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under the name of “ Zhibet Barley, Hordeum celeste: a sort 
much esteemed in the north of India. Hordeum celeste is, how- 
ever, a name given to a var. of the common £wo-ranked Barley 
(H. vulgare), with naked seed, differing in no respect from it, 
except in that peculiar property of the seed. Since no ears have 
come with this Barley, one cannot speak with certainty respecting 
it; but from its locality, I have reason to believe it to be a Barley, 
having a most remarkable structure in the awns, (so remarkable as 
to form the subject of a future botanical notice in the present 
Journal, from the pen of the Rev. Professor Henslow), Hordeum 
Himalayense. Our valued friend, Dr. Wallich, first directed 
public attention to this in his edition of Roxburgh’s Flora Indica ; 
where, on the authority of Captain W. S. Webb, surveyor at 
Kamoun, he speaks of it as the “ Oo-a” of the natives, not known 
in the lowlands of India, and producing the hardiest of all grains, 
as well as the most nourishing, as the lusty Tartars live almost 
exclusively upon this and Tea (drick-tea). “The grain, cleaned 
from the husk,” Mr. Webb remarks, “ resembles no kind of Barley 
that I am acquainted with, and from its many good qualities and 
endurance of cold, it is likely to be a valuable acquisition to the 
Highlands of Scotland.” Seeds of this curious Barley have been 
sent formerly to Europe, and we possess specimens in our Herba- 
rium, raised in Scotland some twelve or thirteen years ago; but I 
am not aware that any attempt was made to cultivate it upon à 
large scale, or to ascertain its value for malting, or otherwise, in 
an agricultural point of view. The majority of this package from 
Bombay having been sent to the Royal Agricultural Society of - 
London for distribution, we are quite sure the enlightened 
members of that valuable institution will put their grain to the 
test of experiment.—Eb. 
Brief Notices of Plants from Sir Gzonce Srupson’s Journey 
round the World. 
* On the banks of the Grand Quête river, near Fort Colville, — : 
(Oregon Territory,) many large trees were observed lying felled, — = 
