334 THE WHEAT PLANT 



The following are the chief forms of it : 



1. Tyrol Dinkel (2, Fig. 212). One of the most prolific winter forms of 

 large Spelt. 



Young shoots, prostrate or semi-erect ; young leaves narrow. 



Straw, tall, stout, 120 cm. (about 48 inches) high. 



Ear, very lax, 12-15 cm. long, rachis very brittle ; spikelets long and narrow, 

 7 mm. across with stiff glumes ; = 17-18. 



Empty glume (4, Fig. 208). 



Grain, pale red, semi-flinty, usually not plump ; 10 mm. long, 3-5 mm. 

 broad. 



2. Beardless Ked Winter Spelt. One of the forms of Spelt widely cultivated 

 in South Germany and Switzerland. It is very hardy and yields well. 



Straw, tall, strong, 125-130 cm. (about 50-53 inches) high. 

 Ear, lax, 15-17 cm. long; spikelets long, 9 mm. broad ; D = i6. 

 Grain, pale red, flinty ; 8 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad. 



3. Beardless Bed Spring Spelt is cultivated resembling (2), but with shorter 

 straw. 



Ears, 11-12 cm. long ; spikelets 17 ; = 15. 

 Grain, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, 2-7 mm. thick. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, pubescent. 



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

 Kornicke's type was obtained from a Botanic Garden. 



Ear beardless ; glumes grey-blue, glabrous. 



T. Spelta, var. amissum, Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 79 (1885). 

 T. Spelta, L., Krause. Getr. Heft iv. 15, t. 6, D. (1836). 

 T. vulgare Duhamelianum, Alef. Landw. Fl. p. 335 (1866) (not Mazzucato). 

 A rare variety which Seringe states was much cultivated at the beginning of 

 the nineteenth century in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. 



Ear beardless ; glumes grey -blue, pubescent. 



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

 Kornicke received his type from Hohenheim. 



According to Werner a form of it described below is cultivated in Italy. 

 Young leaves, narrow. 



Straw, very tall, 135-145 cm. (about 53-57 inches) high, strong, hollow. 

 Ear, narrow, 10-15 cm. long ; spikelets 16-18 ; 7-8 mm. wide ; D = 2O. 

 Empty glume, pale reddish-blue, in damp seasons grey-blue with a dark line 

 along the margins. 



Grain, long, narrow, flinty ; 8 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad. 



