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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
wild or cultivated in England, dillinguifhed by 
the fullowing names. 
1. Scotch Oat, /hena alba Scotica femine fimpUci 
pedicula laxo pcndeytte. The corn fmall and 
long. 
2. Black Oat, Avena mgra. Di'^inguifhed fuf- 
ficitntly by the colour, and needing no de- 
fcription, 
3. Blue Oat, Avena ccirulea. Diftinguidied alfo 
by the colour, and fown principally in York, 
fliire. 
Brown Oat, Avena fufca vel rnhra. The 
grain large, and very thick in the middle. 
Naked Oat, Avena nuda. Diftinguiflied by 
wanting the awn fown principally in Corn- 
wall. 
Bearded wild Oat, yE^ilops five avena plcfa. 
Wild in our corn, with great panicles. 
GENUS V, 
DOGSGRASS. 
G R A M E N C A N I N U M, 
THE cup contains three flowers ; and is formed of two valves, of an oval figure, and obtufc- 
The fiower is compofcd of two valves : the outer one fwellcd, and large ; the other plain and 
imall. The feeds are fmall ; and they are arranged in a long, thin fpike, 
Lir.nxus places this among the iriandria. 
Common Dogs Grafs. 
Gramen ca7iiniim 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. 
It is imiverfal in cultivated ground \ the tor- 
ment of farmers and gardeners. It flowers in 
J"iy- 
C. Bauhine calls it Cramm can'miim vulgare^ 
feu Gramen Diofcorldis. 
The root is a powerful and excellent diuretick. 
Of this genus there arc five others, whofe de- 
fcriptions would be tedious repetition. They dif- 
fer by the following charat5ters : 
1. Bearded Dogs Grafs, Gra7nen] camnum ar^fia- 
lum radice non repcnte. The root fibrous. 
2. Sea Dogs Grafs, with a wheat-ear, Gramen 
camniim marit'imtm f[ica iritica. The fpike 
very large. 
3. Prickly Sea Dogs Grafs, Gramen niaritimum 
[pica lohacca foliis pingentihus. The ear 
flender; 
4. Procumbent Sea Dogs Grafs, with a thick 
fpike. Gramen lobaceum jnariimum fupinum 
fpica craffa. 
5. Long-rooted Sea Dogs Grafs, with a foliaceous 
ear, Gramen caninum mar it inmm fpica (oliacea. 
The grains grow in the ear, and thoot out 
leaves. 
G E N U S VI. 
RYE GRASS. 
GRAMEN SECALINUM. 
THE cup contains three flowers ; and is compofed of four leaves, with double points, fharp, 
and puckly. 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. 
LiuntEus places this among the iriandria digynia. 
Rye Grafs, called Wall Barley, 
Gramen fccalimm vulgare, 
Thg root is. fibrous. 
The fl:alk is thick, jointed, not very up- 
pright, and ten inches high. 
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 hordeaceum minus et 
fu^ilgare. Others, Hordeum fpimm. 
There are four other rye grajfes^ agreeing in 
their general form, but diftinguifhed by the fol- 
lowing particulars. 
1. Tall Meadow Rye Grafs, Gramen fecalimm 
pratenfe elaiius. Tall, and flender in the 
fi:alk and ear. 
2. Marfh Rye Grafs, Gramen fecalimm palufre 
et maritimum. The leaves bluifli, and the 
ear lliort. 
3. Great Wood Rye Grafs, Gramen fecallnmn 
majus fylvaticum. Slenderer in the car than 
any other, 
4. Long-leaved Rye Grafs, with a fliort ear. 
Gramen fecalimm altijfimur/t fpica brevi arijlis 
longis extnntlbus. 
5. Tall, broad-eared Rye Grafs, Gramen fpica 
iriza majus. Tail, and very rough in the 
ear. 
GENUS 
