PL end. ph. 10. GRAMINEiE. 44. Hordeum. 89 



Cultivated like the preceding, with which it is generally 

 confounded. 



Spike slightly compressed; beards nearly twice as long 

 as the spike; cariopsides 20 to 45, those on the sides spread 

 out, the others adpressedj more numerous but many im- 

 perfect. 



^. nudum. Glume not adhering to the cariopsis. 



Tiiticum splca hordti, Rati Syn, 381, 7. 

 Hordeum nudum, Ger. em. T-2. 

 Zeopynirn, sive Tritico-speltum, Park, 1123. 

 Hordeum vu]gare B cceleste, Lii.S. P. 125. 

 JSaked barley. Black barley. Barley wheat. 



Grown by few, but praised by them as excellent for 

 malting. 



IV. 45, ZEOCRITON. C. Bauhin. Barletj. 



LocuslcB 3 in each tooth of the rachis, l-flowered; the 

 middle floret fertile, the two lateral florets neutral or bar- 

 ren ; spatlielles 2, awl&haped ; lomer spatkel/idts bristle- 

 pointed; iipper spatheUule not nicked, blunt; lodicule blunt, 

 not nicked, smooth; ovary bearded at the tip; stigmata 

 villose; cariopsis husked, furrowed. — Rachis toothed, joint- 

 ed, spiked ; spike simple. 



1. Zeocriton distichon. Two-roived harley, 



hater al flowers beardless; cariopsides angular, lying one 

 over the other. 



Hordeum distichura, Rati Syn. 388, 1 ; Ger. em. 70^ Park. 1130; Lin. 

 8. P. 125. 



Zeocriton distichum, Palis, de Beauvois, 

 Barley. Spring barley. 



Cultivated largely for malting, especially in England : 

 the decorticated seeds make a cooling and demulcent drink 

 by being boiled in water; and the flour is made in some 

 parts into bread, which must be baked almost as soon as 

 it is made up, as it grows sour very soon. The wort made 

 of the malt is antiseptic, and still more the yeast, or froth 

 that collects during the fermentation, which is also a va- 

 luable febrifuge. The fermented wort, of which there are 

 many varieties, is stimulant, cordial, and well supplies the 

 want of wine. 



Beard more than twice as long as the spike. 



|3. nudum. Spathelle not adhering to the cariopsis. 



Turkie barley, Park. 1129. 



Seeds elliptic, tawny, glabrous. 

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