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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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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    C h a p* 15» , Of Hairy IHood'Cjraffe* fj] The Deferi^tion, 1 TJ Airy Woodgraife hath broad rough Ieaues fomewhatlike the precedent,but much £“1 longer,and they proceed from a threddy root,which is very thicke, and full of firings., as the common Graife,with fmall ftalkes rifingvp from the fame roots 5 but the top of thefe ftalkes is diuided into a number of little branches, and on the end of euery one of them ftandeth a little floureor huske like to the top of ^Allium Vrfmum , or common Ramfons, wherein the feed is contained when the floure is fallen. 2 Cyperus VVood-graffe hath many fbearie graftie Ieaues, proceeding from a root made of many hairy firings or threds: among which there rifethvp fundry ftraightand vpright ftalkes, on whofe tops are certainefcaly andchaffiehuskes 3 or rather fpikie blackifh eares,not much vnlike the catkins or tags which grow on Nut-trees, or Aller trees. I Gramen hirfutum nemorofum. Hairy Wood-grafte. 2 Gramen Cyperinum nemorofum , Cyprus VVood-graffe, The Place , Tme^ and Thames % Thefe two grow in woods or fhadowie places,and may in Englilh be called Wood-grafle, Their time is common with the reft. Their Nature and Vertues . There is nothing to be faid of their nature and vertues, being as vnknowne as moll of the for mer.
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