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Straw, very tall, 127 cm. (about 59 inches) long ; upper internode solid. 



Ear, 8-9 cm. long, coarse, square, 11-12 mm. across the sides, or com- 

 pressed, and 10 mm. across the face, 12-13 mm. across the side ; spikelets 20-24, 

 2- to 3-grained ; D = 25-28 ; awns stout, 17-18 cm. long, sometimes irregularly 

 bent (Ear type 2, Fig. 143). 



Empty glume, 10-12 mm. long, narrow; apical tooth small, about I mm. 

 long (4, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, long, and narrow, apex truncate ; 8-9 mm. long, 3-3 mm. 

 broad, 3-85 mm. thick. 



Orano forte from Italy resembles this form. 



A larger form with square ears, 12-13 mm. across the sides and paler awns, 

 also from Spain. 



2. Trifo marzuolo.- Received from Italy, and similar forms from Greece. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Stratc, tall, 1 16 cm. (about 46 inches) long ; upper internode hollow. 



Ear, long and narrow, 8-10 cm. long, square, 10-11 mm. across the sides ; 

 pikelet* 23, 2- to 3 -grained ; 1) 23-26; awns 14 cm. long (Ear type I, Fig. 142). 



Empty glume, narrow, n mm. long; apical tooth 1-2 mm. long, acute, 

 usually with a black margin (9, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, with truncate apex and narrow dorsal ridge ; 8 mm. long, 3-45 

 mm. broad, and 3-6 mm. thick. 



I received a smaller form allied to this from Adana, Asia Minor, under the 

 name Yerli. 



Ear bearded ; glumes trkite. pubescent ; aunt trhite ; grain trttitr. 



T. durum, var. Valenciae, Korn. Handh. d. Getr. i. 72 (18X5). 



Kornicke received this variety from Valencia, Spain, the Government of 

 Kharkov, Russia, and Chili. 



I have received it from Austria. Bulearia. Asia Minor (Damascus), ami the 

 Punjab, India ; also in samples of Goose wheat from Canada. 



Forms of this variety are rare and liable to be confused with examples of the 

 black-awned var. melanpuf, in which the dark pigment does not develop in 

 some seasons. 



Flaksberger says that the forms from Russia should l>e placed under the 

 variety mtlamopus. 



i. Trigo Sicilian!. Received from Italy. 



1 nung sh<nits, semi-erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Strati-, tall, 1 1 6 cm. (about 4'* inches) high ; upper internode solid. 



Ear, i) cm. long, square. 10-12 mm. across the sides, or compressed, and 

 10-11 across the face, 12-14 mm. across the side; spikelets 21-23, 2- to 3- 

 grained ; I) 28-30 ; awns n *'"> '""U (Mar type i. Fig. 142) 



Empty glume, 9-11 mm. long, 4 mm. bro.nl ; apical tooth 1-1-5 mm. loni: 

 (12. 13, Fig. 138). 



Grain, thnty, apex narrowed; S-S-;; mm. long, 3-1-3-5 mm. broad. Similar 

 to this is Beloklassa zagani from I'.uk'.m.; . 



