EMMER 



b. Ears with double spikelets . 



c. Ears branched . 



(4) Glumes red, pubescent. 



i. Awns short. 



a. Ears simple 



b. Ears with double spikelets . 



c. Ears branched . 

 ii. Awns long. 



a. Ears simple 



b. Ears with double spikelets . 



c. Ears branched . 



(5) Glumes black, pubescent. 



i. Awns short .... 

 ii. Awns long. 



a. Ears simple 



b. Ears branched . 



Ears beardless or tcith short awns- 



(1) Glumes white, glabrous. 



a. Ears simple .... 



b. Ears with double spikelets 



c . Ears branched 



(2) Glumes white, pubescent. 



a. Ears simple .... 



(3) Glumes red, glabrous. 



a. Ears simple 



b. Ears branched 



(4) Glumes red, pubescent. 



a. Ears simple 



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var. Schiiblfri, Korn. 

 . var. erythrurum, Korn. 



var. Bauhini, Korn. 



var. Tragi, Korn. 



var. Krausei, Korn. 



var. macrathrrum, Korn. 



. var. Mazzucati, Korn. 



var. rubriramosum, Korn. 



. var. sttbatratuni, Korn. 



var. atratum, Korn. 

 . var. mrlanurum, Korn. 



var. inermt, Kiirn. 



var. bisfticulatum t Kiirn. 



var. Irucofladon, Kiirn. 



var. mut num. Kiirn. 



var. nwicium, Kiirn. 

 var. subfladunim, Kiirn. 



var. hybridum, Kcirn. 



GROUP I. INDO- ABYSSINIAN EMMERS 



SECTION A. Spdtae. Kachis fragile. 



Ear btardcd ; "lumrs white, glabrous ; grain red. 



T. dicoccum, var. Ajar, mihi. 



T. Arras, Ilochst. l-'Utra, 31, 450 (1848). 



i. Abyssinian Emmer (2, Fig. 120,). This variety I obtained uiulcr the 

 native Amharic name " Ajar " or " Ayua," from Abyssinia, where it is grown 

 at an elevation of 5000-8000 feet. It is sown in June and harvested in 

 October, giving a six- to eight-fold return ; where irrigated it is sown in 

 November and December and reaped in May. 



It is closely related to the wild '/'. dicuccuides and, like it, is exceptionally early, 

 coming into ear at Readme about May 20-25 when sown in autumn (October- 

 December). 



Colfoptilfs, 4- to 6-ncrvcd, sometimes pinkish. 



