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2. Cawnpore 2. 



Ear, large, 10 mm. long, compressed 10 mm. across the face, 13-14 mm. 

 across the side ; spikelets 22-24 '> D =23-26 (Ear type i, Fig. 141). 



Empty glume, large, 12 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, apex broad, apical tooth 

 short and blunt (2, Fig. 138). 



Grain, long and narrow, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, 3 mm. thick. 



3. Cawnpore 9. Somewhat similar to the previous form but with smaller, 

 denser ears. 



Ear, about 9 mm. long, 10 mm. square, or 9 mm. across the face, and n mm. 

 across the side ; spikelets 21-23 ; D = 28 (Ear type 2, Fig. 141). 



4. A form of var. Valenciae received from Damascus, Asia Minor, under the 

 name Yabroudi Bayadi, has the following characters : 



Ear, compressed, 8 cm. long, 6-8 mm. across the face, 11-13 mm - across the 

 side; spikelets 22-27 ; D = 30-36. 



Empty glume, 8-5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, apical tooth acute, short (i, n, 

 Fig. 138). 



Grain, 7-5 mm. long, 3-3-4 mm. broad, 2-5-3 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns white ; grain red. 



T. durum, var. fastuosum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 72 (1885). 



A rare variety received by Kornicke from the Government of Kharkov, 

 Russia, and from an Exhibition in Vienna in 1873. Flaksberger states that he 

 has not seen a single ear of this variety from any part of the Russian Empire. 



I have received specimens only from India (Central and United Provinces). 

 These were narrow lax-eared forms with the following characters : 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Straw, of medium height, 104 cm. (about 41 inches) long ; upper internode 

 almost solid. 



Ear, small, narrow, 7-9-5 mm. long, square, 10-11 mm. across the sides or 

 slightly compressed, 8-9 mm. across the face, and 11-12 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 21-23, 3-grained ; D =25-27 ; awns slender, 10-13 cm. long (Ear types 

 i, 2, Fig. 142). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long, apical tooth short and blunt, -5 mm. long (10, 

 Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, apex narrow, 7-5-8-5 mm. long, 3-2 mm. broad, 3-5 mm thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns black ; grain white. 



T. durum, var. melanopus, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 72 (1885). 



One of the commonest varieties of T. durum with a wide distribution, being 

 cultivated in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Roumania, South-East Russia, Turkestan, 

 Siberia, Asia Minor, and India. 



Forms of this variety are found with long and somewhat narrow, square 

 ears 10 mm. across ; the majority, however, have short, broad ears, 14-15 mm. 

 square, strong coarse awns, and slightly scabrid young leaves. 



