[127] From Theophrastus, De Causis, B. iv.
[128] That of the Ukraine and its vicinity, which is still held in high esteem.
[129] Panis militaris.
[130] To the modius of wheat.
[131] He alludes to beer, or sweet-wort. See B. xiv. c. 29.
[132] He alludes to yeast. See B. xxii, c. [82].
[133] This assertion, from Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. viii. c. 4, is not based on truth. It is possible that he may allude in reality to some other gramineous plant.
[134] Trimestre.
[135] Bimestre.
[136] Columella (B. ii. c. 6) does not state to this effect; on the contrary, he speaks of the existence of a three months’ wheat; but he asserts, and with justice, that wheat sown in the autumn is better than that sown in March.