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Show Peoe AS calcsaieiilAGLeel Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 8 $ 3 Gramenarandinaceam minus. Theleffer Reed-Grafle. Lust tongue, ftraitneththe gullet or throat,and draw. eth downe'bloudvinto the ftomackeor maw ; whereofenfueth inflammation, and death for the moft part.» And nor onelythis Calamogro/?is is hurtfull, buval{oall other kindes of the leaued reeds; flagges, fedgeyorthe like) whic haueas itwere edges .and cut on botlfides like Lr. Of the Hiftorie of Plants: acmeeeepmenneaiges 2 Gramen pannicalatum elecafis, Ferne-graffe. + x Gramen tomentofum arundinactwm, Feather-top, or Woolly Reed-graffe, kniues as well mens fingéts,as cattels mouthes. This herbe is ina meane berweenrced¢ The toot is white, creeping downwa deepe. The fpike oreare is likevn being foft and cortony, fomewhat refes Pannicke. $° 3. This in root,ftalkes,ahd leaues is like to the laft defcribed , but that they are leffer : the top orheadis a long fingle {pikeor eare,not feucred or parted into many eares like the top ofthe precedent, and by this and the magni tude it maychiefely bediftinguithed from it. This was in the twelfth place inthe fixteenth chapter, vnder the title ofGramen barundin, ne winus and the Calamoeroftis but now deferi bed, was alfo thereapaine in the eleuenth place. + q The Place. The firft growes in fields and orchards almoft euery where ; theother gtow in fenny waterifh places, 2 @ The Names. This in Lincolnethire is called Sheere: grafle,or Henne: in othet parts of England,wild ; Reed : in Latine, Calamogroftis «out of the Greekte, wieuneta. As fortheir natures and vertues we doe not finde any great v{e of them worth thefetting downe. 3 Gramenfiluaticum majus, ? T The figure thar wasin the (econdplace was of Gramen mains aquaticum, being the fecond ofthe precedent Ch: > apter, The'trtie gure of this was ndev the title ofGramen harimdinaceum mains. The third being therealfo, as I ckhaue touched in the defeription. SUIS OF tAIS Was page 21. nde: 7 The greater Wood-graffe. ’ benty ftalkes, naked and without leaues or blades like the former, bearing at the top a foft {pikie tuft or eare much like vntoa Fox-taile, ofa brownifh colour, £ 4 This in leaves, ftalks,roots, manner and place of growing is like the laft defcribed : the Cap, - onely difference betweene them is, That this hath muchleffe, yet fharper or rougher eares or tufts. Of Feather-top, Ferne, and Wood-graffe. Thefigure and defcription of this was formerly giuen by our Authorih the fixteenth chapter, and @ The Defcription. iy ce o you. ¢ giuc is might mighrfi tly bau haue Peenc beene putput toto thofe "B fitly thof ioneded in in the the foreg foresoing « ntion oing chapte r, but that our Author determined ir for this, as may appeare by the mention made of itinthe names, as alfo bythe defcri ption hereof, framed from the fisurewehere e here This. Graffe is garnihofhedgeae with chaffieand downie: tufts, fer vponalong gurew benty ftalke ao wg aorted eras Cc 1S sa a :and Nara. ninth place, vnderthetitle of Gramen fyluaticum minus. But becaufe the difference between thelaft defcribed andthis is fo fmall, we haue {pared the figure,to make roome for others more different and note-worthy, blades or leaues,for the moft part, His he top is common. ry ofa red or Of murre mur y colour 10uf, 5 andand | The Time andPlace. the leaues aues foft {6 : $2 ae whofe figurewas formerly by verie much different fromir,is avery ptetty our Author giuen for the Jafe defcribed ed, though and elegant grafle : iit inroots and| eaules is not vnlike to the vfuall medow Graffe the Ralke tifeth to the he ight ofa\foot, and.at the topthereofit bea. reth a beautifull pannicle, (whence the French an d Spanith Nations call it Amourettesthat isthe Louely Graff.) This headconfifts efma nylittle earés, thaped much like thot Quaking Grafle, longer andflatter of theordinarie , beits compofed ofmore {eales , fo that each of them fomewhat tefembles the leafe ofa’ {mall Perne;whenceI haue called it Perne -Grafle:Théfe top sili they are tipe are White, and areg atheredwhere they grow natur ally to beauti GE palin 62 ; 3. W ood-graffe hath many {mall ss and threddy roots, compag together'i n manner ober tuft; tom which {pring lmmediatelyout of the earth many grafly leaues,among the wl lich are fiitid fundrie rie benty 1 This kinde of Graffe growesin fertil fields and paftures. 2..The fecond growes in diuers places_of Spaineand France, The other two grow in Woods, © The Names, 1 Lobelids it Latine calls this Gramentomento- fom & Acerofum. Some have taken it forthe ex cond kiade of Calamograftis ;but molt commonly eee ce eae eT it |