A Classification of the Varieties of Cultivated Oats 159 
with dull yellow, very large and coarse, outer grains 18-22 mm. long, short- 
pointed ; lemma of 
the outer grain 
glabrous, with 7-9 
prominent nerves; 
awns few in the 
panicle, coarse but 
usually not twist- 
ed; basal hairs 
usually wanting, 
if present few and 
weak; rhachilla 
of outer grain re- 
markably short 
(1.5-2 mm.) in 
proportion to the 
size of the grain, 
glabrous or occa- 
sionally with a few 
weak, short hairs. 
Plants 10-12 dm. 
tall; medium late 
in maturing. 
Storm King 
(Plate XXII, 1, 
and fig. 32).— 
Culms erect in ear- 
ly growth, large, 
coarse, glabrous ; 
sheaths dark green 
and glaucous 
at . period of full 
heading, scarcely 
covering the inter- 
nodes ; leaves 
colored as sheaths,- 
medium to ex- 
tremely wide, margins ciliate at lower third; ligules and auricles well 
Fig. 31. panicle of avena sativa orientalis 
(Garton 585) 
