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side ; awns of the two lowest flowering glumes of each spikelet 10-13 cm. long, 

 those of the third flower about i cm. long ; spikelets 21-23, each 20-25 mm - 

 long, 10-14 mm. broad ; = 28-30. 



Empty glume, keeled to the base, 25-27 mm. long, outer half narrow, lanceo- 

 late with 5 or 6 nerves ; primary apical tooth 1-3 mm. long or longer ; secondary 

 tooth about i mm. long (2, Fig. 147). 



Grain, flinty, pointed at the base, apex blunt; 9-5-11 mm. long, 3-3 mm. 

 broad, 3-2 mm. thick (2, Fig. 148). 



Glumes white, pubescent ; ear dense ; awns long ; grain red. 



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



A variety with dense ears 5-7 cm. long, 2 cm. or more wide, the shorter ears 

 more or less oval in outline. Kornicke's type was obtained from a Botanic 

 Garden. 



Kornicke describes a var . pseudohalleri with a somewhat lax, square, glabrous 

 ear, remarking that it " differs from var. Halleri in its red grain " ! (Archiv f. 

 Biontologie, ii. 404 (1908). 



Glumes pale red, glabrous ; awns long ; ears cylindrical. 



T. polonicum, var. rufescens, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 100 (1885). 



Kornicke's type has narrow pale red ears, 9-12 cm. long, moderately dense 

 with long awns and reddish grain. 



T. polonicum oblongum, var. G., Ser. (Cer. eur. 147 (185) (1841)), is similar, 

 but with very lax ears. 



Glumes pale red, pubescent ; awns long, red ; ear cylindrical, lax. 



T. polonicum, var. rubrovelutinum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 100 (1885). 



T. polonicum oblongum, var. H., Ser. Cer. eur. 147 (185) (1841). 



A variety with very lax, pale red, pubescent ears mentioned by Seringe. 



Glumes red, pubescent ; awns long, pale red ; ear quadrate, lax. 



T. polonicum Seringei, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 101 (1885). 

 T. polonicum quadratum, var. C., Ser. Cer. eur. 146 (184) (1841). 

 A variety mentioned by Seringe. 



Glumes pale red, pubescent ; awns long, black ; ear quadrate, lax. 



T. polonicum, var. Vilmorini, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 101 (1885). 



T. polonicum quadratum, var. D., Ser. Cer. eur. 146 (184) (1841). 



A variety mentioned by Seringe ( = T. polonicum, Vilmorin, No. 74, 1636). 



Glumes black, pubescent ; ear cylindrical ; awns short. 



T. polonicum, var. anomalum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 100 (1885). 

 T. polonicum oblongum, var. I., Ser. Cer. eur. 147 (185), PI. IX. (Fig. 2) 

 (1841). 



