Fig. 128. Bearded Wild Oats

The Description.

            Ægylops Bromoides Belgarum is a plant indifferently partaking of the nature of Ægilops and Bromos. It is in show like to the naked Oats. The seed is sharp, hairy, and somewhat long, and of a reddish colour, enclosed in yellowish chaffy husks like as Oats, and may be Englished, Crested or bearded Oats. I have found it often among Barley and Rye in sundry grounds. This is likewise unprofitable and hurtful to corn; whereof is no mention made by the ancients worthy the noting.