No. 33.] 387 
Hordeum distich- { 
Chevalier, No. 1. 
erect, base upper 

um, L. Two-rowed, Color | 
hite Kinver’s Chevalier, No. 2. 
leaf-blade- maroon- | “""* Two-Rowed, No. 3. 
red. [ 
mt ( : | 
ie ee PE dain heavy, No. 4. 
sae | Four-Rowed, No. 5. 
| Delignes Manshury, No. 6. 
S| Pringle’s New Hybrid 
| adher- | re - ; 
Hordeum yul- | ent to | Sibley’s Imperial, No. 8. 
Barry. + gare, L. Six-rowed, + seed. 
erect or decumbent. | 
Black. 
Seeds [{ 
loose ae Hulless, No. 9. 
in , 
glume. 



Hordeum trifur- | White. [ 
catum, Vil. Awn-| Seeds | 
Jess, but pe wit | loose < Nepaul Barley, No. 10. 

glume tipped with | in 
| three lobes. Six- (glume. [ 
| rowed, 
\ 
A Sywopsis or Barury. 
Bartey. ( Hordeum.) 
Spectres I. Hordeum distichum, I. Waving only one spikelet 
at each joint of the rachis of the panicle, with a fertile flower, the 
two lateral spikelets being reduced to sterile rudiments ; the flowers 
are therefore two-rowed in the spike. Lower palet of each spikelet 
long awned. The base of the upper leaf blade in this species is 
usually reddish maroon in color, the bases of the other leaf blades 
being white. Habit of growth exceedingly erect. 
+ Seeds white ; panicle two-rowed. 
Varietirs, No. 1. Chevalier. Synonym, Sweden Improved. 
Average height three feet. Culm very glaucous, erect, stout. Leaves 
Jance-linear, frequently attaining a length of thirteen inches, and 
averaging one-half an inch wide. Panicle erect or very slightly 
nodding; average length three and one-half inches; compact, and 
usually of about the same size; berry with awn often attaining a 
length of nine inches; foliage very abundant and extremely healthy; . 
berry of good size and easily separated from panicle in threshing; a 
French variety originated by M. Chevalier, from whom it takes its 
name. Was introduced into England many years ago where it is 
extensively cultivated, and probably reached the United States by 
way of Canada. ; 
