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Fig. 32. panicle of avena sativa orientalis 
(Panicle representing the varieties Storm King 
and Tartar King) 
developed; rhachis very flexuous; 
panicles thickly branched and 
fruited, compact, stiff, the branches 
appressed, the first whorl of 
branches arising from a geniculate 
bend in the rhachis at which the 
nodal diaphragm is wanting or 
rudimentary; spikelets pendant or 
pectinate in attitude, 2-grained, 
double-grains predominating ; 
glumes dark green and barely glau- 
cous at period of full heading, 
rather long (25-30 mm.), 9-10- 
nerved; grains white, often 
splotched with dull yellow, coarse; 
outer grains of medium length 
(16-20 mm.), very broad, full, 
rounded, acuminate -pointed; 
lemma of the outer grain glabrous, 
usually with 9 prominent nerves; 
awns few in the panicle, usually 
not twisted; basal hairs usually 
wanting; rhachilla of the outer grain 
2.5-3 mm. long, glabrous, sunken, 
often inclosed by the edges of the 
lemma. Plants 8-11 dm. tall; 
medium late in maturing. 
Specimens of the variety Storm 
King were found under the following 
additional names: Avena (Wilcox), 
C. I. 583, Garton 364, Garton White, 
Senator, Side, Silver White, Tartar 
King, Waverly, White Plume. 
Tartar King (Plate XXII; 2, and 
fig. 32). — Similar to Storm King, 
with the following exceptions: spike- 
lets in about equal numbers double- 
grained or normal; grains more 
