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wild or cultivated in England, diftinguifhed by 
the following names. 
1. Scotch Oat, Avena alba Scotica femine fimplici 
pediculo laxo pendente. The corn {mall and 
long. 4 se 
2, Black Oat, Avena nigra. Difinguifhed fuf- 
ficiently by the colour, and needing no de- 
fcription. 
3. Blue Oat, Avena cerulea. Diftinenifhed alfo 
Gia Es 
by the colour, and fown principally in Yorf, 
fhire. 3 
4. Brown Oat, vena fusca vel rubra. The 
grain Jarge, and very thick in the middle. 
5. Naked Oat, Avena nuda. Diftinguithed by’ 
wanting the awn; fown principally in Corn- _ 
wall, 
6. Bearded wild Oat, Zigilops five avena pilofa. 
Wild in our corn, with great panicles, 
Up6 V. 
D.0.G)S G_Ry AsSes: 
GRAMEN CANINUM. 
i = The flower is compofed of two valves: 
{mall. 
Linneus places this among the friandria. 
Common Dogs Grafs. 
Gramen caninum vulgare. 
The root is flender, and creeping. 
The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and two feet 
and a half high, 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a fine 
“green. 
The ear is long, and flender. 
Tt is univerfal in cultivated ground ; the tor- 
ment of farmers and gardeners. It flowers in 
July. : ‘ 
~  C. Bauhine calls it Gramen caninum vulgare, 
feu Gramen Diofcoridis. 
The root is a powerful and excellent diuretick. 
Of this genus there are five others, whofe de- 
GiisB Ne eg: 
HE cup contains three fowers; and is formed of two valves, of an oval figure, and obtufe. 
L the outer one fwelled, and large; the other plain and 
The feeds are {mall and they are arranged ina long, thin fpike. 
fcriptions would be tedious Tepetition. They dif. 
fer by the following charaéters : 
1. Bearded Dogs Grafs, Gramen’ caninum arifta- 
tum radice non repente, The root fibrous, 
2. Sea Dogs Grafs, with a wheat-ear, Gramen 
caninum maritimum rica tritica. The fpike 
very large. 
3. Prickly Sea Dogs Grafs, Gramen maritimum 
Spica lobacea foliis pingentibus, The ear 
flender, 
4. Procumbent Sea Dogs Grafs, with a thick 
fpike. Gramen lobaceum maritimum Jupinum 
Spica craffa. 
5. Long-rooted Sea Dogs Grafs, with a foliaceous 
ear, Gramen caninum maritimum Spica foliacea. 
The grains grow in the ear, and fhoot-out 
leaves, Bey z 
VI. 
Ro XaESAG R ASS; 
'GRAMEN 
SECALINUM™ 
HE cup contains three flowers ; and is compofed of four leaves, with double points, tharp, 
i and prickly. The flower is compofed of two valves: the lower one is bellied, and terminates 
in a long awn ; the other is fmall, plain, and lanceolated, 
Linnaus places this among the triandria digynia, 
Rye Grafs, called Wall Barley. 
Gramen fecalinum vulgare. 
The root is fibrous, 
The ftalk is thick, jointed, not very up- 
pright, and ten inches high. g 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a faint 
green. 
“The fpike is fhort, thick, and rough. 
We have it by way-fides every where. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen bordeacey minus et 
vulgare. Others, Hordeum Jpinum. 
There are four other rye graffes, 
their general form, but diftinguifhed by the fol- 
lowing particulars. 
agreeing in |. 
1. Tall Meadow Rye Grafs, 
pratenfe elatius. 
ftalk and ear. 
2. Marth Rye Grafs, Gramen Secalinum paluftre 
et maritimum. The leaves bluith, and the 
ear fhort. 
3- Great Wood Rye Grafs, Gramen Secalinum 
majus fylvaticum, Slenderer in the ear than 
any other, 
4. Long-leaved Rye Grafs, with a thort ear, 
Gramen fecalinum altiffimum Spica brevi ariftis 
longis extantibus, 
- Tall, broad-eared Rye Grafs, 
brize majus. 
ear. 
Gramen fecalinum 
Tall, and flender in the 
nr 
Gramen Jpica 
Tall, and very rough in the 
GEN U 5s 
