I. 'T' H E Names. This Plant is called by the 
JL Arabians, Char taU, in Greek , and 
a quod Ctbum fignficat : in Latine , 
Avena : and in Engli/h , 
II. Tfo Kinds. It is two fold, I. Manured , 
viz. i. Avena Vefca , Manured Oars. 2. Avena 
nuda . , Naked Manured Oats. II. JfifA? O/rfr, viz. 
77w£» Avena Sylveftris , Avena Sterihs , 
Bromos Herba Dodonai Bromos Sterilh longijfimus 
arifiis Lobelij •, left uc ago Gaz& •, Pefiuca & Avena 
fatua , Avena Graca , aliorum : Lo/ij primum ge- 
nus Tragi-, JEgilops Maiihioli ; Common Wild 
Oats, or Wild Bearded Oats. 4. Avena Sterilh 
minor • Bromos Sterilh altera Lobelij-, Eefiuca alte- 
ra Dodoma -, Syphonium U Bromos herba 1 'abernx- 
montani \ Small Wild Oats. 
Tie Defcriptions. 
III. Tfc firfl , or Manured Oats. T/» Roof » 
fmall and fibrous or Thready , which fends up fevc- 
ral tall jointed Stalks , with large Grajfy Leaves , 
font e what refe mb ling Wheat, bearing at the Tops a 
large fpread Tuft , of many pointed Aglets , hang- 
ing down like fmall winged Birds , /;w;/ fmall 
ed with a hard , horny , /hiding Husk , flicking cine 
to it. 
IV. The fccond, fir N; ked Manured Oats. T/Vs 
P/;v/7? £>m\r //7 j// ref pelts like the former • /rang 
that the Grain being fomewhat [mailer and whiter, 
lyes not fo fafl enclofed in the Husk , but is very 
eafily rubbed out with ones Hand. 
V. Tfo third , #;■ Common "Wild Oats, c;- Wild 
Bearded Oats. It s Root h fmall and fibrous or 
Thready like the firfl: and this Common Wild 
Oar, £/-£?rw both in Stalk and Leaves, fombihing 
like unto the firfi Manured Oat, but that it feldom - 
fifes fo high, being lower, fiendercr, f mailer , and 
Common Wild hoarded Oats. 
Oats Manured. 
fofter. The tufted Head h fpread in the like man* 
ner, having fuel) like winged Husks, with longed 
Awns at the ends of them, but gentle, and not 
prickly, growing upon fmall tender threadlike feet 
Stalks. In thefe Husks is contained the Grain, 
which is fmall and lank, as if it had no Subfiance 
in it. 
VI. The fourth, or Small Wild Oats. This 
Wild Oat is very like the former , but leffer in 
Stalk and Leaf. The fparfed Top, conffs of many 
fender long Chaffy Ears, Bearded only at the ends, 
growing upon long fender foot Stalks, and hanging 
down their Heads, with fmall Grains in them, like 
as that in the former. Of this Species there is another 
fort , called Avena fterilis minor Serotina, which 
bears its Oats late, or not till the other be paf. 
VII. The Places. The Manured Kinds of both 
forts, are Sown in Fields, for both Mans and 
Horfes Food, but the Naked Oats are nothing fo 
frequent as the firfl: Kind, and they delight in a 
cold and moifl Ground, rather than in a hot and 
dry: They are ufually the firfl: Seed which are 
Sown upon Woodland Grounds after their Stocking 
up. 
