THE AVENA FATUA

[A, 827.] , see A. Preslei. 2. Of Bieb., an annual species growing in Iberia (the Trisetum pilosum). [B, 188.] —A. planiculinis. 1, Of the Eng, Bot., the À. alpina, 2. Of Schrader, a perennial species growing in Silesia, Moravia, and Transylvania, (hi —-A. pratensis [Linnæus). Fr.,avenette. Ger., Ten thafer, Berghafer, Feldhafer, Wiesenhafer, rothes Hafergras. The narrow-leaved qeîeâra ; à perennial species, with hard, rigid leaves and many-flows spikelets, growing in moors and dry places. It yields a good and nutritious variety of oats. [B, 19, 49, 173.]—A. pre cat or i a Pape aierle The Arrhenatherum avenaceum. |B, 188. A. Preslei. A [Etna species indigenous to Chili, -[B, 188. A. pubescens (Linneus]. Fr., averone. Ger., weichhaariger Wiesenhafer, fein ronee lafergras. Syn.: Trisetum pubescens [Romer and Schultes]. e downy oat-gra ; a perennial species prac. pastures, distinguished hy its pubescent leaves; cluded by some in.1. pratensis. {B, 19, 49, 178, 188,]—A. racemosa [Thuillier]. See A. oriental is —A. sativa [Linnæus]. Fr., avoine, avoine commune. Ger., Saathafer, Rispenhafer. The common oat; an annual species belonging to the section Crithe, cultivated in temperate climates throughout the world. It has a smooth culm from 2 to 4 feet in height, linear-lanceolate rough leaves with loose, striate sheaths, pedunculate spikelets, each containing 2 perfect flowers, the inferior usually aristate, and rather cartilaginous pales. It is probably only a variety of one of the wild species (perhiape of the A. fatua). A number of varieties are described, differing in the color of the pales, the disposition and character of the awns, etc. It is used both as a forage-plant and for its grain, which is made into groats (see A. excorticata) and into oat-meal (see Avenæ farina). On fermentation, it atfords a variety of whisky. The husks of the seeds are used for stuffing cushions and mattre es, especially for children and for persons with fractured limbs, also for covering sick animals, [B, 13,34, 81, 188, 173, 180.]— A. sedenensis. A. sempervirens. — Avenæ semen. he grain of the A. sativa; oats. [A, 816.j—A. sempervirens [Villars]. Syn.: Arundo sedenensis [Lois.]. A perennial species growing in Piedmont, the Pyrenees, Austria, and Siberia, much sought after by sheep. [B, 173, 188.]—A. sesquitertia. 1. Of Tenore, the A. sempervirens, 2. Of Linnæus, the A, pubescens. [B, 173, 188.1—A. spicata [Pollin.]. The Trisetum sub spica tum. 188.) — A. sterilis [Linnæus}. The animated oat; an annual species indigenous to Barbary, southern Europe, and the Philippines, having very long, stout, much twisted, geniculate awns bent at a right angle. Römer and Schultes include it under the A. fatua. [B, 138, 188.]—A. striata. 1. Of Michaux, a species indigenous to the United States, with the exterior glume striate and the fruit naked. 2. Of Lamarck, the A. sempervirens. [B, 138, 173, 188.] — A. strigosa [Schreber]. Syn.: Danthonia strigosa [Beauvois]. The bristle-pointed oat; an annual species with 2 long bristles on the aristate inner pales. It is occasionally cultivated and used like A. sativa. [B, 19, 180.J—A. sub spic at a pent a The Trisetum sub spica tum. [B, 188.) — A. tartaric a [Arduino]..See A. oriental is—Fructus aveuz excorticatæ. See A. excorticata.— Species pro décocto avenæ. See SPECIES avenacece.