312 CEREALS. 



1. Barley. 



2. Broomcom. 



3. Buckwheat. 



4. Dhouro corn. 



5. Maize, or Indian corn. 



6. Oats. 



7. Rice. 



8. Rye. 



9. Sorghum, or Sugar Cane. 



Wheat, the chief of cereals, is excluded from this list, as a monograph 

 has already been issued from this office devoted exclusively to wheat, to 

 which the reader is respectfully referred. 



CHAPTER XXL 



BARLEY BROOMCORN. 



COMMON BABLEY~(HordeMm mlgare.) 



An annual, with hollow stems, about three feet high; glumes six, at 

 each joint, in front of the three spikelets, forming an 

 involucre at the zigzag points of the rachis; spikes 

 dense, the three spikelets at each end of the rachis all 

 with a fertile flower ; flowers six in each involucre; 

 lower pale with very long awn. Flowers in May. 



Barley has a longer and more slender seed 

 than wheat, set in rougher, stronger chaff, 

 and has a very much longer awn or beard. 

 Anciently a barley-corn formed a standard 

 of measurement, the average length of one 

 being .345 of an inch. The weight is fifty 

 pounds to the bushel. 



There are four varieties of barley, viz: Hor- 

 deum vulgare or Spring Barley, Hordeum distichum or Two- 

 Rowed Barley, Hordeum hexastichumy or Six-Rowed Bar- 



