CLUB, DWARF, CLUSTER, OR HEDGEHOG WHEAT 313 



1. Herisson barbu. An early spring form received from France, and from 

 the United States under the name Walla Walla. 



Vilmorin records its cultivation in the eastern departments of France from 

 Lorraine to Provence. It tillers little, is adapted to spring sowing, and succeeds 

 in cold mountainous districts on poor soils. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, tall, 135 cm. (53 inches) high, soft, hollow, usually pink when unripe ; 

 leaves glaucous. 



Ear, 5-6 cm. long, square, 11-12 mm. across sides ; spikelets 20-23, often 

 4~ or 5-grained ; 0=40 ; awns slender, divergent, 7-9 cm. long (Ear type i, 

 Fig. 194). 



Empty glume, 8 mm. long, apex narrowed with a slender awn -5-3 cm. long 

 (2, Fig. 191). 



Grain, semi-flinty, 6-6-2 mm. long, 3-2-3-5 mm. broad, 3-3-3-5 mm. thick. 



2. Early forms similar to (i) but with empty glumes as in 7, 8, Fig. 191, were 

 obtained from Asiatic Russia (Bokhara and Semiretchensk). 



3. Winter forms also resembling (i), but later, were obtained from Turkey, 

 Russia, and from a sample of Manchurian wheat. 



4. A very dense-eared early form, coming into ear at the end of May at 

 Reading, received from Spain mixed with Trigo Canute, a form of var. erinaceum 



(P- 3i5)- 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, of medium height, 104 cm. (about 41 inches) high, stout, hollow. 



Ear, 4-5-5 cm. long, 11-13 mm - across the face, 15 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 18-19 ; 0=48-50 ; awns 5-7 cm. long (Ear type i, Fig. 195). 



Empty glume, 8-8-5 mm - long, apex narrow and terminated by a slender awn 

 5-3 cm. long (5, Fig. 191). 



Grain, flinty, 6-2-6-7 mm. long, 3-3-3 mm. broad, 3-15-3-25 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; grain white. 



T. vulgare sericeum, Alef. Landw. Fl. 328 (1866). 

 T. compactum, var. sericeum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 54 (1885). 

 Kornicke states that this variety is only known in Botanic Gardens ; his 

 specimens arose from a cross. 



Flaksberger records its occurrence in the Caucasus. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; grain red. 



T. compactum albiceps, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 54 (1885). 



Kornicke's type was of hybrid origin. 



Flaksberger mentions its occurrence in Semiretchensk and Semipalatinsk. 



Ear bearded ; glumes red, glabrous ; grain white. 



T. compactum, var. Fetisowii, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 54 (1885). 

 Kornicke's type was sent to E. Regel, Petrograd, by Fetisow from Vernoe, 

 Central Asia. 



