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from England, and Blanc a paille raide from France ; all come into ear at 

 Reading about the last week of June. 



12. Million. Received from Holland. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, of medium height, 96-102 cm. (38-40 inches) high. 



Ear, dense, 7-8 cm. long, 15 mm. across the face, 12-14 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 24-27 ; = 34-38 (Ear type i, Fig. 190). 



Empty glume, 8-9 mm. long, apical tooth blunt, i mm. long (7, n, Fig. 166) ; 

 flowering glumes of upper spikelets with awns '5-1*5 cm. long. 



Grain, creamy-white, usually semi-flinty ; 6-8 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, 3-3 

 mm. thick. 



White Monarch, Mark Lane, and Emperor, from England, closely resemble 

 this form. They are all very late prolific varieties, which do not come into ear 

 at Reading until about the last week in June. 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, glabrous ; grain red. 



T. vulgare, var. lutescens, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 45 (1885). 



This variety possesses the largest number of forms of any of the varieties 

 of T. vulgare. 



About 250 forms were collected, examples being obtained from every wheat- 

 growing country. The majority, however, came from Western Europe, 

 Australia, and New Zealand, countries in which bearded varieties are not 

 esteemed. 



Some of the forms have long lax ears, others are of the dense Squarehead 

 type, and between these extremes are found all grades of ear-length and density. 



Similar gradation occurs among the numerous forms in respect of earliness 

 and lateness of growth, tallness and shortness of straw, and examples of this 

 variety are found in all the groups mentioned on pp. 270-272. 



1. G-ranella de Carpegna. An early form received from Spain, with similar 

 forms having empty glumes keeled to the base. These come into ear at Read- 

 ing at the beginning of June. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, stout, of medium height, 112 cm. (about 44 inches) high. 

 Ear, very lax, 11-13 cm - l n g 5 upper spikelets with awns 1-1-5 cm - ^ On 8 > 

 spikelets 20 ; D = 17 (Ear type i, Fig. 177). 

 Empty glume, 10 mm. long (6, 8, Fig. 166). 

 Grain, semi-flinty, 7 mm. long, 3-65 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 



2. A common winter (Azima) wheat received from Russia with characteristic 

 velvety young leaves and empty glumes keeled to the base. It is early at 

 Reading, coming into ear during the first week of June. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, somewhat slender, tall, 120-128 cm. (48-50 inches) high. 

 Ear, lax, 11-12 cm. long ; upper spikelets with awns i cm. long ; spikelets 

 19-21 ; D = 19-22 (Ear type 2, Fig. 181). 



Empty glume, 10 mm. long, keeled to the base (Forms 5, n, 22, Fig. 166). 



