Trib * 13 . 
TbeTbeater of'Plants. 
Chap. 5 , 4 . U47 
Hordeun hpoiium live Jpemtaneuta, 
Way-Barly. 
C«A>. III. 
Hordeum fittrium. Way-Early. 
f Lchough heretofore there waa but one kind of this wilde or Way-Barly knownc yet by, the diligent 
| (car h of others, there are fome others found, which fhall be (hewed together, 
r. Hordeum fjmriam vulgare. Common Way-Barly. 
This hath divers Graffe-like leaves, but fomewhat hard, andamongthemfundry berry (hikes,a 
3 foote high, bearing fsnall whitilh yellow cares, with long and fomewhat rough beardcs, whofe 
feede within the huskes is lancke and fmall, the roote is threaddy and perilheth not. 
3. Hordeum [pontaneumelatilM five majm. 
Great Way-Barly. 
This other doth in all things relemble the former, but that it 
isgreater and taller, and commeth fo neare unto the former 
middle Rye-Grafle, that many have taken it to be the fame, as 
the former may well be fo called alio. 
5, Hordeum fpontaneumpurnilum, Dwarfc wild Barly, 
This dwarfe kinde groweth Pearce balfe a foote high, with 
fmaller grayilh leaves than the common fort, and the fpikeor 
eare fo nearely refembling common Barly, both in the double 
rowes and beardes, that one would Purely fay it was fowne Bar¬ 
ly, but that onely the finallncffe of all the parts contradifted it. 
Tbt Place and Time. 
The two firft forts arc found in fundry places with us, yet the 
frit more ufuilly thanrhc other, but found by thole that are ex- ( 
pert upon mndde walles, and at the foote of other walles, and/ 
the wayesfides in the fieldes everywhere: the lalt was onely 
found by Beel in Spaine, and communicated to us. 
!The Names. 
It is generally taken tobe Holcm Tliny by the bed Herbalifts 
now adayes lince Anguilarat irft fo called it; and that you may 
underftand how Pliny dclcribeth his Holcm , I will here fee ic 
downe as it Is lib. 27 .cap, 10. Holcm iufaxis nafeiturficcit.arifias 
babet in cacuminc tenues , culmo quale Hordcum reSlibeSC ■ hac circa 
caput adalligata , vel circa lacertum educit e corpore arifias, hanc 
quidam obid Refiidain (others have it Arifiidam ) vacant : others 
call it Hordcum fpurium or fpontaneum^nd fome others Hordcum 
murimum -.Thalirn calleth it Graminii Loliacci J . [terras . it is cal¬ 
led by the Dutch Ha/c coren, and by us Wall-Barly, Way- 
Barly, or Way-Bent or Bennet. 
The Vertices, 
It hath power, as Pliny faith to draw thornes, See. out of the 
flefh: fon e fay that it caufetb haire to grow ; bar Label faith 
thac the lye thereof miketh haires yellow. 
Chap. IV. 
Avena fierilit & tsEoylapr. Wilde Oates and Haver- Graffc. 
Here are divers Grades that are like unto Oates, fome more or leffe, whereof chefe that are necreft 
thereto (hall be iliewed here in this Chapter, and the reft in the two next that follow. 
I. Bromos herbafeu Avena flerilis. Common wilde bearded Oates, 
The ordinary wilde Oate groweth both in leaves and ftalke fomewhat like unto the manured 
Oates, but that it feldome rifeth ib high, being (lender er,-fmaller, and ibfeer, the tufted heade is fpread in rht like 
manner, having fuch like winged huskes, with longer awnes at the ends of them, but gentle, and not prickly, 
(landing by tender fmall foote (hikes, the feede is fmall and lancke, as though it had no l'ubftance in it: the roote 
is threaddy. 
a. Avenafierilis miner. SmalLwildc Oates. 
This wilde Oate is very like the former, butleffer in ftalke and leafe; thefparfedtoppeconfiftethofmany 
flenderlong chafhc cares, bearded onely at the ends, and hanging downe their heads with fmall feede on them 
tike the former. Of this kinde there is another that beareth nor his Oatentoppeuntillthe other be paft. 
;• tAigylops NarBonenfis. French Haver-Gralfe. 
This Haver-Gralfe hath divers Grafle-like leaves of a pale greene colour: the ftalke is joynted in three or foure 
places with leaves at them, and at the toppes two or three heads, fet one above another, which are round and 
fomewhat long, hard and ftriped with divers beards at the ends of them, wherein when they are ripe andlookc 
whitilh lie twoor three (mail graines or feede; the roote is competed ofa fmall head, with many long fibres 
growing from it. ‘ . 4 .^'ey lots 
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