Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
L i B. I. 
f tsiigilof/s Bromoides . 
Bearded Wilde Otes. 
Chap. 57. Of Burnt Come . 
sjj The defeription. 
1 T T Ordcum VfliUgo Hordcij.s that 
J[_' burnt or blafted Barley which is alto- 
gether vnprofi table and good for no- 
thing, an enemy vnto corne • for that in (lead of „ n 
eare with corne, . there is nothing elfe but blacke 
duft, which fpoifeth bread , or whatfoeuer is made 
thereof. 
2 Burnt Otes, dr Vfiilago Aucnx^o'c Aiien/icex, is 
likewife an vnprofitable Plant, degenerating from 
Otes, as the other from BarIey,Rie, and Wheat. It 
wereinvainetomake a long harueft of.fuch euill 
corne, con fide ring it is not poffc'f d with one good 
qualitie. And therefore thus much fhall fuffice for 
thedefeription. 
3 Burnt Rie hath no one good property in phi- 
ficke, appropriate either to man, birds, or bead:, an J 
is a hurtful! maladie to all corne where it groweth- 
hauing an eare in flrape like ro corne, bur in dead of 
graine it doth yeeld a blacke ponder or duft, which 
caufeth bread to looke blacke, and to haue an euill 
tafte: and that corne where it is, is called fmootie 
corne, and the thing it felfe Burnt Corne, or blafted 
corne. 
1 Hordeum vfiumjm vftidc 2 Tpldgo Aueme* % 3 rftilago Seeding 
ago hgrdei. Burnt Barley. Z Burnt Otes. " Burnt Rie. 
