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One of these, the Nepal, is hulless ; another, called Suc- 

 cess, belonging to the Horseford group, is hulled. The 

 former came from the Himalaya Mountain region, while 

 the latter originated in this country. These are the only 

 hooded barleys commonly cultivated. Other hooded 

 forms, both hulled and hulless, are found in Abyssinia 



FIG. 42. Kernels of six-row hulless barleys ; a, White Hulless ; 

 6, Black Hulless ; c, Himalaya Hulless. 



and South Africa, in one of which only the middle row 

 of spikelets bears hoods. Other forms of common barley 

 with varying colors of the lemma, or hulless kernel and 

 awns crooked or wanting, occur in central Asia and in 

 Africa. Hulless forms have in recent years come into 

 Siberia from central Asia and China. The black barley 

 group (No. 3 below) is very interesting and widely dis- 

 tributed. These barleys often lose a portion of their 

 color and become semi-black. In Russia they are fre- 



