CLUB, DWARF, CLUSTER, OR HEDGEHOG WHEAT 313 



1. Herisson barbn. An early spring form received from France, and from 

 the United States under the name Walla Walla. 



Yilmorin records its cultivation in the eastern departments of France from 

 Lorraine to Provence. It tillers little, is adapted to spring sow-ing, and succeeds 

 in cold mountainous districts on poor soils. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, tall, 135 cm. (53 inches) high, soft, hollow, usually pink when unripe ; 

 leaves glaucous. 



Ear, 5-6 cm. long, square, 11-12 mm. across sides ; spikelets 20-23, ' tcn 

 4- or 5-grained ; 0=40 ; awns slender, divergent, 7-9 cm. long (Ear type i, 

 Fig. 194). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, apex narrowed with a slender awn -5-3 cm. long 

 (2, Fig. 191). 



Grain, semi-flinty, 6-6-2 mm. long, 3'2-3'5 mm. broad, 3-3-3-5 mm. thick. 



2. Early forms similar to (i) but with empty glumes as in 7, 8, Fig. 191 , were 

 obtained from Asiatic Russia (Bokhara and Semiretchcnsk). 



3. Winter forms also resembling (i), but later, were obtained from Turkey, 

 Russia, and from a sample of Manchurian wheat. 



4. A very dense-eared early form, coming into ear at the end of May at 

 Reading, received from Spain mixed with Triffo Canute, a form of var. crinaceum 



(P- 3I5)- 



Young shoots, erect. 



Stratc, of medium height, 104 cm. (about 41 inches) high, stout, hollow. 



Ear, 4-5-5 cm. long, 11-13 mm - across the face, 15 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 18-19 ; I) 48-50 ; awns 5-7 cm. long (Ear type i, Fig. 10,5). 



Empty glume, 8-8-5 mm - ' on K. ap** narrow and terminated by a slender awn 

 5-3 cm. long (5, Fig. 191). 



Grain, flinty, 6-2-6-7 mm. long, 3-3-3 mm. broad, 3-15-3-25 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes tchite, pubescent ; grain tchite. 



T. vulgare sericeum, Alcf. l^ndv. Fl. 328 (1866). 

 T. compactum, var. sericeum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 54 (1885). 

 Kornickc Mate* that this variety is only known in Botanic Garden* ; his 

 specimens arose from a cross. 



Flakslxrrgcr records its occurrence in the Caucasus. 



Ear btarded ; glumes tchttt, pubescent ; grain red. 



T. compactum albiceps, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 54 (1885). 



Kornickc's type was of hybrid origin. 



Flaksbcrgcr mentions its occurrence in Semiretchcnsk and Scmipalatinsk. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, glab'ous ; grain tchite. 



T. compactum, var. Fetisowii, Korn. Handb. d. (,'rtr. i. 54 (1885). 

 Kornicke's type was sent to E. Rcuel, I'ctroprad, by Fetisow from \ crime , 

 Central Asia. 



