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Show Ofthe Hiftorie- of Plants. 18 Bieis L ' B. 3 " oo re @ The Defcripsion, $-3 GramenCapitulisglobofis. Roundheaded Siluer-grafle. Of diel liftory of Plants: Cua. 15. Of Hairy Wood- Grafe. Edge-hog Grafle hath long ftitfe flagey leaues with diuers ftalkes proceeding {from athicke fpreading root; and at the top of eueryftalke growecertaine roundand pric king knobs fafhionedlike an hedge-hog. + 2 Thefecondis rough and hairie: his rootsdo {pred andcreep vnder the mud and myreas Cyperus doth and at the top oftheftalkes are certaine roundfoft heads, their colour being browne, intermixed with yellow, fo that they lookeprettily when as theyare intheir prime. $3 This Graffe (whofe fi formerlyin the firft place in this C] hath afmalland fibrousroot, from ch rife Jeaneslike thofe of Wheat, but with fome long white hairsvpon them tike thofe q The Defription. t ‘J Airy Wood-graffe hath broad rough leaues fomewhat like the prece lent, f longer, and they proceed froma rhreddy root,which is very thi he aod fill = as the commonGrafle, with {mall ftalke: of thefe ftalkesis dinided into a numberoflittle branc £ ; t ftandeth alittle floure or huske like the top of AliumFr feedis contained when thefloure is fallen. : 2 Cyperus Wood-graffe hath manyfheary manyhairy ftrings or threds :among which there rifeth whofe topsare certaine fcaly and chaffie huskes,o f the catkins or tags which grow on Nut-trees, or A 1 Gramen n hirfut y um nemorof fa ite. F Hairy Wood-graffe. ramen Cyperinum neimoro AWood-graffe, § ofthe laft defcribed:at thetopsofthe ftalks PLTTT a (which are fomefoot orbetter high ) there growtwo or three roundheads confifting of foftand white downie threds. Thefe heads are faid to fhine in the night, and therefore theyinItalycallit (according to Ce/alpix wus) Lucila, quianoctulucet. 4 TothisT mayaddeanothergrowing alfoin Italy, and firft defcribed by Fabius Columua. It hath {mall creeping ioynted roots, out of which come fimall fibres, andleaues little and very narrowatthe firft, bur thofe that arevpontheftalkes are as long againe, incompafiing theftalks, as in Wheat,Dogs-graffe, and the like, Thefe leaues are crefted all along, anda little forked at theend: the ftrawor ftalke is very flender, at the top whereofgrowesa fharpeprickly round head, muchafter the mannerof thelaff defcribed + each ofthe feed-veffels whereofthis head confifts ends ina pricklydtalke hauing fiue or feuen points, whereofthe vppermoft that is in the middle is the longeft. Thefeedthat is containedin thefeprickly veffels is little and tranfparent, like in colour to that 6f Cow-wheat. The floures (as in others of this kinde) hang trembling vponyellowish {mall threds. + @ The Place andTime, 1 r 2 They gtowinwatery miedows andfields, as you mayfee in Saint Georges fieldsand <e places. pl fuchlike 3 4 Boththefe growin diuers mountainous places of Italy; theJater whetcof floures in May. \ q The Names. The firft is called Hedgehog Graffe » and in Latine,Gramen Echinatum,by veafonof thofe pric- , kles which are like vVatoa hedge-hog. The fecond hairy Gaffeis called Gramenexile hirfutum Cyperoides, becaule it is fmall and little; and roughor hairy like a Goat : and Cyperoides, becaufe his toots do{pr ag and creepe like the 7 peruse i ; $3 Thisby Anguillarais thought tobeCombretiim of Pliny,itis Gram. lacidum ofTabernamon- tanus » and Gramen hir{utum capitulo zlobofo, of Bauhine, Pin.pac.7. 4. , Fabius Columnacallsthis, Gramen montanum Echinatumtribs capitatum and Barhine nasmethit, Gramen (pica fubrotundaechinata, VVee maycall it in F iglifh , Round’ headed Caltrop: f c Graffe. Their time is commonwiththe reft, G Their Nature and V ertues: ; q TheVertues. 3 Theheadeof this (whichhII haue thought goodto cal I Siluet-grafle) is Re very goodto be applied to greene wounds,andeffe@uall to {tay bleedingCe/alp. + dl name and + Iris cuii Y the like the fecond, whieh figure and defer G] The Place,Time, and Names. Thefe two grow inwoodsor fhadowie places, and may in Englith be ¢alled VWWood-grafles, o— There is ins notkhing to be 31 faidof ao nature: and lertiie > their } vertues, being as vnknown e as moft of° the fore ption,that our Authot meant this whichwe ipty you in the firft place ; yet his foure was of + Graffe fomwhat on you may findehere expreft in the third heregiue place.place. aie SHSM age San Chap. B23 Cua? |