EYE AND B ABLET 



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It may be distinguished 

 from a wheat grain, by 

 the longer, slenderer, 

 more wrinkled appear- 

 ance, and by the fact 

 that the crease is more 

 shallow. 



The head of rye (Fig. 

 23) is longer than that 

 of wheat or barley, and 

 long beards are borne 

 on the tips of the 

 glumes. The heads are 

 usually slightly flat- 

 tened, the beards being 

 arranged loosely in two 

 rows and not spreading 

 so widely as in bearded 

 wheat and barley. 



The young plant of 

 rye may be distinguished 

 from young wheat and 

 barley by the very small 

 auricles at the points 

 where leaf-blade and 

 leaf-sheath join (Fig. 

 24). 



Young rye plants usu- 

 ally show considerable 

 reddish color in the 

 stem, and the foliage 



Fig. 23. — Heads of Southern Rye. 



