MACARONI WHEAT 223 



Kornicke records this variety from Spain (Murcia), Portugal, Persia, Altai, 

 and Egypt. 



Flaksberger mentions the occurrence of dense-eared forms in Turkestan and 

 the Russian provinces of Kuban and Samara. 



I have had examples from Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece, Asia Minor, and 

 Burma. 



A widely distributed but somewhat rare variety, the chief forms of which 

 have long, narrow ears, 8-10 cm. square in section. A few are found in the 

 eastern Mediterranean region with denser, shorter, and somewhat compressed 

 ears. 



1 . Forms received from Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, and Jaffa have the follow- 

 ing characters : 



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



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

 hollow. 



Ear, 8-10 cm. long, square, 10 mm. across the sides; spikelets 23-27, 3- 

 grained ; 0=29-31 ; awns 13-14 cm. long (Ear type 2, Fig. 141). 



Empty glume, 9-10 mm. long ; apical tooth narrow, acute, i mm. long (14, 

 Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, apex blunt, 7-65 mm. long, 3-15 mm. broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



2. Santa Marta. Received from Portugal. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves slightly rough, old leaves glabrous. 



Straw, tall, no cm. (about 43 inches) high ; upper internode solid. 



Ear, lax, 8-10 cm. long, square, 10-11 mm. across the sides ; spikelets 19-22, 

 3-grained ; D =24-25 ; awns 14 cm. long (Ear type i, Fig. 142). 



Empty glume, 10 mm. long ; apical tooth narrow, acute, about i mm. long 

 (6, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, with truncate apex ; 8-3 mm. long, 3-7 mm. broad, 3-7 mm. 

 thick. 



A form of hordeiforme is also found under this name in Portugal. 



3. Received from Greece. 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves glabrous. 



Straw, tall, 127 cm. (about 50 inches) high ; upper internode solid. 

 Ear, short and flat, 7-8 cm. long, 8-9 mm. across face, 12 mm. across side ; 

 spikelets 22, 2- to 3-grained ; D = 29-32 ; awns slender, 12 cm. long (Ear type 2, 



Fig- MS)- 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long ; apical tooth short, broad at base, -5-1 mm. long 

 (10, Fig. 138). 



Grain, flinty, with truncate apex, 8-2 mm. long, 3-7 mm. broad, 3-95 thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, glabrous ; awns black ; grain white. 



T. durum, var. erythromelan, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 71 (1885). 

 Kornicke received this variety from Murcia, Spain. It is chiefly found in 

 Spain and Portugal ; very rare in Russia. 



