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XVIII.

Shrubs. Frutices.

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A plant being greater, and harder than an herb, is called a _Shrub_: such as are Planta major & durior herba, dicitur _Frutex_: ut sunt

In Banks and Ponds, the _Rush_, 1. the _Bulrush_, 2. or Cane without knots In ripis & stagnis, _Juncus_, 1. _Scirpus_, 2. [Canna] _enodis_ bearing _Cats-tails_, and the _Reed_, 3. which is knotty and hollow within. ferens _Typhos_, & _Arundo_, 3. nodosa et cava intus.

Elsewhere, 4. the _Rose_, the _Bastard-Corinths_, the _Elder_, the _Juniper_. Alibi, 4. _Rosa_, _Ribes_, _Sambucus_, _Juniperus_,

Also the _Vine_, 5. which putteth forth _branches_, 6. and these _tendrels_, 7. Item _Vitis_, 5. quæ emittit _Palmites_, 6. et hi _Capreolos_, 7. _Vine-leaves_, 8. and Bunches of grapes, 9. on the stock whereof hang _Grapes_, which contain _Grape-stones_. _Pampinos_, 8. et _Racemos_, 9. quorum Scapo pendent _Uvæ_, continentes _Acinos_.