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Flote Pejcue. 



In Wet Ditches and Low Lands comniori. 



The feeds of this grafs are fmall, but very fweet 

 and nourifhing. In divers parts of Germany and 

 Poland, they are colleded under the name of 

 Manna feeds, and ferved up in foups and gruels 

 at the tables of the great, on account of their 

 grateful flavour, and nutritious quality. When 

 ground to meal, they make bread very little in- 

 ferior to that in common ufe. The bran is a 

 remedy for the worms in horfes, but they muft be 

 kept from water for fome hours afterwards. The 

 feeds are excellent food for geefe. 



Broom Grafs ^ \CompaFl. Hordeaceus."] 



The feed of this grafs, mixed with corn, is ufe- 

 ful for bread. The panicles are ufed in Sweden 

 for dying green. 



Couch Grafs i 

 , Too common every where ! 



But this plant has its ufes and its virtues. The 

 roots, dried and ground to meal, have been ufed 

 to make bread in years of fcarcity. Dogs eat the 

 leaves as an emetic. Boerhaave recommends the 

 juice to be drunk liberally in obftru<5lions of the 

 vifccra, particularly in cafes of fchirrous liver, and 



jaundice. 



