Kt V 



Botanical Description of Wheat Triticum sativum. 



On the left, a "head" or spike of beardless wheat. A, a single spikelet; the two 

 uppermost florets are reduced to small sterile or empty glumes. C, empty glume seen 

 from the side. Cx, the same seen from the back. D, flowering glume. E. palet. Kl, 

 grain seen in front. K2, the same seen from the back. A", a portion of the axis of the 

 spike. J, the pistil. G, lodicules. On right, a "head" or spike of bearded wheat 



Wheat, which belongs to the same family as the grasses here described, is occasion- 

 ally cut in the spring or early summer for forage. It is frequently grazed a little, but 

 must not be too much grazed. 



