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Show Lipit. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 28 + 3. This groweth plentifully in moft parts of Spaine and France ; andit is probable, $ 3 Gramen dattiloides radice repente. i Cocks-foot Graffewith creeping OF the Hiftory of Plants. Lis... $ 1 Gramen Cyperoides aneuftifolium maj us. Great narrow leaued Cyperus Grafle. that this wasthe graffe that our Author found neere Greenhithein Kent. gq The Names. 1 The Germanes call it HimelBau ¢ That is to fay,Cali ros ;whereupon itwascalled Gramen Manne : itfeemeth tobe Mily [ylueftris (pu- \] Yi) rium quoddamgenus, a certaine wilde or bafta rd kinde of Millet. Leonicenus and Ruellivs name it Capriola, and Sanguinaria : fome would haue itto be Gramen aculeatum Pling but be caufe the defcription thereof is very fhort, nothing can be certainly affirmed. But theyarefar deceiued who thinke it be Coronopus , as {omevery learned haue fet downe: buteuery onein thefe dayesis able to controll that ertour. Lobel calNeth it Gramen Manneefculentum, for that in Germany and other parts, as BohemiaandIta- ly, they vfe to eate the fame as a kind of breadcotne, and alfo make pottage therewith as wee do with Otemeale ; for the which purpofeit is there fowenas Corne, and fent into the Lowcountrics,and there fold by the pound. In En- glifh it may becalled Manna-graffe, or Dewgraffe ; burmorefitly Rice-graffe. 2 This isiudged tobe I/chemonof Pliny ; and Gali crus ofApuleius. @ The Nature. Thefe Graffesare aftringentand drying , in tafte fwect like the common Dogs-graffe. q Thevertues. Apuleius faith, ifa plaifter be made of this Graffe, Hogs sreafe, and leuen of houfehold : ie ' j bread, it cureth the biting ofmad dogs. As inthe defcription I told you,this plant in his tuft or eare is diuided into fundrybranches, fometuftintothree, fome foure,and fome fiue clouen parts like Cocks toes, Apuleius reporteth If ye take that eare which is diuided onely into three parts,it wonderful ly helpeth the running or dropping of the eyes, and thofe that hat beginto be bleare eyed, » beingbeing bound bound about ab the he necke,and nécke,and ftfo vied for certaine dayes together, it turneth the humors away from theweake part n a Graffe, + Manna € or Rice-graffe is {aid tobe ver y good d tobe put into i tefl pulteffe i hardfwellings in womensbrefts. e : ee I cS! oSis ver i _ defetibed : the 3 {quare ftalke alfo is fome two cubits high , bearing at the top difperfedly round{caly heads fomewhat like thofe of the wood Rufh-graffe : the leaues are fomewhat fharpe and triangular like thofe ofthe other Cyperus. 4 This Cyperus hath creeping blacke roots, hauing here andthere knotty tuberous heads for the moft part, putting vp leaues like thofe of rhe laft defcribed, as alfoa ftalke bearing at the top long chafty eares like to fome others of this kinde, 5 + Cuar.21, Of diners Gperus Graffes. @ The Defcription. any This Cyperus Graffe hath pretty thicke fibrous and blacke roots, from whence arifeth a ftalke fome cubit high, pretty ftiffe, triangular, ioynted,fet at each ioynt with a large ‘greene leafewhich at Hefirf a t ofthef e e hath reafon “ aable ftrong rong fi fibrous roots, from whence rife ife ftiffe iff long ae = ike thofe of other Cyperus Grafle s : the ftalkes alfo (as it is Proper to all the plants of this kindred) are three Tquare, bearing at their tops a f fomethr brownith hear earcs foft: aoeee and chaffie Wee as Gineoch ie like li the reft ofthi ercde this kinde, kinde and {tanding andi vptight, i and not 2 This hathpretty thicke creeping b] acke roots, fromwhence arife three fquar e ftalkes fet with leaues fhorter , jyet broader ‘thanth ofe of the laft deferibed, andfrom the top ofthe ftalke comeforth threeor foure foot-ftalkes, whereupon doeh, ang longith roughfealy and yello with heads, 3 Theroots ofthis are b] acke, without {mell , and fomewhatlarger than thofe of the lat defcribed : the bottome incompaffes the ftalke,which is omitted inthe figure. Atthetopof the ftalke, as in the true Cyperus, come forth two or three prettylarge leaues, betweene whichrife vp many fmall foot-ftalkes very muchbranched, and bearing many blacke feeds fomewhatlike Millet or rufhes. a The Place and Time. : e All thefe grow in ditches and wateti places, |