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4, 5 and ; a bearded wheat with red. felted ghuiies and red gruiii 

 (var. harharossa Al. Class XIll) ; a similar wheat with white i^naiii 

 (var. (urcictun Kcke. Class XVII) and the same wheat belongiu,!;; to 

 Vixv. ferriKjiihcum Al. Class XXXV which was present in samples 7 and 8. 



11. Sample 11 was almost pnre bnt a few ears of the following were 

 present : a bearded wheat with smooth, red glumes and red grain 

 (var. ferrugin,eiim Al. Class XXXIV) ; a partly bearded wheat with felted, red 

 chali and white grain (var. Inrcicum Kcke. Class XVII) ; a fully bearded 

 wheat with white, felted chaff and white grain (var. hieridioiKile Kcke. 

 Class XXVII), and a partly bearded wheat with white, felted chaff and 

 white grain (var. tneridionale Kcke. Class XXX). 



12. In S(i)njjle 12 seven-eighths of the bundle beloi'ged. to the tvpe 

 and the following wheats were present in small quantities : a wheat similar 

 to samples 4. 5 and 6, a partly bearded wheat with snu)oth. red glumes and 

 white grain (var. ferruginemn Al. Class XXXIV) ; a fully bearded wheat with 

 white, smooth chaff and white grain (var. graecmn Kcke. Class XL V) : a similar 

 wheat with red grain (var. erijthrospermum Kcke. Class XLIV) : a fully bearded 

 wheat with white, felted chaff and red grain (var. Hoslianutn Clem. Class XXII), 

 and a partly bearded wheat with white, felted chaff and red grain 

 (var. Hostianum Clem. Class XXIV). 



Three samples belonged to var. erythrofi perm urn Kcke. Class XLIV (ears 

 bearded, long and lax; chaff smooth, white; grain red). All the three 

 samples were very mixed and less than half belonged to the type. 



13. In Sample 13, about half was true to type, ai\d about one-quarter 

 consisted of a somewhat similar wheat but with white grain., strong straw and 

 lax, bold heads (var. graecum. Kcke. Class XLV). There were also present 

 in fair quantity : a fully bearded wheat with white, felted chaff and red 

 grain (var. Hostianum Clem. Class XXII) and the wheat of which samples 

 4, 5 and 6 consisted. A very small quantity of a fully bearded wheat with 

 red. smooth chaff and red grain (var. ferrugineUm Al. Class XXXIII) was 

 also found. 



14. In Sample 14, only one-third of the sample resembled the tvpe? 

 while one-quarter consisted, as in sample 13, of a somewhat similar wheat with 

 white grain, stronger straw and larger ears (var. graecam Kcke. Class XLV). 

 The same three impurities occurred in this sample as in sample 12 and in 

 addition a small quantity of a fully bearded wheat with white, felted chaff 

 and white grain (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVII). 



