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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Liex 1. Liset Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 3 Phalarispratenjis altera. Pearle Grafle. Cuar.64. Of (Canaryfeed, or Pety Panicke. t Phalaris. Quaking Phalaris groweth in fertile pafure 3 Thisgrowes naturally in fome parts of Sp and it is fowen yearely in many of our London Gare dens, | Thetime. 2 Phalarispratenfis. Canarie feed. 2 in dry medowes. 13. Quaking grafle, Thefe Canarie feeds are fowen in May,andare ripe in Auguft. | The names, 1 Canary feed, or Canarie corne is called of the Grecians, ower: the Latines retaining the fame name Phalaris : inthe Iflands of Canarie, Alpiti: in Englith; Na NYE Canarie feed, and Canarygrafle. 2 : Phalarts pratenfisiscalled alfo Gramen tremiplan- in Chefhire about Nantwich, Quakers and Shakers: in fome places, Cow-quakes. 3 This by fome is termed Phalaris altera: Clufiws calleth it Gramen Amourettes majus : Banhine, Gramentre. ofthe nature of Millet. Theiuyce and feed,as Galen faith, are thought to be : : c 5 profitably drunke againf the paines ofthe bladder. A- pothecaries for want of Millet doe vie the fame with good fucceffe in fomentations ; for in dry fomentations it ferueth inftead thereof, and.is hisfaccedaneum, ox quid proquo. We vie itin England “alfo to feed the Canarie Birds. cAlopecuros. Fox-taile, i HAP. 65. Of Fox-Taile. ' q The defcription. @| The defcription. z Anatie feed, or Canarie graffe after fome, hath many{mall hairy roots , from which arife {mall ftrawie ftalkes ioyntedlike corne, whereupon do grow leauesli ke thofe of Barley, which the whole plant doth very wellrefemble. The {mall chaffie care groweth at the topofthe ftalke, wherein is contained {mall feedslike thofe of Panicke ofa yellowifh colour, andfhining. : 2 Shakers, or Quaking Graffe growethto the height ofhalfe a foot,and fometi mes higher, whenit groweth in fertilemedowes. Theftalkeis very fmall and leaites like the common medow graffe, bearing at the topa buth benty, fet with many graffie or tuft of fat fealy pouches, like thofe of Shepheards purfe, but thicker,of a browne colour,{et vpon the moft {mall'a nd weake haity footftalkes that may befound, whereuponthofe {mall pouches do hang: by meanes of which fmall hairyftrings, the knaps whicha re the floures do continually tremble and fhake, in fuch fort that itis not pofliblewith the mof ftedfaft hand to hold it from fhaking, : + 3. There isalfo another Graffie plant which mayfitlybe referred to thefe: the leaues and ftalkes refemble the laft defcribed, but the heads are about the length and bredth of a {mall Hop, and handfomely compa é oflight fealyfilmes muchlike thereto ; whence fome haue termedit Gramen Lupuli glumis, The colour ofthis pretty head whenit commethtoripeneffe is white. + q Theplace. x Canaric feed growethnaturallyin Spaine, and alfoin the Fortunate or Canary Ilands, and sothBrow in Englan dor anyother of thefe cold Regions,if itbe fowentherein , 2 Quaking Ox-taile hath many graffie leaues or blades, rough and hairy, like vnto _ thofeofBarley, but leffe and fhorter, The ftalke is likewife foftandhaity ; whereupon doth growa {mall fpike or eare, foft, and very downy, briftled withvery {mall haires in thape, like vnto a Fox-taile, whereofittoeke his name, whichdieth at the approch of Winter, and recouerethit felfe the next yeare by falling’ of his feed. + There is one or two varieties of this Plane in the largeneffe and fmalneffe ofthe eare. 2 _Befides thefe forementioned ftrangers, there # alfo anotherwhich growes naturally ir many watry Salt places ofthis kingdome, as in Kent by Dartford, in Bffex,8cc. The ftalkes of this plant are grafly, and {ome twofoot high; with leaues like Wheat or Dogs Gtafle, The eare Is very large, being commonly foure otfiue inches long, downy, foft like filke,and of a brow- nith colour, ¢ : € Th: Sip TRGIEGLSoe, G The nature andvertues. . I finde not any thing fet downeas touching the temperatute ofPhalarss, notwithftanding it is thought to be en mulum maxinum : In Englifh theycall it Pearle-Grafle, and Garden-Quakers. |