SPELT OR DINKEL 331 



II. Ear beardless 



1. Glumes white, glabrous .... var. album, Korn. 



2. Glumes white, pubescent .... var. recens, Korn. 



3. Glumes red, glabrous . . . . var. Dukamelianum, Korn. 



4. Glumes red, pubescent ..... var. neglectum, Korn. 



5. Glumes grey-blue, glabrous .... var. amissum, Korn. 



6. Glumes grey-blue, pubescent . . . var. Alefeldii, Korn. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. Arduini, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 80 (1885). 

 T. Arduini, Mazz. Sopra ale. sp. d. frum. 50, t. iv, Fig. i (1807). 

 T. Spelta, A., Metz. Eur. Cer. 26, t. vi, A (1824). 

 T. Spelta, L., Krause. Getr. Heft iv. 13, t. 5, D., E. (1836). 

 T. vulgare Arduini, Alef. Landw. Fl. 335 (1866). 



A common variety, rarely pure, but often occurring among other varieties. 

 Winter and Spring forms are met with. 



1. Bearded White Winter Spelt (i, Fig. 212). A hardy winter form of 

 moderate yielding capacity, cultivated in Switzerland, South Germany, France, 

 Italy, and Spain. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Straw, tall, 115-130 cm. (about 44-50 inches) high, hollow, thin-walled but 

 firm ; leaves glaucous. 



Ear, glaucous, lax, 12-15 cm. long, spikelets' 18-20, each often bearing 3 

 grains ; D = 15-17. 



Empty glume, somewhat thin (2, Fig. 208). 



Grain, red, flinty or semi-flinty ; 9-10 mm. long, 3-5-4 mm. broad, 3 mm. 

 thick. 



2. Bearded White Spring Spelt. A common spring form often grown 

 where the White Winter Spelt is cultivated ; its yields are small except on the 

 best soils. The plant tillers well and the straw is very strong and never 

 lodges. It is somewhat shorter than that of the winter form, and the ears 

 ripen 10-12 days later than those of the latter. The ears are very brittle, 

 narrow, and lax, 11-13 cm. long, spikelets 16; = 13-14; grain 8 mm. long, 

 3-3 mm. broad, 2-9 mm. thick. Allied to this is a glaucous early form. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent. 



T. Spelta, var. albovelutinum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 80 (1885). 



Kornicke's type was derived from an ear of var. vulpinum, which he suggests 

 has been crossed with a velvet-chaffed variety of T. vulgare. 



Under this variety Werner describes a White, Velvet-chaffed, Winter Spelt 

 with tall straw, 140-150 cm. (55-60 inches) high ; ears long, lax, narrow (15-20 

 cm. long) ; awns 7-8 cm. long ; grains red, mealy, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



Ear bearded ; glume red, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. vulpinum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 80 (1885). 

 T. spelta, B., Metzger. Eur. Cer. 27, t. vi, A. (1824) ; Landw. Pfl. 94 (1841). 



