3 i 4 THE WHEAT PLANT 



This distinct variety I have only seen from Central Asia, where it appears to 

 be common ; all its forms are early, producing ears at the end of May at Reading. 



Flaksberger records its occurrence in Siberia, Turkestan, and S.E. Russia. 



Received from Semiretchensk and East Bokhara, Central Asia. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, about 90-100 cm. (36-40 in.) high, hollow, rigid. 



Ear, 4-5-5-5 mm. long, 10-12 mm. across the face, 12-15 mm. across the 

 side, usually clubbed at the apex ; spikelets 17-19, 4- to 5-grained ; D =40-50 ; 

 awns brittle, 5-7 cm. long (Ear type i, Fig. 196). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, usually narrowed towards the apex, with slender 

 awn 1-3-5 cm - l n g m tne Semiretchensk forms (i, Fig. 191) ; in some forms from 

 Bokhara the empty glume is broader at the apex with a short awn about 4 mm. 

 long (2, Fig. 191). 



Grain, flinty, 6-4-6-6 mm. long, 3-3-3-7 mm. broad, and 3-1-3-6 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, glabrous ; grain red. 



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



T. sativum erinaceum, Desv. From. 161 (1833). 



Kornicke found this variety mixed with var. Fetisozvii from Central Asia. 



Flaksberger records its occurrence in Turkestan, Siberia, Caucasus, Mid- 

 and South-European Russia, and China. 



I have received it from Spain, the Transvaal, Manchuria, and as segregates 

 from Chinese wheats and from Herisson barbu (var. iclerinum). A glaucous 

 form obtained from a sample of Manchurian wheat ; also among French samples 

 of Herisson barbu. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, tall, 135 cm. (53 inches) high, somewhat slender, hollow. 



Ear, 5-6 cm. long, 10-12 mm. across the face, 12-13 mm. across the side; 

 spikelets 21-22 ; D =40-43 ; awns slender, divergent, 7-8 cm. long (Ear types i, 

 Figs. 194, 195). 



Empty glume, 7-8 mm. long, apex narrow with awn -5-2 cm. long (2-6, Fig. 

 191). This form has given semi-bearded segregates (2, Fig. 195) with broader 

 empty glumes. 



Grain, yellowish-red, mealy or semi-flinty, the flanks of the furrow plump ; 

 6-1 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, 2-9 mm. thick. 



2. An early form with erect young shoots and yellowish-green leaves and ears, 

 found among the progeny of a " clubbed " ear of T. vulgare (var. miltunim) from 

 Chungking, China. 



Straw, short, 60-80 cm. (24-30 inches) long ; leaves yellowish-green. 



Ear, dense and short, about 4 cm. long, 12 mm. across the face and side ; 

 spikelets 22-24, 4-grained ; D =48-50 ; awns 5 cm. long (Ear type i, Fig. 194). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, keeled to the base, with a curved awn 5 mm. long 

 (2, 3, Fig. 191). 



Grain, semi-flinty, often compressed a little on one side ; 2-5 mm. thick, 

 5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide. 



