WILD SMALL SPELT 169 



with -a muff of white deflexed hairs : they grow to a height of 120-150 cm., 

 the upper internode often 60-70 cm. long. 



The ears are narrow, without the awns 8-10 cm. long and -5-7 cm. across 

 the two-rowed side. They possess 30-36 spikelets and are of moderate density 

 (0 = 30-32). 



The rachis is smooth, its edges fringed with white hairs 2-3 mm. long ; the 

 frontal tufts of hairs at the base of each spikelet 2-3 mm. long. The spikelet 

 is 11-13 mm - l n g an ^ 3 rnm. broad, two-flowered, generally producing a single 

 ripe grain, though spikelets with two caryopses are sometimes found. 



The empty glumes are glabrous, reddish-yellow in colour, the keel and strong 

 lateral nerve scabrid ; the apical tooth is about 2 mm. long and bent outwards 

 slightly. 



Both flowering glumes of the spikelet possess slender black awns, one of them 

 8-9 cm. long', the other 1-2 cm. long ; occasionally both awns are 8-9 cm. long. 



The caryopsis is laterally compressed, pointed at both ends, olive green 

 especially the apical half, the endosperm flinty. It measures about 7 mm. 

 long, 1-6 mm. through from side to side, and 2-2-5 mm - thick from dorsal to 

 ventral surfaces ; 100 weigh from 1-2 to 1-3 grams. 



