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the Spike very thick clofe to one another, without any Foot Stalk, lying 
ina rough, pale green Husk or Follicle, havinz.a half inch lorg Aunc, 
or rough Ariffa at its end, making it look fontewhat like to the Grain of 
Barley. : Makar. ? GAD 
It is planted in moift Ground all over the Ifland for Provifion fot Cattle, 
but grows wild, as I was inform’d, at Wazue water, or Agaaaltc inthe North 
fide, and in that part of Barladoes called Scotlawd, whence the name.  Aftet 
its being found very ufeful in Barbados, and had been there planted for 
fome timé, it was brought hither, and is now all over thecIfland in the 
moifter Land by Rivers’ fides, planted atter the manner of ‘Sugar Canes, ‘by 
burying the Cu/mus with aJoint, which’ ftrikées Root, and: {cldom milies to 
ptofper, and to feed and fatten’ extreniely Cattle of all forts, as:welf 
Cows dnd Oxen for thé Market, as Horfes and Cattle, for Teams -and 
Riding. It is likely that this way of Agriculture might be ufeful’ in other 
places, if rightly managed. ré les DUO" ‘ol aris 
VIII. Gramen paniceum majis, [pica fitiplict levi, granis petiolis infdénpitas: 
Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 2. | JO Hoes ove) es soRW! os 
This was very like the precedent, only feemed not’ quite’ fo-largep thd 
Leaves were much fhorter, being not over four Inches in‘ length,,: fromor? 
beginning, wheré it was'an Inch broad, tapeting’to/ the fharp point; ‘being 
ftriated “and graffie, of 4°blewith pale’ preen eolour., The Spike-at rop was 
about three Inches long, made up of mafiy crooked,“ ftrong Petioli,. of abour: 
an Inch long at the under part of the’Spike, but not one quarter fo much 
above, fo that the Spike is pyramidal, every one of thefe Petioli grows lar, 
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ger at top, and fuftains one Grain on its point, which is contained within — 
two Glume {triated, and like the foregoing, only theoArife'art norfo: logy 
nor the Glume rough, {eeming only to differ from one of its Spikes, in having: 
along Petiolus to every Grain. 
Y found it imGvanabos, “with Scotch: Grafs, or-the preceding. 
1X. Gramen panictwm fpica frmplict bavi, Ruii hiffe p. 1x61) Cats p. 306: Pan 
nitum vulenre hick frnplict & molliorii Tonrnef. El. poar6. Tafhupy gig v2Ace: 
* T could’ not: find any difference between the Plant defcrib'dgby Mezfay 
and’ this: here} therefore coficlude irto bethe famres sowie, offs eri oer talk 
le grew inthe ‘Savanna, between Black River’ Bridge, and’ the Town of 
St. Fazo dela Veea in great plenty. - 3 Late 
OXY Gramen paniceum minimum hami flratum, {pica divisa mutica, :foliis varies. 
gatis. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig.3. An gramen  ferpentarini Zeylanicum Breynt. 
This hasfeveral  thready’ Roots; which united fend ‘out very many two 
Inches long, ‘broad Grafs Leaves, {pread on every hand} lying omthe Surface of 
the Ground, and whem young; being mark’d in-fevéral places with tran{ 
verfe Lines or Fafcie of a brown colour, making it look very pleafant, which 
When ‘the Plant grows old, or is.dry,;, are’ obliterated. Frombthefe Leaves 
come many Stalks or Cy/mi, about three Inches long, confifting*df fo many: 
réddifh Joints, - with a Leaf to everyone of them, the tops of which dre abour’ 
an Inch long, and divided into feveral {mall Spikes, of a pale'grecn colour): 
made’ up' of any fhining triangular’ Seeds, of avyellowith colour, inclofed 
in a pale’ green coloured Follicle or Chaff without: Aumes;: the: Seed! andi 
Husk lying clofe to one another’ by the Stalk, after the mariner of the otkerc 
panic graflessc! <2 
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Te grew in the Savannas about the Town of St: FagadelaWeg a; 
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