220 TRITICUM. ROTTBCELLIA. 



165. T. REPENs. Wi)t (JBiucfem : OTracfe. A very common 

 weed, and so vegetative and retentive of life that it requires much 

 labour and expense to clean the lands infested with it. July. 



7. T. vidgare. OTijcat. — a. T. sestivum. spring OTlIjcat. 

 There are both white and red varieties, and of these a kind that is 

 almost destitute of awns, while another has long bristles like Barley. 

 This is almost exploded from E. Border husbandry, but I have seen 

 it growing, in small quantity, in late districts ; and specimens may 

 always be procured from amongst more valuable kinds. — /3. T. hyber- 

 num. OTlintcr WM)tat. Sown in autumn. A number of varieties 

 are cultivated to suit the variety of soils and exposures ; and as the 

 productiveness of one sort declines, a newer starts into favouritism. 

 — y. T. turgidum. Distinguished by being downy-chaffed, and I 

 suppose it is the WiooWvftnv OTlIjeat imported from England. I 

 have heard it called the &tav OTlIjcat ; and was told that from the 

 downiness of the chaff it was apt to suffer from Avet and dews. — 

 S. T. compositum. Many-eared Wheat : Egyptian OTiljcat. This 

 is cultivated very partially. 



8. Secale cereale. JRyc. Cultivated on light sandy soils near 

 the sea, and on the tops of hilly fields inland, but not now to any con- 

 siderable extent. The Rye is said to have come from Crete. Willd. 

 Sp. Plant, i. p. 471. 



166. Brachypodium SYLVATicuM = Festuca sylvatica. Woods, 

 and on banks in deans, abundant. July, Aug. 



167. LoLiTjM PERENNE. 3^vti^vn^S. Meadows and pastures. 

 Extensively cultivated. — The spike is sometimes compound and di- 

 stichously branched. June. 



168. RoTTBCELLiAiNCURVATA=Lepturus incurvatus. Sea-shore, 

 rare, but found in plenty on the links beyond Goswick by Miss E. 

 Bell and Miss Hunter. 



9. Lolium temulentum, and its variety L. arvense, occur occasionally in 

 corn-fields, but are not established weeds. 



