EMMER 197 



T. amyleum, G., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 33, Taf. 7 B. (1824) ; Landw. Pfl. i. 114 



T. amyleum, Ser., Krause. G^r. Heft V. 13, t. 5 D. (1837). 

 T. vulgar e subtricoccum, Alef. Landw. Fl. 332 (1866). 



Egyptian Spelt ; Egyptian Winter Wheat. A somewhat hardy form, 

 described by Schiibler, Metzger, and others. I have not seen it, but think 

 it probable that it is similar to Form i, var. uncinatum, mihi, and should be 

 placed in Group I. 



Straw, 120-150 cm. high ; leaves yellowish-green. 



Ear, 10-12 cm. long, with short awns. D = 28. The spikelets are about i 

 cm. broad and contain two or three reddish flinty or mealy grains 9 mm. long 

 and 4 mm. broad. 



Now rare, but formerly grown in Egypt, Italy, south of France, and the Jura 

 in Switzerland. 



Ear bearded, narrow ; awns long ; glumes white, glabrous. 



T. dicoccum, var. farrum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 87 (1885). 



T.farrum, Bayle-Barelle. Mon. d. Cer. 50 (1809). 



T. dicoccum album, Schiibler. Char, et descr. Cer. 29 (1818), and in Flora 

 Jahr. 3, ii. 450. 



The commonest European variety of T. amyleum. Three forms of it are 

 distinguished. 



1. White Emmer (T. amyleum, A., Metzger, Eur. Cer. 30) (i, Fig. 132). 

 A late form found in small quantities in France, Germany, Austria, Switzer- 

 land, Italy, and Spain. It comes into ear at Reading from June 10 to 20. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves pubescent. 



Straw, 100 cm. (40 inches) long. 



Ear, dense, 7-9 cm. long, narrow, 9 mm. across the 2-rowed side ; spikelets 

 27-28 ; = 38 ; awns 6-8 cm. long. 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, keeled to the base, apex with long, 

 curved, claw-like tooth (9, Fig. 125) ; secondary lateral nerve prominent, ending 

 in a short tooth, near the base of the keel tooth. 



Grain, flinty, brownish-red ; 7-8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



2. Large White Emmer (T. amyleum, B., Metzger, Eur. Cer. 31) (2, Fig. 

 132). A taller form found with the preceding variety ; it is about a week later 

 in ripening. 



Straw, 130 cm. (50 inches) long. 



Ear, larger and laxer, 10-12 cm. long, 1-1-2 cm. broad, keeled, spikelets about 

 30 ; = 31. The edges of the rachis are fringed with long hairs ; spikelets 

 12-13 mm. long, 7 mm. broad ; awns 7-9 cm. long. 



Empty glume, 9-10 mm. long, 4 mm. broad ; apex narrow ; apical tooth short, 

 straight, acute ; secondary nerve ending in a blunt tooth (8, Fig. 125). 



Grain, semi-flinty, reddish-yellow, 8-9 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, with pro- 

 minent dorsal ridge. 



