3 o 2 THE WHEAT PLANT 



Straw, moderately stout, medium to tall, 100-115 cm.(about4O-45 inches) high. 



Ear, 10-11-5 cm. long ; spikelets broad, 22-23 ; D = 20-22 (Ear type 2, Fig. 

 177, with less tip beard). 



Empty glume, about 10 mm. long, keeled to near the base ; apical tooth 

 blunt (7, 22, Fig. 166). 



Grain, large, semi-flinty, somewhat narrow at the apex ; 7 mm. long, 3-9 mm. 

 broad, 3-45 mm. thick. 



5. Touzelle rouge de Provence. A widely distributed form received from 

 France. It comes into ear at Reading about June 1-9. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, slender, tall, 120-140 cm. (48-55 inches) high. 



Ear, 10- 1 1 cm. long, tapering towards the apex and the base ; upper spike- 

 lets with awns 1-1-5 cm. long, 2 or 3 basal spikelets often barren; spikelets 

 2I _23 ; D = 20-25 (Ear types i, Fig. 178 ; 2, Fig. 181). 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, keeled from tip to base ; apex truncate ; apical 

 tooth blunt, -5-1 mm. long (2, 21, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty or semi-flinty, 6-35-7 mm. long, 3-45-3-75 mm. broad, 3-1-3-3 

 mm. thick. 



Resembling it are Winckler's and Homer's Hochfeldt and Utendorf from 

 Switzerland, and a few forms from Austria and Spain. 



Closely similar, but with ears somewhat tapering at the apex and narrower 

 spikelets, are a large number of forms from Russia, Argentina, and Hungary, 

 Stanley from Canada, and one or two from the United States. 



6. A common form included among wheat sent from Russia under the name 

 Ulka and North Russian. 



Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, slender, of medium height, 90-105 cm. (35-42 inches). 

 Ear, slender, tapering ; many barren spikelets at base and apex, 10-11-5 cm. 

 long ; spikelets 22-25 ; D = 22-25 (Ear types i, 2, Fig. 182). 

 Empty glume, 8 mm. long, keeled to the base (8, 9, Fig. 166). 

 Grain, semi-flinty, 6-7 mm. long, 3-45 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 

 Forms similar to this are frequent in some parts of Argentina. 



7. Golden Drop. A late Old English form coming into ear at Reading 

 about June 16 to 20. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



5f raw, somewhat slender, tall, i2O-i3Ocm.(48-52inches) high; leaves glaucous. 



Ear, 10-11 cm. long, 15 mm. across the face, 9-10 mm. across the side, 

 tapering towards the apex ; upper spikelets with awns i cm. long ; spikelets 

 23-25 ; D =20-24 (Ear type 2, Fig. 186). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long; apex somewhat truncate; apical tooth blunt, i 

 mm. long (Form 20, Fig. 166). 



Grain, flinty or semi-flinty, 5-85 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, 2-95-3 mm. 

 thick. 



Very similar are a large number of forms which have been received from 

 England, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, and Russia. 



