10. GR AMINES. 50. Triticum. 99 
PL end. pit . 
b. Cariopsis free ; rachis flexible ; glume leaflike . 
5. Triticum P Polonicum . Polish wheat . 
Spi&e irregular ; locust a 3 or 4-flowered, ventricose, 
rough, imbricate ; awn long ; 2 intermediate flowrets bar- 
ren, awnless ; glumes unequal, ciliated. 
Triticum majus longiore grano gUimis foliaceis incluso, seuT. Poloniae 
dictum, Baii Syn , 387, 5. 
Triticum Polonicum, Lin. S. P. 478. 
Triticum giaucum, Moench Method . 
Spike irregular, grey ; locusta 3 to 5-flowered, long; awns 
very long; spathelles long; outer spathellule double the 
length of the inner ; cariopsis long ; apex pubescent. 
c. Cariopsis husky ; rachis brittle ; spike obtusely 
compressed . 
6. Triticum monococcum. One-seeded wheat . 
Spike simple, compressed ; locusta 2-flowered, ventricose, 
imbricate, 1 -seeded; awn of the fertile flowret long ; apex 
of the glume 3-toothed ; rachis bearded ; barren flowret 
awnless. 
Briza monococcos, Ger. em. 73. 
Zea monoccos aristis munita, Park. 1124, 
Triticum monococcum, Lin. S. P. 
Brant barley. St. Peter's corn. 
Cultivated in fields; annual; sown in autumn. 
Culm 1 or 2 feet high : leaves ciliated : ligula toothed ; 
spike like rye, white, very smooth, margin of the rachis 
pubescent ; locusta shining. 
& rulrum . Spike pale red, pubescent. 
d. Cariopsis husked; rachis brittle; spike par allelly 
compressed . 
7. Triticum spelta. Spelt wheat. 
Spike simple, compressed ; locusta 3-flowered, ventricose, 
rough, bristled ; middle flowret barren, awnless ; glumes 
obtuse ; margin of the rachis very smooth. 
Triticum amvleuin, Ger. em. 69. 
Olyra, Park. 1 126. 
Zea verna, Raii Hist. 1243. 
Triticum spelta, Lin. S. P. 127. 
Starch corn. 
Cultivated in fields ; annual ; sown in spring. 
Culm short, pubescent; leaves woolly; spike slender, 
long, 2-rowed, smooth. 
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