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3. Slav Emmer (i, Fig. 129). A small-eared form cultivated in Serbia and 

 Russia, chiefly in the provinces adjacent to the Volga and to a lesser extent in 

 the Caucasus, Siberia, and Turkestan. It is somewhat earlier than the preceding 

 form, coming into ear at Reading about ten days sooner. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves pubescent. 



Straw, 90-95 cm. (36-38 inches) long. 



Ear, small and short, 5-7 cm. long, i cm. across the 2-rowed side ; spikelets 

 23-25 ; = 38-40; awns 6-8 cm. long. 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, apex with short blunt tooth (12, 

 Fig. 125). 



Grain, red and flinty, pointed at both ends, " brush " long, dorsal ridge 

 prominent ; 7-5 mm. long, 2-5-2-7 mm. broad, 2-4-2-6 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded, broad, dense ; glumes white, glabrous. 



T. dicoccum, var. liguliforme, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 90 (1885). 



T. amyleum, Ser., Krause. Getr. Heft V. 9, t. 4 C. D. (1837). 



A variety with short dense ears 5 cm. long and 1-8 cm. broad, frequently bent 

 over on the flat side ; the awns 12-15 cm. long. Kornicke states that he 

 received this variety from Jena. 



Ear bearded, branched ; glumes white, glabrous. 



T. dicoccum, var. albiramosum, Korn. Arch. f. Biontologie, ii. 411 

 (1908). 



Apparently a hybrid discovered by Kornicke in the Botanic Garden at 

 Poppelsdorf in 1901. 



Ear. with short awns ; glumes while, pubescent. 



T. dicoccum, var. submajus, Korn. Arch.f. Biontologie, ii. 409 (1908). 



Ears like var. majus, but with short black or white awns. 



Found by Kornicke in a mixture in the Botanic Garden, Poppelsdorf. 



Ear bearded, branched ; awns short ; glumes white, pubescent. 



T. dicoccum, var. Metzgeri, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 91 (1885). 



T. amyleum, Ser., Krause. Getr. Heft V. 15, Taf. 6 C. (1837). 



T. amyleum, D., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 32 (1824), an< ^ Landw. Pfl. i. 116 (e) 

 (1841). 



T. vulgare Metzgeri, Alef. Landw. Fl. 332 (1866). 



This variety is not constant ; its simple ears resemble those of the preceding 

 variety. 



Ear bearded, lax ; awns long, straight ; glumes greyish-white, pubescent. 



T. dicoccum, var. semicanum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 89 (1885). 

 T. amyleum, C., Seringe. Mel. hot. 128 (1818). 

 T. amyleum, C., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 32 (1824). 



