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Italian and the Grolden Barley along with other kinds. A 
variety with grains free from the sepals constitutes the 
Siberian and the Haliday Barley, which however is less 
adapted for malt. Dry Barley-flour, heated at the tempera- 
ture of boiling water during several hours, constitutes 
Hufeland’s meal for invalids. Barley-culture might he 
carried on in many parts of our Alps. 
Hordeum hexastiehan, 
Orient. The regularly six-rowed Barley. This includes 
among other varieties the Scotch, the Square and the Bear 
Barley. Seeds less uniform in size than those of H. dis- 
tichon. The so-called skinless variety is that, in which the 
grain separates from the calyx. 
Hordeum secalinum, Schreber. 
{S. pratense, Hudson.) 
Europe, North and Middle Asia, North America. Peren- 
nial. Earned as the best fattening grass of many of the 
somewhat brackish marsh pastures on the North Sea. It 
never fruits when kept down by cattle, and surpresses finally 
nearly all other grasses and weeds. 
Hordeum vulgare, 
Orient. The four-rowed Barley, though rather six-rowed 
with two prominent rows. Several varieties occur, among 
them ; the Spring, Winter and Black Barley, the Bussian, 
the Erench, the Naked and the Wheat Barley. Chemical 
principles of malt : Asparagin ; a protein substance : Dias- 
tase; an acid and Cholesterin-fat. 
Hordeum zeocriton, L- 
Central Asia. Also a two-rowed Barley. To this species 
belong the Sprat, the Battledore, the Eulham and the Putney 
Barley. 
Hovenia duleis, Thunberg. 
Himalaia, China, Japan. The pulpy fruit-stalks of this tree 
are edible. H. inaequalis, D. C., and H. acerba, Lindl., 
are mere varieties of this species. 
