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A variety with lax, slightly-compressed ears, which are almost beardless, 

 possessing only a few short awns at the apex. 



Glumes pale violet, pubescent ; ear quadrate, lax. 



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

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

 A variety mentioned by Seringe, cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Lyon, 

 1836. 



Glumes bluish-black, pubescent ; ear quadrate, lax. 



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

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

 A variety mentioned by Seringe with regularly arranged spikelets and blue- 

 black glumes and awns ( = T. polonicum, Vilmorin, No. 5 (1836)). 



