COMMON BREAD WHEAT 281 



Grain, large, dark red, flinty, 7-5 mm. long, 3-5-4 mm. broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 

 A similar form with more hairy leaves from Seistan, Persia, under the name 

 Nishkin. 



3. An early form received from the province of Semiretchensk, Turkestan. 

 Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, 100-1 10 cm. (40-44 inches) high. 



Ear, 8-10 cm. long, with spreading awns 5-6-5 cm. long : spikelets 17-19 : 

 = 20-25 (Ear type 2, Fig. 170). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth 2 mm. long, 

 lateral nerve distinct : no dark margin to the glume (8, 14, Fig. 165). 



Grain, dark red, 6-5 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, 3-3 mm. thick. 



4. A very late winter form, received from Prof. Eriksson, Stockholm : it 

 comes into ear at Reading about the third week in June. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, slender, erect, of medium height, 109 cm. (43 inches) . leaves blue- 

 green. 



Ear, 9-10.5 cm. long with slender, spreading, somewhat wavy awns 5-6 cm. 

 long ; spikelets 22, short, 3-grained ; D - 22-24 (^ ar tyP* 2 > F'- ! 77 w ' 1 ^ a^ns). 



Empty glume, 7 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth slender, 2-3-5 mrn - 

 long (Form 21, Fig. 165). 



Grain, more or less visible between the glumes, semi-flinty, 6-45-6-6 mm. 

 long, 3-45-4 mm. broad, 3-4 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; atcns black ; grain red. 



T. vulgare, var. pseudo-Hostianum, Flaksb. Bull. App. not. Petrograd, 

 viii. 165, 196 (1915). 



A very rare variety occurring only in Central Asia. 



Flaksbcrger states that examples arc occasionally found in Turkestan and 

 Persia, mixed with other wheats. 



I obtained examples among Ablakh wheat from Tabrix, Persia, exactly 

 similar to the Ablakh form described under var. Hostianum (p. 280), but with 

 black awns. 



Punjab 9. --Received from India. A distinct form with dense, square 

 ears and villosc glumes, the hairs conspicuous and spreading. 



Stratc, tall, hollow, 1 18-120 cm. (46-47 inches) high. 



Ear, 6-5-7-5 cm. long, dense, square, 10-11 mm. across the sides ; spikelets 

 18-20. I) -30 (Kar types 2, Fig. 175 ; 2, Fig. 176 but narrower) ; awns rigid, 

 stout, and short, 5'5-6'5 cm. long. 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, with prominent apex and awn 5-6 mm. long 

 (Form 20, Fig. 165). 



Grain, dark red, rlinty, 6-8 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, glabrous ; grain white. 



T. vulgare, var. erythroleucon, Korn. llandh. d. (ietr. i. 47 (1885). 

 A rare varietv endemic in Central Asia, Persia, and Irulia. 



