Mollug: TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. ggg 



of all grains, and are most nourishing, as ihe lusty Tartars almost 

 exclusively live upon them and Tea. Tije grain cleared from the 

 husk resembles no kind of Barley that 1 am acquainted with, and 

 if they should prove new species might from their defiance of cold 

 and many good qualities be a valuable acquisition in the Highland* 

 of Scotland."— N. W. 



TRITICUM. ScJireh. Gen. N. 130. 

 Calj/x two-valved, solitary, generally three-lowered. 



1. T. ccstivum. hiun. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i. 476. 



Ca///ces four-flowered, veutncose, smooth, imbricate, awned. 

 Sans. 'Ifl'^nr:? Godhooma, 5337^:, Soomi/na. 

 J3eng. Gom. 

 Hind. Gioon. 

 Ters. Gundum. 

 Arab. Burr. 



Two varieties are very generally cultivated in the interior and 

 northern parts of Hindoostan during the cool season. 



2. T. hyhernum. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i. 477. 



Calyces four-flowered, ventricose, even, imbiicated, with little or 

 no awn. 



Two varieties of this species are also cultivated in the northern 

 parts of Hindoostan during the cool season. 



TRIGYNIA. 



MOLLVGO. Schreb. Gen. N. 139. 



Cahjx five-leaved. Carol none. Capsule superior, three-celled, 

 three-valved. many seeded Embryo annular, and furnished with a 

 perisperra- 



