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Straw, tall, 132 cm. (about 52 inches) high ; upper internode solid or hollow 

 with thick walls. 



Ear, 8-9 cm. long, usually square, 12-15 mm. across the sides; small ears 

 much compressed, 9-10 mm. across the face, 12-14 mm. across the side ; spike- 

 lets 22-25, 3" to 4-grained ; = 28-32 ; awns 12-13 cm. long (Ear type 2, Fig. 



157). 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, with a black line along the outer margin, or, in 

 some seasons, more or less uniformly black ; apical tooth 2 mm. long, acute, 

 broad at the base (i, Fig. 152). 



Grain, more or less flinty, dorsal ridge prominent ; 7-6 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



2. A form from Spain under the name Carosellone del Molise, with short 

 dense grain similar to those of Carosellone del Molise (var. melanatherum) from 

 Italy. 



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



T. turgidum, var. pavoninum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 63 (1885). 

 The form of var. nigrobarbatum with compound ears. 



Ear bearded, simple ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns white ; grain white. 



T. turgidum, var. megalopolitanum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 60 (1885). 

 A rare variety found by Kornicke in a seedsman's sample of " Greek wheat 

 from Megalopolis," and also in samples from Italy. 



Ear bearded, simple ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns white ; grain red. 



T. turgidum, var. buccale, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 60 (1885). 



Kornicke states that var. buccale is cultivated in Germany, England, France, 

 Spain, and Italy ; I have also received it from Portugal. 



The Cone Rivet or Anti-fly wheat formerly grown in England was a form of 

 this variety. 



1. Pombinho. Received from Portugal. 



Young shoots, semi-erect ; young leaves pubescent. 



Straw, tall, 132 cm. (about 52 inches) high ; upper internode hollow with 

 thick walls. 



Ear, 7-9 cm. long, square, 12-14 mm. across the sides, or slightly compressed, 

 10 mm. across the face and 12-13 mm. across the side ; spikelets 21-25, 3- to 4- 

 grained ; D = 28-30 ; awns stout, 12-15 cm. long (Ear type 2, Fig. 157). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, apex narrow, apical tooth acute, i mm. long 

 (Form 6, Fig. 152). 



Grain, flinty or semi-flinty, dark red, truncate ; dorsal ridge prominent ; 7-3 

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



2. Sicilio, with very villose glumes and short starchy grains, also from 

 Portugal, closely resembles (i). 



