TARE. 



(Smooth Tare and Rough Tare.} 



LEGUMINOS^E Ervum tctrosperinum. 



and Ervum hirsutum. 



ORAMINACEJE. Lolium temulentum. (Darnel.) 



are the varieties of the &quot;tare&quot; supposed to be 

 spoken of in the parable of the sower, in St. Matthew 

 xiii. 25, 27, 29, 30. The hairy tare, or hirsutum, has 

 been known to overgrow the wheat-crop and entirely 

 destroy it. The other variety of the cri um is not quite 

 so mischievous. Different kinds of weeds are found among 

 the wheat-crops of Syria; and Russell speaks of the various- 

 colored flowers growing up in the wheat-fields near Aleppo. 

 The wheat is often gathered with the tares and separated after 

 wards ; and even among the cultivated green crops the tares 

 are sought out as pleasant food for cattle. The stem, branches, 

 and leaves are soft, and the plant bears a little pod. The 

 darnel, the third variety mentioned above, is poisonous, and 

 more like a grass; but respectable authorities have supposed 

 that this poisonous kind was intended in the parable. The 

 seeds of a darnel, not poisonous, have been found mixed with 

 the bread taken from sepulchral chambers of Egypt, by Dr. 

 Brown ; and it is supposed that wherever this poisonous kind 



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