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Poulard rouge de Gatinais, cultivated in the Central Departments of 

 France, is a form of speciosum nearly allied to this. 



3. Buca vera. A winter form received from Haage and Schmidt, Erfurt, 

 Germany. 



Young shoots, prostrate ; young leaves pubescent. 



Straw, tall, 130 cm. (about 51 inches) high ; upper internode hollow with 

 very thick walls. 



Ear, 9-10 cm. long, square, 12 mm. across the sides ; spikelets short and 

 wide, 22-25, 3~ to 4-grained ; D = about 30; awns slender, 10-11 cm. long, 

 deciduous (Ear type i, Fig. 156). 



Empty glume, 7 mm. long, often with a dark line along the outer margin ; 

 apical tooth acute, curved, with a broad base, 1-5 mm. long (Form 4, Fig. 152). 



Grain, meah , dorsal ridge not prominent ; 7-6 mm. long, 3-75 mm. broad, 

 3 -4 mm. thick. 



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



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

 A rare form derived from a cross. 



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



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



Kornicke obtained his type from a mixed sample of wheat designated 

 " Frumento veneto " at the Italian Exhibition held in Paris in 1878. According 

 to Flaksberger, this variety is cultivated in considerable amount in Transcaucasia. 

 I received samples from Turkey. 



A winter form received from Dr. Regel, Petrograd, from the district of 

 Tiflis, Transcaucasia, and in a sample from Turkey under the name Moula 

 Oglau (var. Mertensii). 



Young shoots, prostrate ; young leaves pubescent. 



Straw, very tall, 150 cm. (about 60 inches) high ; upper internode hollow with 

 thick walls. 



Ear, 8-10 cm. long, compressed, 9-11 mm. across the face, 13-14 mm. 

 across the side ; spikelets 23-27, 2- tO3-grained ; = 29-31 ; rachilla with con- 

 spicuous fulvous hairs ; awns 10-13 cm - l n g> J et black, parallel to the sides of 

 the ears (Ear type i, Fig. 157). 



Empty glume, 7-5-8 mm. long, apical tooth short, blunt (6, 7, Fig. 152). 



Grain, mealy, short, apex truncate, dorsal ridge prominent ; about 7 mm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad, 3-8 mm. thick. 



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



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

 The form of var. speciosissimum with compound ears. It is recorded by 

 Flaksberger from Turkestan. 



