THE 
BRITISH HERBAL. 
CLASS xxxir. 
plants whofe roots are fibrous or irregular ; whofe leaves long, narrow, and 
without footjlalks ; and whofe flowers fmall and inconfiderable. 
THIS comprehends die gramineous herbs, graffes, corn, and the like ; a feries of plants per- 
feftly and obvioufly conne(3:ed together by Nature, and as diftinftly feparated by their cha- 
raclers from all others : but modern botany difclaims thofe marks imprefled by the 
Creator ; and, clafllng all vegetables by their more minute parts, feparates fome of thefe from tho 
Others, and unites in the fame clafs with the generality of them valerian and the tamarind-tret. 
SERIES I; 
British Genera. 
Thofe of which one or more fpecies are native of this courflry. 
GENUS I. 
WHEAT. 
'T R I r I C V M. 
'T'HE 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. 
LinnsEus places this among the triandria di^ynia j the threads in the flower being three, and the 
Ilyles two. 
1. Common Wheat. 
Trilkum vul^are. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and five feet 
high. 
The leaves are grafl"y, and of a fine green. 
1 he ear is long and large, and naked. 
We find it wild from fcattered feeds. 
C. Bauhine calls it f'ritiam Hybernum. 
2. Bearded Wheat. 
5" ritkum arif.atum. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftallc is a yard high, hollow, and jointed. 
The leaves are of a flirong green, and graiTy. 
The ear is long, thick, and bearded. 
We have it wild, as the former, only from 
fcattered feeds. 
Befide thefe, there are five other fpecies of 
wheat cultivated in our fields, with many va- 
rieties. 
The defcriptions of all thefe mufl be the fame 
with thofe of the preceding, in root, ftalk, and 
leaf. We ihall therefore only enumerate them 
by their names, exprefiing the articles wherein 
they differ. They are, 
I. Red Wheat, Tritiam /pica et grano ruhfifihf.r. 
The ear of this is larger and heavier thaa 
the common. 
2. V/hite 
