POLISH WHEAT 237 



Collected by Schimper in Abyssinia ; the native name is " Fellasito." 



Kornicke states that the ears are 8 cm. long, slightly narrowed towards the 

 apex, very dense, strongly compressed, narrow across the face, but 2 cm. wide 

 across the 2-rowed side ; awns 15 cm. long. The glabrous pale yellow, empty 

 glumes are 2-5 cm. long, with a terminal awn-like point which in some instances 

 reaches a length of 18 mm. 



Grain, white, somewhat short and broad, 7 mm. long (unripe specimens). 



Steudel's T. abyssinicum (Synops. Gram. 342, No. 19) appears to be a similar 

 dense-eared form of T.polonicum grown in Abyssinia. 



Glumes white, glabrous ; ear dense, flattened, broad at base ; spikelets wide ; 



awns long, white. 



T. polonicum, var. attenuatum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 104 (1885). 

 T.polonicum, var. longiaristatum, b., crassispicatum, Korn. Syst. Uebers. 15 



(1873)- 



Kornicke's type, which was obtained from a Botanic Garden, possesses ears 

 8 cm. long or longer and white grain. 



Glumes white, glabrous ; ear broadest at apex ; awns long, white. 



T. polonicum, var. intermedium, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 104 (1885). 



T. polonicum compactum, var. K., Ser. Cer. eur. 148 (186), t. 8 (16) Fig 4 

 (1841). 



A " club-eared " form of T. polonicum mentioned and figured by Seringe. 

 The ears are lax at the base and dense at the blunt apex. 



Glumes white, glabrous ; ear flattened ; awns long, black. 



T. polonicum, var. nigrobarbatum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 109 (1885). 

 T. polonicum nigrobarbatum, Desv. From. 149 (1833). 

 T.polonicum compactum, var. O., Ser. Cer. eur. 148 (186) (1841). 

 A compact-eared variety mentioned by Desvaux and Seringe. 



Glumes white, pubescent ; ear dense, flattened ; awns short. 



T. polonicum, var. vestitum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 103 (1885). 

 T.polonicum compactum, var. N., Ser. Cer. eur. 148 (186) (1841). 

 A dense compact-eared variety mentioned by Seringe ; similar to var. 

 compactum, Link, but with pubescent glumes. 



Glumes white, pubescent ; ear lax, cylindrical ; grain white or pale yellow. 



T. polonicum, var. speltiforme, Korn. Archiv f. Biontologie, ii. 4.0-? 

 (1908). 



A form sent to Kornicke by H. de Vilmorin and apparently of hybrid 

 origin (T. polonicum levissimum (or villosuni) x T. turgidum, var. lusitanicum, 

 Petianelle blanche). The ears are very narrow, lax, with awns of variable 

 length (0-18 cm.) ; empty glumes as long as the spikelets, the grain compara- 

 tively short like that of T. durum. 



