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Show _ 99m 2 | Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lise 1 Small medow Graffediffereth fromthe formerin varietic of the foile ; foras the firft kind. 2 groweth in medowes,fo doththis fmall graffeclothe the hilly and moredry grounds vntilled,and barren by natute , a Graffe morefit for fheepe thanfor greater cattell. Andbecaufethekindes of Graffe dodiffer apparantly inroot, tuft, ftalke, leafe, fheath,eare,or creft,we may aflure our felues that theyare endowed withfeuerall vertues, formed by the Creatorfor the vfe of man, although they haue been by a commonnegligence hidden and vnknowne. And therefore in this our Labor we haue placedcach ofthem in their feuera!l bed,where the diligent fearcher of Nature may,iffo he pleafe, place his learned obferuations. I Gramenpratenfe. (i % Gramen pratenfe minus, MedowGraffe. Small Medow-eraffe, Lise. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. q TheVertues. ; The decodtion of Graffe withthe roots ofParfley drunke;helpeth thediflurie, and prouoketh vrine. Theroots of Graffe, according to Galen, doe glew and confolidate together new and bleeding wounds. The inyce of Graffe mixed with honey and the pouder of Sothernwdod taken in drinke, killeth wormesin children, butif the childe be young, or tender of nature, it {hall fuffice! to mixe the iuyce of Grafle; and the gall ofan Oxeor Bull togethei, and. therewith anoint the childes belly, and fay a clout wet therein vpon the nauell, Fernelivs faith, that grafle doth helpe the ob{truétionsoftheliuer, teines and kidnies and the inflammationoftheraines called Nephritis. Hay fodden in watertill itbe tender, and applied hot to the chaps of beafts that be chap-fals E len, through long ftandingin pound orftable without meate,isa prefent remedie, Curar.2 Of Red Dwarfe-Graffe. @ The Defiription, Warfe Grafle is orie ofthe leaft of Grafles. The root confifts of many little bulbes, couered with a reddifh filmeor skinne,with very many {malhairyand white ftrings: the tuft or eare is ofa teddith colour, and not muchdifferingfrom the graffe called Ifchamon, thoughthe eare be fofter,broader,and more beautifull. & % Gramen minimum rabram, fine ; Xerampelinum. Red Dwarfe-graffe, 2 Gramen minimum album) White Dwarfe-grafle, CTT @ The Place: Common Medow-graffe groweth ofit felfe vnfet or vnfowen,euery where.but the {mall medow grafle for the moft part groweth vpondry and barren grounds, as partly wee haue touched in the defcription. ; q The Time. Conectning the time when Graffe fpringeth andfeedeth, I fuppofethere isnone fo fimple but knoweth it, andthat it continueth al! the whole yeare, feeding in June and Iuly. Neither heedeths : . it any rnNTrOnac 5 7 propagationY' or nereplanting =a byfeed or otherwife ; no noterfo much ;as the watery Graffes = but that they recouer them{elues againe,although they haue beene drowned in water all the Winter long, as may appeare in thewilde fennes in Lincolnfhire and fuch like places. @ The Names. Grafle is called in Greeke > “mane in Latine, Gramen, as it is thought, 4 gradiendoguod ceniculat is ; sods cotanty nines f ghar ferpa broquenonas {pareeat at radices for it rad . : for it groweth, 2 : soeth, orfpreadeth or Soeth, {preadeth it it {elfe felfe vnfer vnfer or oo aly ouerall ficldg a ounds, cloathing them with a faire and perfe&ereene. It § yearely MOwed, in {ome sdlebchese cisha Seplaces aiatwice ome ansand infomerare rare places places thrice ice ; thenis “nis it j dried andwitheSel oad wit 5 1a tthe < Saatae Rectomaiad att. n Ofte ten 1, turning ft ;: and then nh isis itcalled lled Fenum, Fe fu nefcio anaa fenore sngith, Way sin French, Leherbe du praix, ; _ @ The Nature, E Theroots and feeds Graff eare Teofane are of oFmore more vie viejin “ficke tha theehe herbe, and are accounted of all Writers moderat Cry T@Open obitructions,and phyficke than prouoke vrine, t 2 Thiskinde of Graffe hath fmal! hairy roots ; the leaues are {mall and thort, as alfo the ftalke, whichonthe topthereofbeares a pannicle not much ynlike the {mall medow Grafle , but leffe : the colour thereof is fometimes white, and otherwhiles teddith ; whence fome haueé gitten twofigures,whichI thinking needleffe, haue onely retained the later,and for the former giuen the figure ofanother Graffe, intended by our Author to be comprehended in this Chapter. sian A 2 3 9m |
