COMMON BREAD WHEAT 279 



Allied to it, but with less dense ears, are Beal and Strube's Hybrid from 

 Germany. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, stiff, of medium height, 96-115 cm. (38-44 inches) high; leaves 

 glaucous. 



Ear, dense, 8-9 cm. long, 12-14 mm. across the face, 10 mm. across the 2- 

 ranked side ; awns slender, 5-6 cm. long ; spikelets 23 to 26, 3-grained ; D = 

 30-32 (Ear type 2, Fig. 176). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, inflated ; apical awn or tooth curved at the base, 

 2-3 mm. long (15, Fig. 165). 



Grain, semi-flinty, plump, 6-9-7 mm. long, 3-9 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 



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

 T. vulgare nigroaristatum, Flaksb. Bull. App. Bot. Petrograd, viii. 195 



According to Flaksberger, this variety occurs sporadically among other 

 wheats in Russia. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; grain white. 



T. vulgare, var. meridionale, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 47 (1885). 



Kornicke's type was obtained from Greece, but the variety is endemic in 

 Asia. 



Of the 22 examples grown at Reading, 2 were from India, i from Rhodesia, 

 i from the Province of Syr Daria, Turkestan, the rest (18) came from Persia 

 (Bushire, Tabriz, Ispahan, Arabistan). 



All the forms of this variety are early wheats ; those from India with short 

 straw and ears, the Persian forms having straw of medium height and lax ears 

 9-11 cm. long. 



i . A very early form received from Cawnpore. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, 89-102 cm. (35-40 inches) high ; leaves blue-green. 



Ear, 7-8 cm. long, with rigid, spreading awns 5-6 cm. long ; spikelets 15-18 

 overlapping, often irregularly arranged on the rachis ; D = 20-23 (Ear type i , 

 Fig. 176). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, keeled to the base, apex broad ; apical tooth 

 stout, acute, 2 mm. long. 



Grain, small, flinty, 6-25 mm. long, 3-2 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick. 



Allied forms with yellow-green leaves were obtained from Arabistan and 

 Rhodesia, the latter probably derived originally from India. 



2. Agh Bogda (White Wheat). A mid-season form received from Tabriz, 

 Persia. 



Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, medium to tall, 104 cm. (40-46 inches) high ; leaves glaucous. 



Ear, lax, 9-11 cm. long, somewhat square in section; with stout awns 7-9 

 cm. long; spikelets 17-19, inflated, often 4-grained ; D = 16-20 (Ear type i, 

 Fig. 179, with awns). 



