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protruded a considerable way out of their 

 husks, and grow to a considerable bulk ; and 

 some of them are bent in the figure of a horn; 

 all which contract a black colour on the out- 

 side, but contain within, a white farinaceous 

 substance, of a pretty close contexture, of the 

 taste of malt, called in some parts of Ger- 

 many, Mutterkorn, that is, the mother of rye. 

 This degenerate Secale is by C. Bauhine called 

 Secale luxurians ; and by Lonicerus, Clavus 

 siliginis. This disease was formerly thought 

 to have been caused by the puncture of 

 insects.* 



Mr. Marshall states, that the farmers in 

 Yorkshire believe, that if a small quantity of 

 rye be sown among wheat, it will prevent the 

 mildew. 



* Raii Hist. p. 1741. 



