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ee abruptly pointed, rarely awned, sometimes hairy capped at base: 
lowering glume of larger, sometimes enclosing small seed in its suture: 
Thrashes hard. 
Culm: average height 4 feet 3 inches, tallest plant 4 feet 
9 1-2 inches ; diameter 1-7 to 1-3 inch, average 1-4. 
Leaves: perculm almost invariably 5; length of top leaf 
5 1-2 to 1¥ inches, average 8 1-2; second leaf attains 18 
inches, average 15; width of upper leaf 1-2 to 13-16 inch, 
average 13-16; lower 3-16 to 9-16 inch, average 3-8. 
Panicle: average length 12 inches; peduncles 7 to 8, 
average 8; grains per spikelet average 2. 
Species 2, Avena nuda, L. Thespikelet contains one or 
two or more glumes than does sativa, and the flowers are 
more widely separated, as the pedicels of the flowering 
glumes are more elongated. The empty glumes are longer 
than those of sativa, and at maturity they are unable to 
hold the flowers, which to a slight extent hang pendent 
from the glumes by their angled or elbowed pedicels. The 
berry becomes easily detached at maturity, and falls ina 
naked condition from the flowering glume. Empty glumes 
very large. The main axes of the panicles, and peduncles 
of spikelets, delicate and wiry. Panicle spreading. Color 
of seed white. 
33. CHINESE HULLESS, GREG. 
Synonyms: Bohemian, O. E. 8.; French Hulless, P. & H.; 
Pringle’s Excelsior Hulless ; Pringle’s Hybrid- 
azed Hulless, Sib. 
Early foliage medium to light green, medium to coarse, abundant: Stools 
well: Culms medium stout, erect to maturity, when they are very apt to 
lodge: Sheaths somewhat loose: Panicles open, large: Spikelets rather 
loose, pedicels of individual flowering glumes quite long, and the latter not 
usually awned: Glumes long and very soft and delicate: Grain small, cov- 
ered with minute hairs, and falls naked from the glume when thrashed: 
Thrashes hard, and cleans with difficulty. 
Culm ; average height 2 feet 8 inches; diameter 1-8 to 
1-3 inch, average 1-4. 
Leaves: per culm 4 to 5, average 4; length of top leaf 4 
3-4 to 14 inches, average 9 ; second leaf attains 17 1-2 inches, 
average 14; width of upper leaf 3-8 to 15-16 inch, average 
11-16; lower 1-4 to 5-8 inch, average 3-8. 
Panicle: average length 7 inches ; peduncles 7 to 9, aver- 
age 8; grains per spikelet 2 to 5, average 3. 
A very careful study of the different named hulless oats 
sent to the Station, has convinced me that all are one and 
the same variety. 
This oat has been known for centuries. The Chinese, in 
writings dating back to the seventh century, refer to a 
