 
Chap. X L 11 . 
Gramma maritima. Sea Grades. 
He Sea Grades as I faid before.are fitted to be joyned next unto tTie former Water Grades, that after 
thelc I may diew you the red of the plants that grow in or neere the Sea, or within the aire or breath 
thereof, which are properly called Maritime plants. 
I. Gramen Car.inumgeniculatum marittmum[picatum. Sea fpiked Dogs graffe or Quich graffe. 
This Sea Graffe hath divers joynted dalkes about a foote high, with hard leaves thereon, a fpsune 
long,and like the other quich graffe,the fpiked heads are (liorter by much ar.d harder then the common kinde : the 
roote is full of joynts and ere epeth underground like it, 
a. Gramen 
