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Grain, short, dark red, flinty or semi-flinty, with blunt apex, 6 mm. long, 

 3-5-3-6 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick. 



Kintana and other forms resembling (i), but with yellowish-green leaves, 

 were also received from Japan. 



Allied to these early Japanese wheats, with non-glaucous, yellow-green leaves 

 and small, dark red, semi-flinty grain, are two forms obtained from Chungking, 

 China : 



(a) With lax ears, 10-11 cm. long ; = 18-19. 



(b) With denser, square ears, 9 cm. long ; D = 25-27. 



7. An early or mid-season form received from Italy and various districts in 

 Spain. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, fine, tall, about 120 cm. (48 inches) high ; leaves glaucous. 



Ear, very lax, 11-14 cm - l n g > awns slender, 6-10 cm. long; spikelets 

 20-23, l ar g e > 3 -grained ; D = i6-i8 (Ear type i, Fig. 169). 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth or awn 4-6 mm. 

 long (14, Fig. 165). 



Grain, long, narrow, semi-flinty, 7-1 mm. long, 3-3-3-5 mm. broad, 3 mm. 

 thick. 



8. A widely distributed form of Spring wheat, received chiefly from Spain, 

 Italy, Portugal, and Argentina ; the grain is of good quality, the ears shorter, 

 squarer, and slightly denser, and spikelets more overlapping than the pre- 

 ceding. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, tall, 115-140 cm. (about 55 inches) high ; young leaves glaucous. 



Ear, lax, 9-11 cm. long, somewhat square in section, 9-11 mm. across the 

 face and side ; awns divergent, 8-9 cm. long (Ear types i, 2, Fig. 170) ; spike- 

 lets 18-21, 3-grained ; D = 18-21. 



Empty glume, 9-10 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth or awn 4-6 

 mm. long (3, 14, Fig. 165). 



Grain, flinty, 7 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 



9. A very widely distributed winter form with grain of fine quality ; culti- 

 vated extensively in European Russia, Austria, Hungary, and Roumania, the 

 United States, and Canada; also received from France and Holland. Turkey 

 Red, Malakov, Banat, and Lancaster are examples. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, tall, 120-130 cm. (48-52 inches) high. 



Ear, lax, 9-13 cm. long, compressed, 12-14 mm. across the face, 8-10 mm. 

 across the 2-ranked side ; awns divergent, 6-8 cm. long ; spikelets 23-26 broad, 

 3-grained ; D = 18-22 (Ear types 2, Fig. 170 ; 2, Fig. 171). 



Empty glume, 9-10 mm. long ; apical tooth 2-5 mm. long (8, 21, Fig. 165). 



Grain, flinty, somewhat short, apex blunt ; 6-8-7 mm - l n g> 3'5 mm. broad, 

 3 mm. thick. 



10. Badger. A prolific Winter wheat selected by the author from an Austrian 

 form. 



