3 i8 THE WHEAT PLANT 



Straw, tall, 114 cm. (45 inches) high, soft, hollow. 



Ear, 5-0-6 cm. long, 12 mm. across the face, 15-17 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 23-24 ; 0=40-45 (Ear type i, Fig. 200). 



Empty glume, 7-8 mm. long, apex narrowed ; apical tooth blunt, i mm. long 

 (Form 12, Fig. 191). 



Grain, flinty with prominent dorsal hump ; 6-2 mm. long, 3-5 -3-75 mm. 

 broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, glabrous ; grain white. 



T. compactum, var. rufulum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 52 (1885). 



Kornicke's type appears to have been a segregate from a cross. 



A glaucous form received in a sample of Walla Walla wheat from the United 

 States. 



Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, tall, 127 cm. (50 inches) high, hollow. 



Ear, 6-6-5 cm - l n g> tip with a few awns, 10-11 mm. across the face, 12-14 

 mm. across the side ; spikelets 22-25 '> D = 35-40 (Ear type i, Fig. 199). 



Empty glume, 7 mm. long, keeled to the base, apex broad ; apical tooth blunt, 

 5-1 mm. long (7, Fig. 191). 



Grain, semi-flinty, prominent on the dorsal side ; 6-9 mm. long, 3-4 mm. 

 broad, 3-5 mm. thick. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, glabrous ; grain red. 



T. compactum, var. creticum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 52 (1885). 



A widely distributed variety received from France, Germany, Portugal, and 

 China. 



Flaksberger records its occurrence in Siberia, Semiretchensk, Turkestan, and 

 the Pamir Plateau. 



1 . He"risson sans barbes. A glaucous early form received from France. 

 Young shoots, semi-erect. 



Straw, tall, 132 cm. (52 inches) high, stout, hollow. 



Ear, short and very dense, 4-5 cm. long, 12 mm. across the face, 18 mm. 

 across the side ; spikelets 23, 4-grained ; D =48-54 (Ear type 2, Fig. 201). 



Empty glume, 7 mm. long, apex broad ; apical tooth blunt, i mm. long 

 (9, Fig. 191). 



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



2. A glaucous form cultivated in Madeira under the names Mocho de 



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espiga quadrata and Rapado de espiga quadrata is similar, but the apex of the 

 empty glume is narrower (14, Fig. 191) and the ear often has a few awns 

 1-1-5 cm - l n g at tne tip ( 2 Fig. 199) I resembling this also is Ble carre de 

 Sicile from France and Sicilian wheat from Germany. 



3. A grass-green early form among the progeny of a " clubbed " ear of T. 

 vulgare, var. milturum, from Chungking, China ; glumes keeled to the base (10, 

 Fig. 191). 



