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Show H HERBAL. ea Thie-4B IRsT-4g 495 tin BRITISH HERBAL 2, White Wheat, Triticum fpica et granis albis. The ear and corn in this are larger than in the common. 3. Cone Wheat, Triticum {pica villofa quadrata longiore ariftis munita. The ear very rough. 4, Grey Wheat, Triticum arifiatum [pica maxima cineritia glumis birfutis. ‘The ear ofa greyith brown. ee Polonian Wheat, Triticum majus longiore grano glumis foliaceis inclufo, The corn very long. G8 PO > CLASS XXXIL long, narrow, and Plants whofe roots are fibrous or irregular5 whofe leaves 6. Many-eared Wheat, Triticum fpica multiplici, In this kind four or more ears grow on one flalk. " 7. Summer Wheat, Triticum trimeftr e. The corn fhort andfull, and the growth only three or four months, 8. Barley-fpiked Wheat, Triticum fpica hordei. The grain is perfect wheat, but the form of theear like barley. N U<.§ RY E Be 4 LR HE cup holds two flowers, and is formed of two fmall, narrow pointed leaves, placed oppo» fite. The flower is compofed of two valves: the outer oneis {welled, firm, and comprefied; the inner one is lanceolated, and plain. The grain is large, f without footftalks ; and whofe flowers fmall and inconfiderable. | Common Rye. x bytheir chafectly and obvioufly connected together by. Nature, and as diftinétly feparated imprefled by the racers from all others: but modern botany difclaims thofe marks feparates fome of thefe from the Creator ; and, claffing all vegetables by their more minute parts, and the tamarind-tree. others, and unites in the fameclafs with the generality of them valerian The root is fibrous. The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and four feet high. The leaves are graffy, and of a pale green. The fpike is oblong and rough. GG CRRRSERRE ore SHIPSIAAI RSA SER 1-E We haveit wild only fromfeattered feeds, as the former. C. Bauhine calls it Secale Hybernum vel majus: Others, Secale vulgare. A variety of this, with a fmaller and more flender ear, is fown in fpring, and thencecalled by authors Secale vernum, Secale vulgaris. LOO, B and the like; a feries of plants perTe comprehends the gramineous herbs, graffes, corn, rae Diora bail hy EahsN BAR yy HQ. 5 RAD. B “Oa, poe cup holds three flowers; and is formedoffix narrow and fharp-pointed leaves, two under every flower. The flower is compofed of two valves: the under one is fwelled, and angulated, and ends in a long awn: the upper one is fmaller, plain, and lanceolated. Britisu GENERA, Linnaeus places this among the among the ¢rigynia. Thofe of which one or more fpecies are native of this country: GevE «N (U'*S Hordeum vulgare. WHEAT. 1. Sprat Barley, Hordeumdiftichum fpica breviore latiore granis confertis. The ear very hort orfour feet high. The flower is formed of two valves, the outer one fwelled, and the inner plain. The grain is large. Linneus places this among the triandria digynia ; the threads in the flower being three, and the Others; There are two other {pecies: The root is fibrous. The ftalk is round, hollow, jointed, and three fRIT ICU M. THE cup holds three flowers, and is formed of two valves, of an oval, obtufe figure. C. Bauhine calls it Hordeum diftichum. Hordeum vulgare, CommonBarley. i and_ broad. The ear is long, thick, and beardedwithlong, tough, and fharp awns. 2, Square Barley, Hordeumpolyftichum. In the ears of this there are, inftead of two, fix rows of grains. 777/... Wehaveit only wild, as the other, from {cat- tered feeds, ftyles two. 1. Common Wheat, The leaves are of a ftrong green, and grafiy. Triticum vulgare. The éar is long, thick, and bearded. We have it wild, as the former, only from feattered feeds. 4 Therootis fibrous. The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and five feet high. GE Befide thefe, there are five other fpecies of The leaves are grafly, and of a fine green. The ear is long and large, and naked. We find it wild from fcattered feeds. C. Bauhine calls it Triticum Hybernum. 2. Bearded Wheat. Triticum ariftatum. 7 The root is fibrous. The ftalk is a yard high, hollow, and jointed. wheat cultivated in our fields, with many varieties. The defcriptions of all thefe muft be the fame with thofe of the preceding, in root, ft | leaf. We fhall therefore only enumera by their names, expreffing the articles wherein 2 they differ. They are, 1. Red Wheat, Triticum /pi The ear of this is |; the common, Noo UP es OA Ts mye N IV, A. RHE cup contains many flowers; and is formed of two large, {welled, and pointed valves. The flower is compofed of twovalves: the lower oneis fwelled, oblong, edged, and fends from its ack a crooked awn, Common Oat. Avena vulgaris. The root is fibrous, The ftalk is hollow, jointed, and a-yard high. oe J The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale green, The flowers are collected in a loofe panicle} and terminate the ftalk. It is wild; as the others, from feattered feeds. C. Bauhine calls it Avena alba. Others, Avene vulgaris. There are befide this fix other kinds of cat, 1 wild |
