[117] These annuals lose their leaves only that have articulations on the stem; otherwise they die outright at the fall of the leaf.
[118] If by “tunica” he means the husk of chaff, which surrounds the grain, the assertion is contrary to the fact, in relation to barley and the oat.
[119] Only another name, Fée thinks, for the Triticum hibernum, or winter-wheat. Spelt or zea has been suggested, as also the white barley of the south of Europe; see c. [20].
[120] Egyptian wheat, or rather what is called mummy-wheat, is bearded equally to barley.
[121] Siligo.
[122] Before grinding.
[123] Oats and rye excepted.
[124] Here the word “far” means “a meal,” or “flour,” a substitute for that of “far,” or “spelt.”
[125] Triticum monococcum, according to some. Fée identifies it with the Triticum spelta of Linnæus.
[126] A variety, probably, of the Triticum hibernum of Linnæus, with white grains; the white-wheat of the French, from which the ancient Gauls made their malt; hence the French word “brasser,” to “brew.”