SO 45. Zeocriton. 10. GRAMINEiE. 
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2. Zeocriton vulgar e. Common barley . 
Lateral flowers beardless; cariopsidps angular, patent. 
Hordeum distichum, spica breviore et latiore, granis confertis, Raii 
Syn. 388, 2. 
Hordeum distichum minus, Park. 1129. 
Hordeum Zeocriton, Lin. S. P. 125. 
Sprat barley Battledore barley. 
Cultivated, but not commonly. 
Spike compressed, ovate, lanceolate ; beard terminal, 
sometimes more than three times as long as the spike. 
3. Zeocriton murinum. Wall barley. 
Flowrets three; spathelle of the intermediate flowret linear, 
lanceolate, ciliated ; spathelles of the outer flowrets bristled, 
rough ; sheaths smooth. 
Gramen secalinum, Secale sylvestre, Raii Syn, 391, 1 ; Ger. era. 73. 
Hordeum spurium vulgare. Park. 1147. 
Hordeum murinum, Lin. S . P. 125. 
Triticum murale, Satis. Prod. 27. 
Zeocriton murinum, Palis.de Beauvois. 
Way bennett. Wild Rye. Mouse barley . 
Ruins and waysides; annual; the whole summer. 
Culms many, a foot long, erect, bent at bottom, leafy; 
leaves light green, rough; sheaths nearly as long as the 
leaves, rather bellied, very bald ; stipula very short ; spike 
about 3 in. long. 
4. Zeocriton secalinum. Rye barley. 
Flowrets three; side-Jlowrets with short aristae; spathelles 
of all the flowrets setaceous, rough ; locustce smooth ; 
sheaths smooth. 
Gramen secalinum, Raii Syn. 392 ; Ger. era. 29 *. 
Gramen secalinum majus et minus, Park. 1144. 
Jlordeum nodosum, Lin. S. P. 126. 
Hordeum murinum Lin. S. P. 126. 
Hordeum pratense, ffuds. FI. ^ ing . 56. 
Hordeum secalinum, Willd. S. P. 1,45. 
Zeocriton secalinum. Pal. de Beauv. 
Tall meadow rie- grass . 
Meadows and pastures ; perennial ; June. 
Culm 18 in. high, erect, slender, leafy below, naked 
above; leaves spread, acute, roughish; sheaths a little 
bellied ; ligula very small ; spike short, narrow ; setae short. 
5. Zeocriton maritimum. Sea barley. 
Spathelles rough, inner spathelle of the lateral flowrets 
^emilanceolate ; the rest setaceous ; leaves flat, soft. 
