MACARONI WHEAT 219 



The forms from Asia Minor generally possess short, dense, compressed 

 ears and stout awns. The ears are usually from 5-5 to 7-5 cm. long, 10-12 mm. 

 across the face, and 14-15 mm. across the side ; D= usually about 33, but the 

 density of the shortest ears sometimes reaches 40. 



Narrow-eared forms received from Russia and Dobrudja, Roumania, with 

 pale brown awns, have the following characters : 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous or slightly hairy. 



Straw, slender, tall, 118 cm. (about 47 inches) long ; upper internode hollow. 



Ear, slender, 9 cm. long, square, 10-11 mm. across the sides ; spikelets 25-27, 

 2- to 3-grained ; D = 31-32 ; awns slender, 12-13 cm. long (Ear type i, Fig. 142). 



Empty glume, short, and somewhat inflated, 8 mm. long ; apical tooth short, 

 broad at the base, 1-1-5 mm - l n g (jS, 19, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, small, 7 mm. long, 3-55 mm. broad, 3-2 mm. thick. 



1. Punjab 1. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Straw, tall, to very tall, 132 cm. (about 53 inches) high ; upper internode hollow. 



Ear, 9-10 cm. long, almost square, 11-12 mm. across the sides ; spikelets 

 22-26, 2- to 3-grained; D =27-28; awns stout, 12-16 cm. long, jet black or 

 sometimes pale brown (Ear types i, Fig. 141 ; 2, Fig. 143). 



Empty glume, 10 mm. long ; apical tooth, short and bluntish, about i mm. 

 long (i, 2, Fig. 138). 



Grain, small, flinty, apex blunt, 7-3-7-5 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. 

 thick. 



I received a similar form from Bombay, the Shan States, Northern Burma, 

 and other parts of India ; also from Asia Minor. 



2. Durazio mollar. Received from Portugal. 



Young shoots, semi-erect ; young leaves slightly rough. 



Str aw, some what slender, tall, 1 16 cm. (46 inches) high ; upper internode solid. 



Ear, short, 6-8 cm. long, square, 10-12 mm. across the sides or slightly com- 

 pressed, 10 mm. across the face, and 11-12 across the side; spikelets 21, 3- 

 grained ; = 33 ; awns 14-15 cm. long, sometimes pale brown (Ear type 2, 



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Empty glume, 10 mm. long ; apical tooth narrow, acute, 1-5-2 mm. long 

 (Form 6, Fig. 138). 



Grain, semi-flinty, compressed, with high and narrow dorsal ridge; 8-25 mm. 

 long, 3-75 mm. broad, 3-6 mm. thick. 



Zwaart Baard from South Africa resembles this. 



Durazio rijo from Estramadura, Portugal, is also similar with somewhat 

 longer ears and larger, yellowish-white grain. 



3. Trigo Andaluze. Received from Spain and a similar form from Algeria. 

 Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Straw, of medium height, 102 cm. (about 40 inches) long; upper internode solid. 



Ear, stout and coarse, 8-9 mm. long, square, 13-15 mm. across the sides ; 

 spikelets 20-22, 3- to 4-grained ; D = 28-32 ; awns strong, black, 15-16 cm. long 

 (Ear type 2, Fig. 143). 



