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1. EPEAUTRE BLANC BARB, VIL. 
Synonym: Bearded White Spelt (English name). 
Culms large, strong, hollow. very erect, although nearly all are strikingly 
decumbent at the base for a short distance; elliptical to a certain degree, not. 
being perfectly round. Panicles bearded, white, glabrous, very long, slender 
and tapering from base to tip: Spikelets narrow, widely separated on the 
rachis: Grain medium dark amber, medium to large in size, long, fairly 
plump: A spring variety. 
Culm: average height 2 feet 3 inches, tallest plant 3 feet 
4 inches; diameter 1-8 to t-4 inch, average 1-6. 
Leaves: per culm 3, almost always; length 5 to 12 inches, 
average 8; width of upper leaf 1-4 to 11-16 inch, average 
7-16; lower 1-10 to 1-4 inch, average 1-8. 
Panicle: average length 6 + inches; thickness 5-16 to 7-16 
inch, average 3-8 at base; breadth 5-16 to 7-16 inch, average 
3-8; spikelets per panicle average 19; grains per spikelet 
2 to 3, average 3. 
2. EPEAUTRE NOIR BARBU, VIL. 
Synonym: Bearded Black Spelt (English name). 
Culms hollow when well developed, quite weak, reclining on the ground; 
very glaucous; Panicles bearded, dark brown-black, glabrous, glaucous, very 
long, loose, gradually tapering from base to tip; awns short, spreading, 
coarse; Grain medium dark amber, large, long, shrunken: A spring variety, 
and tillers strikingly. 
Culm: average height 3 feet, tallest plant 4 feet; diameter 
1-8 to 1-4 inch, average 1-5. 
Leaves: per culm 4; length 6 1-4 to 18 1-2 inches, average 
10 1-2; width of upper leaf 8-8 to 138-16 inch, average 9-16; 
lower 1-8 to 5-16 inch, average 3-16. 
Panicle: average length 7 1-2 inches, some attaining a 
length of 9 inches; thickness 3-8 to 1-2 inch, average 7-16; ~ 
breadth 3-8 to 1-2 inch, average 7-16; spikelets per panicle 
average 22; grains per spikelet 2 to 4, average 3. 
TRITICUM AMYLEUM, ser. 
This species is closely related to spelta but there are two very 
striking differences, viz: the panicle is compact, and the 
spikelets closely lap over each other, the sides of the pani- 
cle being smooth and not presenting an irregular surface. 
The grain is shuttle form, very hard, and thin skinned, en- 
closed in the glume. The awns are usually much longer 
than in case of 7. spelta. This species is mostly grown in 
the mountainous parts of Central Europe. The grain is 
especially used in the manufacture of starch. 
