282 THE WHEAT PLANT 



Kornicke's examples were derived from Turkestan, Persia, and India. Of 

 the 22 examples grown at Reading 12 were obtained from India (the Punjab 

 and United Provinces), 3 from Persia, 3 from Syr Daria and Semiretchensk, 

 Turkestan, 2 from the Transvaal, and i each from France and Spain. 



1. An early form received from the Punjab and the United Provinces. 

 Several closely similar forms with bluish-green leaves and semi-flinty grain 

 were received from Karachi, Cawnpore, and Calcutta. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, short, slender, 90-125 cm. (36-45 inches) high ; leaves pale-yellowish 

 green. 



Ear, lax, 6-5-8-5 cm. long ; awns short, spreading, 6-7 cm. long ; spikelets 

 1 6, irregularly arranged on the rachis and usually overlapping each other in the 

 denser ears ; D = 18-23 (Ear types 2, Fig. 173 ; i, Fig. 176). 



Empty glume, rigid, 10 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth acute, 2-3 

 mm. long (8, 14, Fig. 165). 



Grain, flinty, dorsal ridge prominent, apex truncate, 7-2 mm. long, 3-9 mm. 

 broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



An allied form with yellow-green leaves and one under the name Siebritz 

 with somewhat glaucous foliage were received from the Transvaal. 



2. An early form received from Tabriz, Persia, Syr Daria, and Semiret- 

 chensk, Turkestan. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, 100-1 10 cm. (40-44 inches) high ; leaves blue-green. 



Ear, glaucous, 8-12 cm. long, narrow, quadrate, 9-10 mm. across the face 

 and side, with slender awns 6-8 cm. long; spikelets 16-18, 2-grained ; D = 

 17-21 (Ear type 2, Fig. 173). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth or awn 3 mm. 

 long (2, 6, Fig. 165). 



Grain, flinty, long, and somewhat narrow, 8 mm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, 3-1 

 mm. thick. 



3. Perle de Nuisement. A very late winter form received from France ; 

 it comes into ear June 16-28 at Reading. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, slender, tall, 127 cm. (50 inches) high ; leaves yellow-green. 



Ear, 9-12 cm. long, with broad, well-filled spikelets and spreading awns 8-9 

 cm. long ; spikelets 20-24, often 4-grained ; D = 20-22 (Ear type i, Fig. 171). 



Empty glume, 9-10 mm. long, keeled to the base, apex narrow ; apical tooth 

 acute, 3 mm. long (15, Fig. 165). 



Grain, flinty, 6-5 mm. long, 3'5-3'7 mm. broad, 3-25 mm. thick. 



A closely similar form with blue-green leaves was received from Spain under 

 the name Del Frailte. 



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



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

 Like the corresponding white-chaffed var. erythrospermum this is widely 



