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Empty glume, 9 mm. long, inflated, apex broad with apical tooth 1-2 mm. 

 long, bent inwards (2, 3, Fig. 166). 



Grain, large, semi-flinty, 8-4 mm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



7. Frankenstein. A late form received from Germany. It comes into ear 

 at Reading about June 23. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, somewhat slender, tall, 125 cm. (about 49 inches) high. 



Ear, narrow, 10-11 cm. long; upper spikelets with awns -5-1 cm. long; 

 spikelets 27 ; D = 26 (Ear type i, Fig. 181). 



Empty glume, 9-10 mm. long, apex broad (22, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty, 7 mm. long, 3-7 mm. broad, 3-2 mm. thick. 



Closely resembling this form are the tip-bearded Saumur de Mars from 

 France and the English Trump. 



8. Geldersche . A late form received from Holland. It comes into ear 

 about June 22. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, somewhat slender, tall, 115 cm. (45 inches) high. 

 Ear, 10-11 cm. long ; upper spikelets with awns 1-1-5 cm. long ; spikelets 

 24 ; D =24 (Ear types i, Fig. 178 ; 2, Fig. 181). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long (Forms 20, 22, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty, 6-5 mm. long, 3-25 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick. 



9. Cedar. An Australian form. 

 Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, medium height, 90-102 cm. (36-40 inches) high, hollow with thick walls. 



Ear, lax, rigid, 10-12 cm. long, 12 mm. across the face, 10 mm. across the 

 side ; flowering glumes quite awnless ; spikelets 20-22 ; D = about 20 (Ear type 

 2, Fig. 180). 



Empty glume, 10 mm. long, apex truncate (n, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty, apex blunt, 6-4 mm. long, 3-8 mm. broad, 3-2 mm. thick. 



10. Hybrid Inversable. A late form received from France. It comes into 

 ear at Reading about June 20. 



Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, stiff, of medium height, 94 cm. (about 37 inches) high. 



Ear, 9 cm. long; upper spikelets with awns 1-2-5 cm - l n g > spikelets 20 ; 

 = 23 (Ear type i, Fig. 187). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long (7, Fig. 166). 



Grain, semi-flinty, 7 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, 3-2 mm. thick. 



Bon Fermier from France, Hadmersleben from Germany, and the English 

 Dreadnought are similar to this. 



11. Trigo Eegadio. An early form received from Spain. 

 Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, 96-102 cm. (38-40 inches) high. 



Ear, 8-9 cm. long ; upper spikelets with awns -5-1 cm. long ; awns or teeth 

 of the lower flowering glumes curved inwards ; spikelets 22 ; D = 23 (Ear type 

 i, Fig. 187). 



