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Threads ), which are included in a 

 fquamous Flower- cup, which hath 

 jfwns: the Poi?ital alfo rifes in the 

 Centre, which afterivard becomes an 

 oblong Seed, which is convex on one 

 Side, but hath a Furrow on the other ; 

 is farinaceous, and inclofed by a Coat 

 nvhich was before the Flower-cup : 

 thefe are produced fingly, and are col- 

 lected in a clofe Spike, being affixed to 

 an indented Axis. 

 The Species are; 



1. Triticum hybcrnum arijlis 

 €arens. C. B. P. White or Red 

 Wheat without Awns. 



2. Triticum fpica cif grants ru- 

 hentibus. Raii Syn. Red Wheat, in 

 fome Places calPd Kentifh Wheat. 



3. Triticum fpica tjf gram's al- 

 his. Raii Syn. White Wheat. 



4. Triticum arijlis circumvalla- 

 tum, granis & fpica rubentibus, glu- 

 mis lawbus & fplendentibus. Raii 

 Syn. Red-ear'd bearded Wheat. 



5. Triticum fpica wllofa qua- 

 drate longiore, arijlis munitum. Hijl. 

 Ox. Cone Wheat. 



6. Triticum arifatum, fpica 

 maxima cinericea, glumis hirfutis. 

 Raii Syn. Grey Wheat, and in fome 

 Places Duckbil Wheat, and Grey 

 Pollard. 



7. Triticum majus, longiore gra- 

 Tto, glumis foliaceis inclufo, feu Triti- 

 cum Polonia? dictum. Hijl. Ox. Polo- 

 man Wheat. 



8. Triticum fpica mukiplici. C. 



B. P. Many-ear'd Wheat. 



g. Triticum afiwim. C.B.P. 

 Summer Wheat. 



10. Triticum fpica Lor da Lon- 

 dinenjibus. Raii Syn. Naked Barley, 

 <vulgo. 



1 1. Triticum rufum hexafichon. 



C. B. P. Six-row'd Wheat. 



12. Triticum fe?nine cblango. C. 

 B- P. .Long-grain'd Wheat. 



13. Triticum arifiis longwribus, 



fpica alba. C. B. P. White-earM 



Wheat. 



I have here mention'd the feveral 

 Varieties of this Grain, which have 

 been diftinguinYd by Botanifts ; fome 

 of which 1 take to be only feminal 

 Variations, and not diltind Species : 

 but as many of them are fpecifically 

 diltinct, and are cultivated by the 

 Farmers as fuch, I thought it would 

 not be amiis to enumerate all the Va- 

 rieties. 



The fix Sorts fir ft- mention'd are 

 what I have commonly obferv'd 

 growing in divers Parts of England; 

 but the Cone Wheat is generally pre- 

 ferrd, as having a larger Ear, and 

 fuller Grain, than any other Sort : 

 but fome of the Sorts will thrive beft 

 on ftrong Land, and others on a light 

 Soil ; fo that the great Skill of the 

 Farmer is in adapting the Sort of 

 Wheat which is the bed for his 

 Land. 



The/>* Ionian Wheat is very feldont 

 cultivated in England, though fome 

 Years fince it was in great Requeft in 

 Oxfordshire, where it was much cul- 

 tivated ; but for what Reafon it was 

 neglecled, I could never learn. 



The eighth Sort is much more 

 common in Italy and Sicily than any 

 other; but it is feldom cultivated 

 here. I have feen fome Stalks of 

 this Wheat with feven Ears on them; 

 but they have frequently three or 

 four Ears. In wet Seafons this Sort 

 of Corn is fubject to be laid down, 

 from the Weight of the Ears being 

 too great for the Straw to fupport. 



The Summer Wheat was alfo 

 much more cultivated in England 

 fome Years pair, than at prefent. 

 This Sort was ufually fown in the 

 Spring of the Year, at the fame Sea- 

 fon with Barley ; and it generally 

 ripen'd as Toon a? the Wheat which 

 was fown in the Autumn ; fo that in 



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