MACARONI WHEAT 229 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long; apical tooth 2-3 mm. long, the tip sometimes 

 curved outwards (5, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, small, with high dorsal ridge, 7-1 mm. long, 3-15 mm. broad, 

 3*4 mm. thick. 



Javardo from Portugal is similar, but in some seasons the empty glumes are 

 reddish or yellowish with black keels and edges. 



3. Trigo raspinegro espiga negro. Received from Spain. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Strata, of medium height to tall, 135 cm. (about 53 inches) high ; upper inter- 

 node solid or hollow with thick walls. 



Ear, slightly tapering towards the apex, 8-9 cm. long, almost square, 11-13 

 mm. across the sides ; spikelets 19-20 ; D- 30-34 ; awns 18 cm. long, slightly 

 divergent (Ear type i, Fig. 143). 



Empty glume, black, with a bluish-white surface, 9 mm. long ; apical tooth 

 1-1*5 mm - l n K w'th broad base (4, 6, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, compressed, with high dorsal ridge, apex truncate, 8-2 mm. 

 long, 3-65 mm. broad, 3-9 mm. thick. 



A closely similar form to this from Bulgaria has ears 7-9 cm. long, almost 

 square, 10-12 mm. across the sides, or compressed, 10 mm. across the face, and 

 13 mm. across the sides. 



Ear beardless ; glumes blue-black, glabrous ; grain white. 



T. durum, var. australc, mihi. 



Huguenot or Bald Medeah (2, Fig. 146). Received from Australia, where 

 it is grown as a hay crop and for green feed in the coastal regions. 



At Reading it i* very early, coming into car before the end of May. 



Guthrie states that it originated from a single plant with two beardless heaiis 

 in a crop of Mcdcah (var. eryittromelan, p. 224). The selection was nude in 

 1897 by J. Corral I, Arthur River, Western Australia. (. L. Sutton notes that 

 the original plant is supposed to have been a natural cross between Medeah and 

 Purple straw (T. vulgare, var. lutetcens). 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, slitF, erect, tall, 127 cm. (about 50 inches) high ; upper intcrnode solid 

 and often wavy below the ear. 



Ear, dense, 6-5-7 cm. long, tapering towards apex and bases, 9-10 mm. 

 across the face, 15 nun. across the side ; spikelets 22-24, 3-graincd ; I) 38. 



Empty glume, tj-io mm. long; apical ttxith small, very short, -5 mm. long; 

 secondary tooth of empty glume distinct (14, Fig. 138). 



(jrain, flinty, with high dorsal ridge and bhmtish apex ; 7-8 mm. long, 3-5 

 mm. broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



Ear beardless ; glumes rtd, glabrous ; grain uhite. 

 T. durum, var. sub-australe, mihi. 



Received from Australia in a sample of BaKl Medeah (the previous variety), 

 with which form it agrees in all respects except in the colour of the elumes. 



