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Show _ as ST SS ereri Oe + da Be le Lwin Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 6 The Names. Thefirftis calledin Englifh, Corne-graffe. Lobelins calls this,SeeetwmgramenpannicylaWig ciofa latiore : others termeit Gramenfecetale, for thatit vfually groweth among corne; thewhich I : ae . ane notasyetfeene. The fecondis called inEnglith, Reed-graffe :0f Lobelius in Liatine, Gramnen agrorsmlatiore arundinacea, Gr comofapannicula,for that his tuft or pannicles do refemble the Reed ; and Spieawentyagrorumypy reafon ofhis feather-top,whichis eafily fhaken with thewind. + Some in Englift smuch agreeable to the Latine name,call thefe, W indle-ftrawes. NowI take this laft to be the Grafle with which wein Londondoviually adorne our chimneys in Sommer time: and we commonly eall the bundle of it handfomely madevpforour vfe, by the name of Bents. + Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, The Place; ? Names, > Nature, andVertues; The former growes in medowes; and about hedges,and the later is to be found in moft fenny and wateryplaces, and haue their vertues and natures common.with the orher Graffés, for any thing that wee canfinde in writing. The reafon of their names may be gathered out of che defcription. + This which I give youin the fecond place isnot of the fame plane that was figuredin the formeredition 3 for that pidture was ofGramen aguaticum harundinaectimpanniculatim of Taber-tvhichhath a running toot andlarge fpeeious pannicle like to a Reed, ¢alour-Bur it Cs : of a browne ; : fParanc that our Auchou meant this, and framedhis defcription by looking ypon this fizure,efpecially thelater part theréof. The true figure Of this wasin the {econd place in the gext Chapter, @| The Temperature andVertues. Thefe Graffes are thought to agree with commonGrafle,as well in temperature as verti though notvfed in phyficke. Cuap. Cuar. 4. Of Millet Graffe. t Gramen Miliaccum. Je OfDarnell Graffe. t 2 Gramen moans Agquaticums Millet Graffe. @] The Defcription. Great Water-graffe, Arnell Grafle,or Gramen Sorghinumas Lobel hath very properly termed itjhath a brownifh ftalke thicke and knotty, fet with long fharpe leaues like vito. the common Dogs Graffe: at the top whereofgroweth tuft or eare ofa grayith colour,fomwhat like Sorghum, whereofit tooke his name, Bn a Gramen Sorghinum; Darnell Graffe, © a @ The Defcription. a Graffe isbuta flender Graffe, beari ng atuftor eare likevnto tl né com mon Meow-graffe, but confi fting of {mall feed s or chaffie heads like to Millet, Mil whereof it tooke the n: T : ename. The ftalke or leaues do refemble e- Bentnor , wherewith countreypeople do trimmetheir houfes . Orefemble th - 2 The great W ater-graffe in root, leafe, ruft, raffle called in Latine, Gramen fuleatum,or Pidum and reedenftalke dothrvery well refemble the ; and byour Englith\ women, Lady-laces, <aufe it is friptor furrowed with w hite ‘beand greene ftreakes like filke| aces'; but yerditfers from thar;that this 'Water graffe dothget vntoit felfe fome newroots fom t he middle of the toynts,which the other doth nor, ftalksand , + This isalar . ge Grafle hauine al { © aun, § ftalkes = little finger, With the leaues anfiwerable almoft as thickeas ones vnto them and a iMttle rougifh : the tuftis fomewhat Aseed; but lelle; andwhitifycoloured: ¢ any like q rhe t 2 Gramen harundinacenmpannicularkiny WildeReed. 2 WildeReed, or Gramen harundinacenm panniculatum, called alfo Calamogrofta,is far bigget than Couchgraffe,or Dogs graffe,andin ftalkes andleaues more rough, ragged,and cutting .Itis badfoodfor cattell, though they want, or be very hungry , and deadly to Sheepe;becaufé that, as the Husbandman faith,it 1s a caufe of leanneffe in them, thirftand confumptions it cutvetly their A 4 tongue, |