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_.