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10. T. aestivum, L. Bearded spring T. vulgare. Candeal lampino, Treme- 



sino, Hembrilla, Jeja. 



11. T. Horstianum. A bearded pubescent T. vulgare. Candeal velloso. 



12. T. Linneanum. A form of T. turgidum. Redondillo lampino. 



13. T. turgidum, L. Redondillo velloso. 



14. T. Gaertnerianum. Fanfarron lampino. 



15. T. platystachyon. Chapado 6 chapado lampino. 



1 6. T. cochleare. Cuchareta 6 chapado villosa. 



17. T. Cevallos. Moro 6 moruno lampino. 



1 8. T. durum, Desf. Moruno 6 moro velloso. 



19. T.fastuosum. Fanfarron velloso ; Dicho. 



20. T.polonicum, L. Trigo polonia 6 Polago. 



In 1817 Roemer and Schultes (System, veg.) recognised twenty-one 

 species, most of them from Lagasca and Host, the only new one being 

 T. siciilum, a species allied to T. hordeiforme, Host (T. durum, Desf.). 



In his Characteristica et descriptiones Cerealium (1818) Schubler gives 

 the following sixteen species, which he groups in two sections : 



SECTION I. With loosely invested grain 



1 . T. muticum : 



(a) aestivum. (b) hybernum, L. 



2. T. aristatum : 



(a) aestivum, L. (b) hybernum. 



3. T. sibiricum. Siberian spring wheat, an early T. vulgare (?). 



4. T. velutinum. 



5. T. compactum, Host : 



(a) aristatum. Bengelweizen awned. 



(b) muticum. Bengelweizen awnless. 



6. T. turgidum, L. 



7. T. hordeiforme, Host. (A form of T. durum, Desf.) 



8. T. durum, Lagasca. Arabian winter wheat : a form of T. durum, Desf. 



9. T. siculum, Schmidt. (Sicilian wheat.) 



10. T. compositum, L. | n. T. polonicum, L. 



SECTION II. With " Spelt " ears 

 12. T. Spelta : 



(a) mutica. 



a. alba. 

 (B. rubra. 



(b) aristata. 



(c) velutina. 



(d) aestiva. 



13. T. monococcum, L. 



14. T. dicoccum. 



(a) album. (b) rufum. 



15. T. atratum, Host. 



1 6. T. tricoccum. 



Seringe in 1818, in his Melanges botaniques and Monographic des 

 cereales de la Suisse, described eight species in two sections, viz. : 



