220 TRITICUM. ROTTBtELHA. 



165. T. REPENS. Ci)e (©uufeen : OTracfe. A very common 

 weed, and so vegetative and retentive of life that it requires much 

 labour and expense to clean the lands infested with it. July. 



7. T. vulgare. OTl)eat. — a. T. sestivum. spring TOl)fat. 

 There are both white and red varieties, and of these a kind that is 

 almost destitute of awns, while another has long bristles like Barley. 

 This is almost exploded from E. Border husbandry, but I have seen 

 it growing, in small quantity, in late districts ; and specimens may 

 always be procured from amongst more valuable kinds. — j3. T. hyber- 

 num. TOintcr 12Si)tat. Sown in autumn. A number of varieties 

 are cultivated to suit the variety of soils and exposures ; and as the 

 productiveness of one sort declines, a newer starts into favouritism. 

 — y. T. turgidum. Distinguished by being downy-chaffed, and I 

 suppose it is the OToolIjjear OTf)tat imported from England. I 

 have heard it called the &va^ TOi)eat ; and was told that from the 

 downiness of the chaff it was apt to suffer from wet and dews. — 

 S. T. compositum. Many-eared Wheat : (ilEgjpttan WSi)tat. This 

 is cultivated very partially. 



8. Secale cereale. S^ye. Cultivated on hght sandy soils near 

 the sea, and on the tops of hilly fields inland, but not now to any con- 

 siderable extent. The Rye is said to have come from Crete. Willd. 

 Sp. Plant, i. p. 471. 



166. Brachypodium SYLVATicuM = Festuca sylvatica. Woods, 

 and on banks in deans, abundant. July, Aug. 



167. LoLiuM PERENNE. IRjtjgraSiS. Meadows and pastures. 

 Extensively cultivated. — The spike is sometimes compound and di- 

 stichously branched. June. 



168. B,OTTBa!:LLiAiNCURVATA=Lepturus incurvatus. Sea-shore, 

 rare, but found in plenty on the links beyond Goswick by Miss E. 

 Bell and Miss Hunter. 



9. Lolium temulentum, and its variety L. arvense, occur occasionally in 

 corn-fields, but are not established weeds. 



