,3 mg 3 mawie flalke like the former,though fomwhat lefl'er, tifh colour.

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i calle.diG'r.zzh2m plumofltm : and in English, a Bent or Feather-top gralle. _ . 2 GrM;¢g;glp,;;mzm[/[tum is ‘called by fome,Henzgroflir in Greeke. Lnéel calls thrs,Gramen pamaz- ,;,,[af,,m pbnlaroicler. And it is named in the Hzfl.Lugcl.Gmme2zfi[icezm2,fcupolyantlm .- that 1s,Ferne, or r‘nany~floured Grafle. 11 _ i , , ‘ Gramm fylwztimm, or as it pleafeth others, Gmmefl nemorofwmns called in our tongue,wood _(;ra(Te, or {hadowie Graffe.

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C H A P. 8. Of great Foxatzzilegmfle. q} The Defcripzion.

He great Fox-taile Gralfe hath many threddy roots like the common Medow grafle ;' I I and the ftalke rifeth immediatly from the root, in fafhion like vnto Barley, with two

or three leaues or blades like Ores_ ;but is nothing rough in handling, but {oft and d nie and fomewhat hoary, hearing one eare or tuft on the top, and neuer more 5 fafhioned like a(1)3vc:x cine whereof it tooke his name. At the approch of Winter it dieth, and recouereth it felfe the next yeare by falling of his feed,

I Gmmm gfllopecuroides mzz]w._

jr 2 Gmmen Alopecuroide: minmg Great Fox-taile grail?»

Small FOX—taile grafl‘e._

.2 The 1efl”er Fox-taile Graffe hath a rough or hard root compaa of many fmall firings) yea; with the like top or crefi,but ofa whi-V

Great baflard FOX4tai1e Graffe hath a {irawieflalke or flem,which rifeth to the height ofa

cubit and ahalfe,hauing a firgall root confifiing of many fibres. His Ieafe is {mall and graffie,and hath on his top one tuft or f p1k€a Of 93“? Of 3 hard Chaffic filbflancc. Tome three in poled of longifh feeds, each hailing alittle heard or awne.

ches long, corn; 4 Small baliard Fox-taile Gralle doth refemhle the lbrmer, fauing that this kinda doth mf-

fend

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fend forth fuch larg neither hauing

Of the Hiftorie of Plants.’ T

{'0 long beards or awnes.

I Grzzmm Alopemrimmz mzzjm."

2 Gramm Alofzemrimm miner; _Great,bafiard FOX~tail€ gra ffe.‘

Small bailard Fox-_taile grade.‘

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qr The Place and Time;

Thefe wilde baftard Fox-taile Grafies do grow in the moifti furrowes of fertile fields, towards’ the later end of Sommer. ‘

‘q]‘ 7%: Names.

1 The Hril by Loéel and Taéern. is called Gmmm Pb4ldroide5;The other,Loécl calleth 2 Grzzmen’ ‘fllopecuroides. 3, Lmimu. 4, M iflm altemm.

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CH A P. 8. Ofgrezzt Cats mi/e grazflea

G3 T/56 Defcriptiofl.

L Re-at Cats-taile Grarfe hath very finall roots eompaét of very linall skinnes or t_hred5,3.

which. may eafily be taken from the whole root. The ftalke rifeth vp in the mrdclefia

Q and is fornewhat like vnto Wilde Barley, kneed and ioynted like corne,of a F00! high

, ‘rfihefeabouts hearing at the top a handforne round clofe compaél eare refembling Fh-C Cats- ?-‘tl es

it 2ThThe {mall Cats-taile Gralfe is like vnto the other,difl’erin,<; chiefely in that’ it is lefler than

E ‘ '6 root is thicke or cloned like thofe of Ruth Onions or Clues, with many fmfill firings Or‘ ‘my threds annexed vnto it.

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3 There is another that growes plentifully in many places about Londomtlle Which may

ereferred to this Claflis. The root thereof is a little b_u‘lbe,- from whence arifeth a Ptalke 0me two foot or better high, feet at each joint with long graflie leaue‘3 , the {pike or care is com-'_

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e ftalkes and eares as the other, but fmaller, and not fo clofe packed together,