The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes / gathered by John Gerarde ... ; very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson.

  • John Gerard
Date:
1636
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes / gathered by John Gerarde ... ; very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gramcn tomentofurn arundmaceum. Feather-top,or VVoolly Reed-graffe. 3 Gramcn fy hat ¿cum wajus. The greater Wood-grafle. 2 Gramcnpanniculattm elegant, Ferne-graile, benty (hikes,naked and without Jeaues or blades like the former, bearing at the top a foft fpikie tuft oreare much likevnto a Fox-taile,of a brow nish colour. $ 4 This in Ieaues,ftalks,roots,manner and place of growing is lik^thelaftdefcribed : The only difference betweene them is, That this hath much : ct {harper or rougher eares or tufts. Thefh r eand dcicription of this was formerly giuen b v our Author in the fixteenth chaprer and ninth place, vrider the title of Gramcn fyhaticum minus -Butbecaufe the difference between the laft deicribed and this is fo fmall, we haue fpared the figure, to make roome for others more different and note-worthy. The Time and Place, 1 This kind of Grafle grovves in fertil fields and paftures. 2 The fecond growes in diuers places of Spain and France. The other two grow in woods, «]■ TbeTdjmes, r Loldin Latinecalleth thi^Gramntomcn- tefumcr accrofum. Some haue taken it for the fe cond kindc o£ Calamogroft i* $ but moft commonly it
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