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age—wnere ill not thrive—but in the northern States it 
is considered “aeairable to to bac our farms as clear of it as possible. 
20. SECA’LE, L. Rye. 
[Latin, secare, to cut ; or perhaps from the Celtic, Sega, a sickle.] 
petal 2-flowered, gic ged as in Triticum. Gilumes sub-opposite, 
Lower palea awned ata apex, keeled, with unequal sides—the 
entire, ¢ "A tall an- 
nual, Riuh fuintousg eieas with rn ae fs Rrars 
1. S. cerza’ie, L. Spikes compressed, linear; glumes subulate, sca- 
brous ; pale: smooth,—the twee one bristly-ciliate on the keel and ex 
Harvest Secate. Rye. Common Rye. 
iFr. Le Galeton Germ. Gemeiner Roggen. Span. pipe 
Culm 4-6 feet high, glabrous, hairy near the spike. Leaves Sg inches long, lance- 
linear, smooth bene math, roughish above and on the mre, gia ; sheaths membrana- 
ceous, nerved, smooth ; ligule short, dentate - 6 in hes Io ie 2-sided and eee, 
linear. Spikelets - alee de nl with an awn- i Palment of a third ali 
flore' 5 5 vi 
acuminate, emia Spr, 3 -herved, terminating in a long scabrous awn ; keel and 
exterior ma car soe bristly- -ciliate, —the inner margin not ciliate, and the nerves on that side 
less conspicuous ; upper palea "lanceola te, nate, often bifid at apex, sparingly ciliate 
on ou the 2 Koos. gem oblong, sub- oyliaaeica, ae on the upper side, hairy at sum- 
yb 
mie Ids : cultivated. Native of the East. Fl. June. Fr. July. 
Obs. This cereal grass seems to do best in light sandy soils. The e grain 
in — coils is of a Neri soa fl = Hage a alpen flour. Rye 
to es, than any other 
grain rather is, aevectuches. aia ly sane = it. “tt i the sh 
—— of the northern parts 0 Europe—especiall and 
“The s seed is subject—particularly in wet seasons—to become diseased, 
and enlarged,—producing what called Ergot, or Fa ag Rye. This 
diseased oi grain is injurious to health, when made into bread ; but has 
been fe to possess. importan t medienl suaetey in carte cases, 
- when judiciously administered. . 
21. HOR’DEUM, L. Barter. 
[An ancient Latin name ; of obscure derivation.] 
Spikelets 1-flowered, with a subulate rudiment of a second floret—ar- 
ged i at the j oints of the rachis, the ‘stessl ones mostly abor- 
bulate-w eral in front 
Palee 
PRS Beg Fe ee A TET, co. ae NT ee eee mene Fae ee ee eee ee ena 
