CONTENTS 



PART I 



CMAP. 



L INTRODUCTORY ....... 3 



II. THE GRAIN : STRUCTURE, COLOUR, AND OTHER CHARACTERS . 7 



The Pericarp, 7 : The Seed, 10 : Colour of the Grain. 17 :" Hard " 

 " Flinty " and Soft " " Mealy " Grains, 1 8. 



III. GERMINATION OF THE GRAIN . . 24 



IV. THE ROOTS . . 35 



General Morphology, 35 : Anatomy of the Roots, 39. 



V. THE LEAVES . . 44 



General Morphology, 44 : Anatomy of the Leaves, 51. 



VI. THE STEMS: "TILLERING," "SHOOTING," AND LODCINC. " . 62 



General Morphology, 62 : " Tillering," 64 : " Lodging." 78 : 

 " Shooting " of the Stems and Escape of the Ear, 8 1 : Anatomy of the 

 Culm and Khiiome, 92. 



VII. THE INFLORESCENCE . . . too 



Structure of the KachU, Glumes, 'and Awns, 105. 



VIII. THK FLOWKR : FERTILISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF -THE 



GRAIN . ..... i to 



Development of the Spikelet and Flower, 114 : Anthe&i* and Pollina- 

 tion, 122: Fertilisation and Development o( the Grain, 129. 



PART II 



IX. CLASSIFICATION . . .147 



X. WILD SMALL SPELT (T. Mgilofwiiitt, Hal.) 164 



XI. SMALL SPELT (T. momxcuunt, L.) . . . .170 



XII. WILD KMMER ( T. diipccoidts, Korn.) . .178 



XIII. EMMKK ( T. tiicoccuin, Schubler; . . 186 



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