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Show iH Hi | i I “1200 Theatrum Botanicum, Cuar.36, Trise 1}, Lobel calleth Spartums noftras alternnsand Baubinus, Gramen Spaytenm fpicatum latifolium, TRibEI3. The fifth is the Spare 7.8. Equifetams Tuaceum five nudum @ ramofua, §. Eqvifetum oraniams minus tenwifoliune Thefmalleft and fineft leafed Herfe taile. tum noftras parviem ok Lobel and Ihave added Aglicwm toit inthe title,being to be found with its as well as with them, Bashinus calleth it Gramen Sparteum Inncifeliem, The fixth isthe Gramen Sparteum Adonfpelicnfe of Bankésns, butit being fent to Doctor Lobe/ from thence was namnedasitis inthe title, which is not much differing, Cuar, 36. ., 1201 The Theater ofPlants. Naked and btanched Ruth Horfe taile, The feventh was found in our owne Land, andfor the {mallneffe called minitmum, The twolalt are called by Ban hinas, Gramen Sparteum,with the reft oftheir titles as [here fetthem. The Iralians,and Spaniards, call ii Sparto, andthe fecond fort A/bardi, The Dutch Halm. And we in Englifh, Helme, and Matweede, butthe peopleall along the Coatts of Norfolke and Swffolke,call it Marram,and maybecalled Sea Ruthes as well. The Vertues, We know of no ufethefe have in Phyficke : but are employed wholly by the Spawiards,in all the places where it groweth (I meane the Spanifh kinde) not onely for Mats, {mall and great, for Chambers, frailes, and baskets fowed with the fame ftuffc together,or for Bootes, Shooes, Coates, Rapes or Cords,and manyotherfuch likentes: but the fecondin being fefter, and notfit for fuch purpofes, are nfed to fill facke:to ferve them for beds, as we doe with fraw tolyeupon, our Seakindes areufed by diverfe, both withus and in the Low Countries for Mats, Haffockes,and diverfe other fuch like meane workes very ferviceable. Cuar. XXXVI. Equifetum, orletaile or rough joynted Ruthes. 1S-a Complementto finifh this hiftory of Rufhes, let me joyne this unto them, forfo I thinkthey # may very well be,both for cheir forme, althoughdiff-ring in roughnefle, joynts, and pofture of \ leaves,as placeof growing,wherof there are many forts, both of che moorifh and V pland grounds, A\BR as (hall be fhewed. = 1. Eqnifetum majus palaftre. The greater Marfh Horfetaile. The greater Horfetaile that groweth in wet grounds, at the firlt {pringing hath heads fomewhatlike to thofe of Afparagus,and after grow tobe hard rongh,hollow ftalkes, joynted at fundry places up to thetoppe,a footehigh, {omadeas ifthe lower patt were put into the upper,whereat grow oneachfide a buth of {mall long Rufh like hard leaves,each part refembling a Horfetaile, whereofit came to befocalled, at the roppes ofthe ftalkes comeforth {mall catkins like unto thofe of trees: the roote creepeth under ground having joynts at fundryplaces. = . 2. Equifetnm paluftre Linarie {coparia folio. Broad leafed Horfetaile, me The rooteofthis Horfetaile creepeth,andis joynted like the former, theftalkes likewife area cubit high, hol3. Equifetum majus palufrre. ae Marth Horfetaile. P The greater ANY 324. Equifetumpaluftre minus @ alterum brevioribus folijs. Small Marth Horfetaile.and Barren Horfetaile. lowand joynted in the fame manner, fet with leaves after the 10, Equifetum feridum fub aqaa repens. Stinking Horferaile, fame fafhion but that they are broader then-.thofe of Tode Flax,and like almoft unto thofe of Broome Tode Flax, greene rough, long, and eafie to breake, whatjule or catkinsit beareth hath not beene obferved. , 3+ Equiferum paluftre minus. Small Marth Horfe taile, NYDEA EW\Q\ Z Zz WG WY Joe S This fmaller Horfe taile differeth not in the manner of growing fromthe former; the chiefett difference refteth in that it is imaller, and the leaves orbriftles asfome call them fewer and fhorter that are fer at the joynts, 4. Equifetnm alterum brevioribus folys. Barren Marfh Horfetaile. ' ? Thisother {mall Horfe taile diftereth litle from thelaft, {a> ving that this is often found notto beareany feede as the others 4, doc,and yet Bahinus calleth it Poly/permon,as being plentifull in{bearing {cede at'the joynts at {ome times and in fomeplaces. YY 5- Equifetum omnium minus tenuifolinm, The fmalleft and fineft leafed Horfé taile. This Horfe tailerhat for the {malneffe and fineneffe of the leaves growing inthe lower wet groundsin the woods about Highgate not farrefrom London, defervethalfoto be numbred with the reft,growing in the fame manner that the others doe, & differing onely in the forenamed parts. This feemethto differ We fromthat which with Baxhinus in his Prodremus isthe third calling ic Equifetnm paluftre tenuiffimus ch longiffimis folys, onely in growing higher and the leaves {omewhat longer. 6. Equifetum minus poly/tachion, Many headed Horferaile. _ Inthe joynted andrunning roores,in the joyntedftalkes and in the catkins chaticbeareth at the roppes, this Herfetaile differeth not from the former {mall ones: butin this,that at the joynts it beareth thréeor foure fine {mall talkes with a {mall clofe fpiked catkin on the toppes of them, anda greater atthe head ofthe maineftalkes, more loofely fet of more opening then thereft bloomingvery pale bluth flowers. 7+ Equifetnm Ianceum five nudum, Ruth or naked Horfetaile: i _The ruth Horfe taile growethup with fundry joynted rough Rufhes abont a footé high or moré fometimes} withoug any leayesat the joynts,and herebyitis knowne from all the reft,and is more ufed byfandry workemen-! ~ KKkKKk 3 to |