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Show ‘trum Botanicum. Botanicom, == Tbeatrum Cuar.4l. Tipery . Gramen aquaticum [picatum, Spiked Water Grafle. : The Water {piked Graffe hath fandry weake {talkes,leaning every way, full of joynts which are fomewhat knobbyor round, taking roote againe in divers places, having long and narrow Icayes upon them, which lye flo ting Upon and under che Water, thar part that groweth up hath fome leaves likewife thereon, anda long flender Tita ‘id, The £heater of ‘Plants. 1, Gramen Caninum gentculatiimmaritinnm (picaten, Sebtjaked Dogs graffe or Quich graffe, Cua P.42, 3- Gramen Caninum wiaritinum alterum longius radicatam, SeaDogs gralle wish longer tootcs, browne {piked head at the toppe,the roore bufheth thicke inthe mudde with many ftrings and fibres thereat, 8. Gramen fluviatile, FloteGrafie, g The Flote graffe groweth in the very like manner to the laft,with leaning ftalkes, and rooting at the joynts, bur hach moreftoreofleaves on them,the toppes being futnifhed with fandry fpiked heads, two orthree rogetherat a joynt upwards. 9. Gramenaquaticum alterum. Another Water or Burre Graffe. The leaves of this Graffe are long {mooth and tender, among which rifeth up a ftalke about halfea yard high, witha few leaves fet thercon,and at the toppe a many {mall rough heads like burres, 10. Gramen Fiuviatile cornutem. Horned Flote grafle. This ftrangeGraffe hath a veryflenderftalke about two foote high, joynted at findry places, and twofmall Rufhy leavesfor the moft parc fet at each of them,growing fomewhat broad, and compaffing it at the bottome witha large skinne, from whence alfo rife one or twoftalkes ending ina skinny head, which hath atthe end of them three or foue very marrowleaves,turning downewards, and feeming like hornes: the rooteis {mall and threddy, : : 11. Gramen bulbofum aquaticum, The Waterbulbed Graffe. This Graffe hath an ovall bulbed roote {potted with yellow markes, and white within, not having any fent or talte, from whencefpringeth up betweene two cares as it were,a {mall ftalke about two inches long, with another longer pecce thereon, at the roppe whereof thrufteth forth divers fibres, and from them divers long and broad leaves: but what ftalke or howerit bore,we are yct to learne,being thus much onely broughcand thereby defctibed, The Place and Time, The two firftdoe g owin ponds and lakes, in fundry places, as well of this Land as of others: The thitd in thé wateryplacesabout Padoaandin Haffiaalfo. The fourth inthe waters about Michelfield by Baffill Thefitth fixth,feventh, eighth and ninth,in watery ditches and ponds in divers parts oftheland. The laft in che Lakes neere Mompelier,and doeall flowr:th in the Summer time. The Names. The firft is the Gramen aquaticum harundinacenm paniculatum of Tabermontanus. The fecond the Gramen majus aquaticums of Lobel, The third and fourth are called by Bawhinys Gramen paluftre,o-c. but Ihave fet them both anderthetitle of eqsaticum. The fifth and fixth are not mentioned by any before, The feventh is fo called by Lobe/as it isin the title. The next heecalleth Gramen angis innatans. The ninth is called by Lobel Gramen aqnaticum alterum, Thelalt is fo called by Bashinue asit isin the title. The Vertnes. : Molt ofthefe Gralles will Horfes éate of, alchongh we know notany ufe they have for any humanegriefe. Cuar. XLI Lythoxylogfive lignan lapideum. Stone Wool. ET me yet addethis Wood made Stone,in the end of thefe frefh Waterplants, fecing diverfe waters in this Kingdome as wellas others have that pro7 perty, that what wood foever greater or leffer, wrought orunwrought, by letting it abide inthe water, inthe Sommertime or Spring, for fome time, according as tre thickneffe will give time to penetrate it, the branches of trees and greene herbes, yea leather gloves, and many other have beene metamorphofed into {tone, keéping that forme itheld before ic was put in, by the chilling quality of the water, SSS SS Lythoxylon five lignum Lapideum. Stone wood,or Wood made Stone. Cwar. XLII. Gramina maritima. Sea Grafies. Sj Hc Sea Graffes as I faid before,are fitteft co be joyned next unto thé former WaterGrafles, that after y the(e I may thew youthereft of the plants that grow in or neere the Sea, or withinthe aire or breath Re ; thereof, which are properly called Maritimeplants, : : (EZ NATE Keg 1. Gramen Caninum geniculatum maritimumfpicatam. Sea {piked Dogs praffe or Quich graffe. = This Sea Graffe hath divers joyntedftalkes about a foote high, with hard leaves thereon, a a long,and like theother quich graffe,the fpiked heads are fhorter by much andharder then the common kinde + the rooteis full ofjoynts and creepeth under groundlikeit, 2, Gramen §- Gramcn Caninum mavitimum a{perum. Rough Sea Grafle. 1497 |