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Early Champion (Plate XIV, 5).— Differs from Sixty-Day in its pre- 
dominating 2-grained spikelet, somewhat plumper grain, and occasional 
hairs of the rhachilla, 
which when present 
are few and weak. 
Specimens of the 
variety Early Cham- 
pion were found 
under the following 
additional names : 
Champion, Dau- 
beney, Iowa Silver- 
mine, New Cham- 
pion , Seventy-five 
Day. 
Awnless Probsteier 
(Plate XIV, 6, and 
fig. 25).— Culms 
erect in early growth, 
medium large, stiff, 
usually hairy near 
the nodes; sheaths 
dark green and glau- 
cous at period of full 
heading; leaves col- 
ored as the sheaths, 
medium wide, mar- 
gins smooth ; panicles 
medium long, wide, 
stiff, the branches 
ascending ; spikelets 
2-3-grained; glumes 
dark green and some- 
what glaucous at 
period of full head- 
ing, 23-27 mm. long, 9-10-nervecl; grains bright j^ellow, somewhat elon- 
gate, outer grains 16-20 mm. long, rather long-pointed; lemma of the 
Fig. 28. panicle of avena sativa 
(Kherson) 
