XVII.

Corn. Fruges.

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Some _Corn_ grows upon a _straw_, parted by _knots_, _Frumenta_ quædam crescunt super _culmum_, distinctum _geniculis_, as _Wheat_, 1. _Rie_, 2, _Barley_, 3. in which the _Ear_ hath _awnes_, ut, _Triticum_, 1. _Siligo_, 2. _Hordeum_, 3. in quibus _Spica_ habet _Aristas_, or else it is without awnes, and it nourisheth the _Corn_ in the _Husk_. aut est mutica, fovetque _grana_ in _gluma_.

Some instead of an ear, have a _rizom_ (or plume) containing the corn by bunches, as _Oats_, 4. _Millet_, 5. _Turkey-wheat_, 6. Quædam pro Spica, habent _Paniculam_, continentem grana fasciatim, ut, _Avena_, 4. _Milium_, 5. _Frumentum Saracenicum_, 6.

_Pulse_ have _Cods_, which enclose the corns in two _Shales_, _Legumina_ habent _Siliquas_, quæ includunt grana _valvulis_, as _Pease_, 7. _Beans_, 8. _Vetches_, 9. and those that are less than these _Lentils_ and _Urles_ (or Tares). ut, _Pisum_, 7. _Fabæ_, 8. _Vicia_, 9. & minores his _Lentes_ & _Cicera_.