PL end. ph. 10. GRAMINEiE, 50. Triticum. 99 



b. Cariopsis free ; rachis flexible ; glume leaflike. 



5. Triticum P Polojiicum. Polish wheat. 

 Spike irregular; locusta 3 or 4-flowered, ventricose, 



rough, imbricate ; awn long ; 2 intermediate flowrets bar- 

 ren, awnless ; glumes unequal, ciliated. 



Triticum raajus longiore grano glumis foliaceis incluso, seuT. Polonite 

 dictum, Rail Syii. 387, 5. 



Triticum Polonicum, Lin. S. P. 478. 

 Triticum giaucum, Moench Method. 



Spike irregular, grey ; locusta 3 to 5-flovvered, long ; awns 

 very long; spathelles long; outer spathellule double the 

 length of the inner ; cariopsis long ; apex pubescent. 



c. Cariopsis husky j rachis brittle j spike obtusely 



compressed. 



6. Tritiaim monococcum. One-seeded wheat. 

 Spike simple, compressed ; locusta 2-flowered, ventricose, 



imbricate, 1 -seeded; oz/.^?2 of the fertile flowret long ; apex 

 of the glume 3-toothed ; rachis bearded ; barren flowret 

 awnless. 



Eriza nionocoecos, Ger. em. 73, 

 Zea monoccos aristismiinita, Park. 1124. 

 Triticum monococcum, Lin. S. P. 

 Brant barley. St. Peter^s corn. 



Cultivated in fields ; annual ; sown in autumn* 



Culm 1 or 2 feet high : leaves ciliated : ligula toothed ; 



spike like rye, white, very smooth, margin of the rachis 



pubescent ; locusta shining. 



(3, rubrum. Spike pale red, pubescent. 



d. Cariopsis husked; rachis brittle; spike parallelly 

 compressed. 



7. Triticum spelta. Spelt luheat. 

 Spike simple, compressed ; locusta 3-flowered, ventricose, 



rough, bristled ; middle flowret barren, awnless ; glumes 

 obtuse ; 7nargin of the rachis very smooth. 



Triticum amvleuui, Ger. ein. 69. 

 Olyra, Parfc" 1126. 

 Zeaverna, Raii Hist. 1243. 

 Triticum spelta, Lin. S. P. 127. 

 Starch corn. 



Cultivated in fields ; annual ; sown in spring. 

 Culm short, pubescent; leaves woolly; spike slender, 

 long, 2-rowed, smooth. 



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