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live (jrass, from ritiuncc, grass, and tcolacli, IdoscniiiL;'. " A wriur 

 remarks as to ihe name Sturdy: " Near the sea-coast a sort of I'oysoii, 

 1 take it, called darnell, rises in the oats and other ^^rain, \i ry olleii- 

 sive to the brain, and cannot be cleaned out of the corn; ye country 

 people call it sliirdy, from the eflects of makin;^ peo[)le li^ht-headed ". 

 The seeds cause giddiness, anil there is a \erii-o in sliecj) calleil 

 "Sturdy" or "Staggers", hence prohalil)- the application to Darnel, 

 and meat is said to be slurdied when it has nuuh Darnel. 



" Hut Brai^j^e aiiioiiijst the corn aspires pnuicllic 

 Onemplie eaii lookingc above the restc, 

 Advanciiitj liis brighte creste presumptiiouslie 

 Even to the stars, as thoii<jli he were the beste, 

 Who, being lighte, and fruitlesse of all tjraync, 

 For want of wciijht, showes all pride is \a>nc." 



It is called Cheat, "from its resemblance to the grain amongst 

 which it grows — a name applied, for the same reason, in some places 

 to Bi'oiinis sci a/ill us, L. '. 



"Darnel groweth amonge the corne," says Turner, "and the eorne 

 CToeth out of kvnde into darnt'l." Drunk reters lo iis intoxicating 

 qualities. 



Cokkil Meal, as it was called, was supjiosed to em-e freckles. In 

 Chaucer's day it was iisetl lor " leslour and morsowe ". 



Essential Si'kcu-u- C"iiAR.\rTERs: — • 



342. Lolittin h-iiiulciiiiiin, L. — Stem erect, tall, leaves Hat, long, 

 ligule short, awn long, glumes longer than the spikelets. 



