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Early bearded ; glumes red, glabrous, awns black ; grain red. 



T. vulgare, var. Sardoum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 46 (1885). 



The varietal name was given by Kornicke to a wheat mentioned by Seringe 

 (Ce'r. eur. p. 127) as " variation F. Touzelle Saisette (brune chauvre, barbes 

 noires) or Touzelle de Sardaigne," a bearded form with lax, yellowish-red ears, 

 awns almost black, stiff straw, and soft grain tending to become hard ; the 

 colour of the grain is not given by Seringe. 



I have seen no variety of T. vulgare with all the characters mentioned by 

 Kornicke. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, pubescent ; grain white. 



T. vulgare, var. turcicum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 48 (1885). 



A rare variety, which I have received only from Asia, i example from India, 

 i from Turkestan, and 1 1 from Persia. 



Kornicke's examples came from Kastamoni, near the north coast of Asia 

 Minor, and from Turkestan, Central Asia. 



1 . An early form received from Cawnpore, India. 

 Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, slender, of medium height, 90-110 cm. (36-44 inches) high ; leaves 

 pale yellowish-green. 



Ear, short, somewhat dense, 7 cm. long, with spreading awns 5-6 cm. long ; 

 spikelets 16-18 ; = 23-28 (Ear type 2, Fig. 170). 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, keeled to the base ; apical tooth durum-\ike, 

 stout, acute, 1-2 mm. long (16, 18, Fig. 165). 



Grain, small, flinty, 6 mm. long, 2-7 mm. broad, 2-8 mm. thick. 



2. Kar-i-safid A very distinct early form received from Khorasan, Persia, 

 where it is grown on irrigated soils. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, no cm. (about 44 inches) high ; leaves blue-green 



Ear, lax, 10-13 cm. long, with inflated spikelets arranged irregularly on the 

 rachis, and spreading awns 9-10 cm. long ; spikelets 20-21, 3- to 4-grained ; D = 

 18-20 (Ear type i, Fig. 179, with awns). 



Empty glume, 10 mm. long, inflated ; apical tooth narrow, 4-10 mm. long 

 (14, 20, Fig. 165). 



Grain, large, mealy, or semi-flinty, 7-2-7-4 mm. long, 3-8 mm. broad, 3-4 mm. 

 thick. 



Allied to it are forms from Ispahan, Persia, and Turkestan, and a true Winter 

 wheat with prostrate young shoots from Tabriz under the name Kizil Goon 

 (golden colour), with amber, flinty grain. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, pubescent ; grain red. 



T. vulgare, var. barbarossa, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 48 (1885). 

 A rare variety, endemic only in Persia and India. 



Kornicke received examples from Kastamoni, near the north coast of Asia 

 Minor, Turkestan, and North America. 



