Brito, however, expressly says of Flanders, that it is a place where, "Raris sylva locis facit umbram, vinea nusquam: Indigenis potus Thetidi miscetur avena, Ut vice sit vini multo confecta labore."
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
These ridges were generally well covered with that family of running trefoil, known by the name of Melilotos, intermixed with a species of Poa or meadow grass, avena or wild oats, and Briza or quaking grass.
"Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton"
John Barrow
50, 'Ibo et Chalcidico quae sunt mihi condita versu carmina pastoris Siculi modulabor avena.
"The Student's Companion to Latin Authors"
George Middleton Thomas R. Mills