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Spikelets all fertile (6-rowed barleys) — Continued. 
Lateral florets awned or hooded (sp. vulgare) — Continued. 
Kernels hulled — Continued. 
Lemmas hooded var. liorsfordianum. 
Represented by the agricultural vai-iety Hors- 
ford Beardless (Success Beardless). 
Kernels naked. 
Lemmas awned. 
Kernels white, blue, or purple (var. coeleste). 
Kernels white subvar. typica. 
Represented liy Jerusalem barley and other 
naked varieties, usually not named. 
Kernels blue subvar. hlmalai/ense. 
Represented by the agricultural variety Hima- 
laya Hull-less (Guy Mayle). 
Kernels purple subvar. riolnvevm. 
Represented by the agricultural variety Black 
Hull-less. 
Lemmas hooded var. trijurcaium. 
Represented by the agricultural variety Nepal 
(White Hull-less). 
Lateral florets rounded or pointed, neither awned nor liooded (sp. inter- 
medium). 
Kernels hulled. 
Lemma of central floret awned or awnless (var. havtoni). 
Lemma of central floret awnless subvar. ionsuni. 
Represented by the agricultural varieties Ar- 
lington Awnless, Famesh, and in the dense 
form by Nakano Wase. 
Central spikelets only fertile, lateral sterile or wanting (2-rowed barley). 
Lateral florets present (sp. disticlwn). 
Kernels hulled. 
Lemmas awned. 
Kernels white, blue, or purple (var. palmello). 
Kernels white. 
Spike narrow, lax, nodding subvar. nutans. 
Represented by the agricultural varieties 
Hanna, Hannchen, Moravian, Princess, Chev- 
alier, etc. 
Spike wide, dense, erect subvar. erectum. 
Represented by the agricultural varieties Svan- 
hals, Primus, Goldthorpe, etc. 
Kernels black ^ var. nirjriccns. 
Represented by the agi'icultural varieties Black 
Smyrna and Black Arabian. 
Kernels naked. 
Lemmas awned. 
Kernels white var. nudum. 
Represented by the agricultural variety Mc- 
Ewans, etc. 
No attempt has been made in the above key to distinguish between 
the agronomic varieties within a subvariety. It is hoped to make 
