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

 5 mm. long, blunt. 



Grain, small, semi-flinty, 6 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 



6. Dattel. A mid-season to late form received from France. It comes 

 into ear at Reading about June 17. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, stout, tall, 127 cm. (50 inches) high. 



Ear, lo-n cm. long ; spikelets 22 ; D = 2i (Ear type 2, Fig. 186). 



Empty glume, 10 mm. long, narrow at apex ; apical tooth blunt, -5 mm. long. 



Grain, flinty, 6-4 mm. long, 3-65 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick. 



7. Sandomir. A mid-season form received from Germany. It comes 

 into ear at Reading about June 17. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, slender, tall, 112 cm. (about 44 inches) high. 



Ear, 9-10 cm. long ; upper spikelets with awns -75-1 cm. long ; spikelets 21 ; 

 D = 23 (Ear type 2, Fig. 181). 



Empty glume, narrow, 8 mm. long ; apical tooth blunt, -5-1 mm. long (22, 

 Fig. 1 66). 



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



8. Dawson's Golden Chaff. A mid-season form received from Canada. It 

 comes into ear at Reading about June 15, and is very susceptible to Yellow Rust. 



Young shoots, prostrate or semi-erect. 



Straw, somewhat slender, of medium height, 102 cm. (about 40 inches) high. 



Ear, 8-9 cm. long; upper spikelets with awns 1-2 cm. long; spikelets 21 ; 

 D = 26 (Ear type 2, Fig. 187). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long ; apical tooth -5 mm. long, blunt (n, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty, 6-3 mm. long, 3-55 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick. 



A similar form with darker red glumes was received from New Zealand and 

 from Germany. 



9. White Matador Rood Kop. A late form received from Holland. It 

 comes into ear at Reading about June 18. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, stout, tall, 121 cm. (about 48 inches) high. 

 Ear, dense, 8 cm. long ; spikelets 22 ; D = 29 (Ear type 2, Fig. 188). 

 Empty glume, 8 mm. long ; apex truncate ; apical tooth -5 mm. long, blunt 

 (5, 9, Fig. 166). 



Grain, semi-flinty, 6-4 mm. long, 3-45 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, glabrous ; grain red. 



T. vulgare, var. milturum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 45 (1885). 



This is one of the most widely distributed varieties of T. vulgare, and em- 

 braces a large number of forms. About 180 forms have been grown at Reading, 

 the largest proportion being obtained from Western Europe, although examples 

 are found in almost every wheat-growing country. 



