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only) on the back. Stamens 3. Grain oblong, grooved on the upper 
side, hairy at summit, free but invested by the upper palea. 
1. A. sativa, L. voi regular ; se 2-flowered, pendulous ; 
florets shorter than the glumes, naked at base. 
Cuntivatep Avena. Oats. Cantsid Oats. 
*, Avoine cultivée. Germ. Gemeiner Hafer. Span. Avena. 
oe Root snmaal. Chilm ime 4-8 tah Se smooth. Leaves 6-15 inches long, lance-linear, 
 merved, scab: , smooth, rather loose ; ligule lacerate. piece mele 
eg ny, Paes awned 
- its summit me aabrsnacenan yiaieichla ofa third floret. Grain eee, pearrere ie 
smoothish shining ery beeing Ss ro 
Fields : cultivated as a fallow crop. FI. July. Fr. August. 
Obs. The native country of ba plant—as of most of our cultivated 
ms to be somewhat uncertain,—though this one is said to 
been found native in the island of Juan Fernandes. Oats ee 
ot Fowred Barley (Horienii Reeimmn. A cluster 3 spikes 
oi srl oe feral os ar a ae me 
