324 THE WHEAT PLANT 



In morphology and habit it closely resembles var. echinatum, but has dark 

 red glabrous glumes often with a glaucous bloom. The grain is small, pale 

 red, and flinty. 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, glabrous ; grain white. 



T. sphaerococcum, var. tumidum, mihi. 



T. compactum, var. Humboldtii, Howard and Howard. Wheat in India, 179 

 (1910). 



This variety I received from the United Provinces, India, and from the 

 Punjab as " Type 7 " (i, Fig. 206). 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, stout, very stiff, hollow, short, and pinkish especially in the upper 

 part, 60-72 cm. (24-28 inches) long at Reading. 



Ear, erect, stiff, 4-5-6 cm. long, almost square, 10-12 mm. across the face 

 and side ; spikelets rigid, 15-21, 3- to 4-grained ; = 32-45. 



Empty glume, 7 mm. long, 4-5 mm. broad, with strong curved scabrid tooth 

 (3, Fig. 202). 



Grain, small and short, flinty or mealy sometimes, often irregular from 

 pressure of glumes ; 5-5-5 mm. long, 3-3 mm. broad, 3-3 mm. thick. 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, glabrous ; grain red. 



T. sphaerococcum, var. rotundatum, mihi. 



T. compactum, var. Wernerianum, Howard and Howard. Wheat in India, 

 179 (1910). 



Briefly described by Howard and Howard as a Punjab wheat, " Type 6 " 

 (2, Fig. 206). 



Ears, 4-4 cm. long, sometimes slightly bearded ; D = 39 ; glumes with pinkish 

 tinge and slightly longer curved keel tooth ; grain small, round, pale red, mealy. 



Ear beardless ; glumes white, pubescent ; grain white. 



T. sphaerococcum, var. globosum, mihi. 



T. compactum, var. linaza, Howard and Howard. Wheat in India, 179 

 (1910). 



Received from India as " Punjab Type 5 " (3, Fig. 206). 



^oung shoots, erect. 



Straw, short, erect, stiff, often pinkish and wavy beneath the ear ; about 

 61 cm. (24 inches) long at Reading. 



Ear, 5-6 cm. long, almost square, 10-11 mm. across the face and side ; spike- 

 lets 13-16, well filled, 3- to 4-grained ; D = about 30. 



Empty glume, 6-7 mm. long, 4 mm. broad with strong curved scabrid tooth. 

 (3, Fig. 202). 



Grain, very short, dorsal hump prominent, often flattened on one side ; 

 5 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, 3-3 mm. thick. 



