EYE AXD BARLEY 



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It may be distinguished 

 from a wheat grain Ijy 

 the longer, slenderer, 

 more -v-sTinkled 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 barlej', and 

 long beards are borne 

 on the tips of the 

 glmnes. The heads are 

 usually slightly flat- 

 tened, the beards 1 leing 

 arranged loosely in two 

 rows and not spreading 

 so \\idely as in l^earded 

 wheat and barlej'. 



The j'oung plant of 

 rye may be distinguished 

 from young wheat and 

 barlej' by the very small 

 auricles at the points 

 where leaf-blade and 

 leaf-sheath join (Fig. 

 24 j. 



Young rye plants usu- 

 allj' show considerable 

 reddish color in the 

 stem, and the foliage 



Fig. 23. — He,\d.s of Southern' Rye, 



