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CEREALS 



Fig. 12. — Six-rowed barley (//. sati- 

 vum, var. hfixasticfwn). B3, a 

 group of three spikelets. as they 

 appear together at a joint of the 

 rachis. B, Bl, single spikelets. 

 F, a flower (one stigma partly re- 

 moved) . Kl , A'-.', baek and front 

 views of kernel. All more or less 

 enlarged. (Nees.) 



Fig. 11. — Two-rowed barley (H. sativum, var. distichon). Flower-clustei 

 and base of a spikelet, slightly reduced. (Hackel.) 



