Fig. 129. Burnt Corn (1-3)

The Description.

            1. Hordeum ustum, or Ustilago Hordei, is that burnt or blasted Barley which is altogether unprofitable and good for nothing, an enemy unto corn; for that instead of an ear with corn, there is nothing else but black dust, which spoileth bread, or whatsoever is made thereof.

            2. Burnt Oats, or Ustilago Avena, or Avenacea, is likewise an unprofitable Plant, degenerating from Oats, as the other from Barley, Rye, and Wheat. It were in vain to make a long harvest of such evil corn, considering it is not possessed with one good quality. And therefore thus much shall suffice for the description.

            3. Burnt Rye hath no one good property in physic, appropriate either to man, birds, or beast, and is a hurtful malady to all corn where it groweth, having an ear in shape like to corn, but instead of grain it doth yield a black powder or dust, which causeth bread to look black, and to have an evil taste: and that corn where it is, is called smooty corn, and the thing itself Burnt Corn, or blasted corn.