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2. White Wheat, Trilkiuii Jnm cs gr<:ms alHs. 
The ear and corn m this are larger than in 
the common. 
3. Cone Wheat, Triluum fpica viliafa quudmta 
longiore mjlis munila. The ear very rough. 
4. Grey Wheat, fritiam ariitalum /pica maxima 
cimrilia ilumis hirfutis. The ear of a greyilh 
brown. 
5. Polonian Wheat, Triticum majus hngiere p-ana 
giumis [oliaceh indufa. The corn very long. 
6. IVI.iny-eared Wheat, Triliaun [pica mu'.liplici. 
In this kind four or more ears grow on one 
ftalk. 
7. Summer Wheat, Tritkum triimjlre. The corn 
fhort and full, and the growtll only three or 
four months. 
8. Barlcy-fpikcd Wheat, Trilkum fp'ca hordei. 
The grain is perlcci wheat, but the form of 
ihe ear like barley. 
GENUS 
RYE. 
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SEC 
L E. 
THE cup holds two flowers, and is formed of two fmall, narrow pointed leaves, placed oppo- 
fite. The flower is compofed of tvro valves : the outer one is I'welled, firm, and comprdicd ; 
the inner one is lanceolated, and plain. The grain is large. 
Common Rye. 
Sec(ilt: 'vulgaris. 
The root is fibrous. 
The flialk is hollow, jointed, and four feet 
high. 
The leaves are graffy, and of a pale green. 
'The fpike is oblongs and rough. 
We have it wild only from fcattered feeds, as 
the former. 
C. Bauhine calls it Secak Hyhernum vel majusi 
Others, Secak 'vuh:are. 
A variety of this, with a fmaller and more 
flender ear, is Ibwn iir fpring, and thence called 
by authors Secale %-rn'.u-:ii. 
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GENUS III. 
BARLEY. 
H 0 R D E U M. 
THE cup holds three flowers ; and is formed of fix narrow and lharp-polnted leaves, two under 
every aower. The flower is compofed of two valves : the under one ib fweiled, and angu- 
lated, and ends in a long awn : the upper one is fmaller, plain, and lanceolated. 
Linnsus places this among the an:iong the fngynia, 
C. Bauhine calls liHonkum dijlichim. Others^ 
Hordeum uulgare. 
There are two other fpecies : 
1. Sprat Barley, Hordeum dijiichum fpica hrcviore 
lahore grAnis confertis. The ear very fhorc 
and broad. 
2. Square Barley, Hordeum polyftkhum. In the 
ears of this there are, inftead of two, fix 
rows of grains. 
Common Barley. 
Hcrdsum vulgar e. 
The root is fibrous. 
The fl:a!k is round, hollow, jointed, and three 
or four feet high. 
The ear is long, thick, and bearded with long, 
rough, and Iharp awns. 
We have it only wild, as the other, from fcat- 
tered feeds. 
GENUS IV. 
OAT. 
J V E N J. 
THE cup contains many flowers; and is formed of two large, fwclled, and pointed valves. The 
flower is compofed of two valves : the lower one is f«elled, oblong, edged, and fends from its 
back a crooked awn. 
The flowers are colleded in a loofe panicle^ 
and terminate the ftalk. 
It is wild, as the others, from fcattered feeds. 
C. Bauhine calls it Avena alba. Others, Avent 
vulgaris. 
Common Oat. 
; Avena vulgaris. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and a yard high, 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale 
greea. 
There are befide this fix other kinds of cat, 
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