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CLASS XXXI. 
Plants whofe roots are fibrous or irregular ; whofe leaves long, narrow, and 
without footfialks ; and whofe flowers fmall and inconfiderable. 
feétly and obvioufly conneéted together by Nature, and as diftinétly feparated by their cha- 
racters from all others: but modern botany difclaims thofe marks impreffed by the 
Creator ; and, claffing all vegetables by their more minute parts, feparates fome of thefe from the 
others, and unites in the fame clafs with the generality of them valerian and the tamarind-tree. 
T# comprehends the gramineous herbs, graffes, corn, and the like; a feries of plants per- 
Pr er Pret tet tot torcre ters tots beter neon tek te cog eee Gon Sons Don gon nots ton aod 
VN ORS aes (as OG. Reon 
BriTrisuH GENERA. 
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Thofe of which one or more fpecies are native of this country. 
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WHEAT. 
TOR PRP. To U pM 
MPHE cup holds three flowers, and is formed of two valves, of an oval, obtufe figure. The 
flower is formed of two valves, the outer one fwelled, and the inner plain. The grain is large, 
Linnzus places this among the ¢riandria digynia ; the threads in the flower being three, and the 
ftyles two. ~ 
x. Common Wheat: The leaves are of a {trong green, and grafly. 
Triticum vulgare. Oe is long, thick, and bearded. 
; We ‘have it wild, as the former, only from 
The root is fibrous: {cattered feeds. 
The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and five feet 
high. Befide thefe, there are five other fpecies of 
The leaves are grafly, and of a fine green. | wheat cultivated in our fields, with many va- 
The ear is long and large, and naked. rieties. 
We find it wild from fcattered feeds. The defcriptions of all thefe muft be the fame 
C. Bauhine calls it Triticum Hybernum. with thofe of the preceding, in root, ftalk, and 
leaf. We fhall therefore only enumerate them 
2. Bearded Wheat. by their names, exprefling the articles wherein 
they differ. They are, 
: 1. Red Wheat, Triticum fpica et grano rubentibus. 
The root is fibrous. The ear of this is larger and heavier than 
The ftalk is a yard high, hollow, and jointed. the common. 
Triticum ariffatum. 
2. White 
