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elongate; lemma of the outer 
grain 7-8-nerved; basal hairs 
frequently present, few, short, 
and weak. 
Specimens of the variety 
Tartar King were found under 
the following additional names: 
American Banner, Black Great 
Mogul, Canadian Cluster, 
Clydesdale, Garton 610, Han- 
sen's, Henderson's Large 
White, Long's White Tartar, 
New Zealand, Swedish Select, 
White, White Plume, White 
Tartar. 
White Tartar (Plate XXII, 3, 
and fig. 33). — Culms erect in 
early growth, medium large, 
glabrous ; sheaths medium 
green and somewhat glaucous 
at period of full heading, 
scarcely covering the inter- 
nodes; leaves colored as 
sheaths, narrow to medium 
wide, margins smooth; ligules 
and auricles well developed; 
rhachis barely flexuous, often 
tendril-like at the end; panicles 
medium to extremely long, 
sparsely branched and fruited, 
slender, frail, lax, drooping, the 
branches appressed, the lowest 
whorl of branches arising at a 
normal node; spikelets pend- 
ant or pectinate in attitude, 
2-grained, rarely 3-g rained; 
glumes dark green and barely 
Fig. 33. panicle of avena sativa orientalis 
(Panicle representing the varieties White Tartar and 
Green Mountain) 
