THE INHERITANCE OF AWNS., S71 
produced by crossing bearded with heardless varieties. Some of these 
heads have the awns more fully developed than the average, but they are 
not at all unusual cases. (Fig. 106.) 
In the second generation many kinds of heads are found, from fully 
bearded to beardless, the intermediate types representing so many 
different degrees of development of the awns as absolutely to defy classi- 
fication. 
AAQ2 
Fic. 106.— 
Cross-BRED WHEATS PRODUCED BY Crossina A BEARDED WITH A BEARDLESS VARIETY. 
These heads are from plants of the first generation. 
