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brownish black, plump, outer grains 14-19 mm. long, short-pointed; lemma 
of the outer grain glabrous, with 7 obscure nerves; awns few in the panicle, 
usually wanting in the spikelet; basal hairs usually present, few, long 
(2-4 mm.), fine; rjiachilla of the outer grain short (1.5-2.5 mm.), usually 
with long, .stiff .hairs. Plants 7-9 dm. tall; late in maturing. 
Specimens of the variety Joannette were found under the following 
additional names: Jeannette, Nichol's Black. 
C. I. 6£0 (Plate XIII, 4, and fig. 26).— Culms erect in early growth, 
medium large, stiff, glabrous; sheaths dark green and glaucous at period of 
full heading ; leaves colored as the sheaths, medium wide, margins glabrous 
or sparsely ciliate; panicles extremely long, wide-spreading, lax, the branches 
drooping from the middle outward; spikelets usually 2-grained; glumes 
dark green and slightly glaucous at period of full heading ; grains brownish 
red, rather elongate, outer grains short (12-17 mm.), either short-pointed 
or long- pointed; lemma of the outer grain glabrous, with 7 obscure nerves; 
awns usually wanting; basal hairs short (1-2 mm.), fine, and weak, or 
wanting; rhachilla of the outer grain 2.5-3.5 mm. long, usually glabrous. 
Plants 7-9 dm. tall; late in maturing. 
Old Island Black (Plate XIII, 5, and fig. 26). — Culms erect in early 
growth, medium large and stiff, slightly hairy near the nodes; sheaths dark 
green and glaucous at period of full heading ; leaves colored as the sheaths, 
medium wide, the margins glabrous or sparsely ciliate; panicles extremely 
long, wide-spreading, lax, the branches drooping from the middle outward; 
spikelets usually 2-grained; glumes dark green and slightly glaucous at 
period of full heading, 20-25 mm. long, usually 8-nerved, sometimes 9- 
nerved; grains black or brownish black, elongate, outer grains 14-18 
mm. long, long-pointed; lemma of the outer grains glabrous, with 7 obscure 
nerves; awns usually wanting; basal hairs wanting or few, short (1-2 
mm.), weak; rhachilla of the outer grain 2-3 mm. long, usually with a 
few appressed hairs. Plants 7-9 dm. tall; medium late in maturing. 
Another specimen of the variety Old Island Black was found under 
the name Black Anthony. 
North Finnish (Plate XIII, 6, and fig. 25). — Culms erect in early growth, 
medium large and stiff, glabrous or hairy near the nodes; sheaths dark 
green and glaucous at period of full heading; leaves colored as the sheaths, 
medium wide, margins glabrous; panicles wide-spreading, stiff, the branches 
ascending; spikelets 2-3-grained; glumes dark green and slightly glaucous 
