. The cereals in America. Grain. 324 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA and (2) two-rowed barley {H. sat. distichon Hackel). In the six-rowed type there are three spikelets each bearing a single grain arranged alternately at each joint of the rachis, thus making a spike with six rows of grains. When the lateral or outside grains of the alter- nate sets overlap in such a. Six-rowed barley : on the left three single grained spikelets at one joint of the rachis, each with two outer glumes, c. In the spike on the right there are in view only two rows made up of the cuter grains, a, of the spikelets upon oppos

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. The cereals in America. Grain. 324 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA and (2) two-rowed barley {H. sat. distichon Hackel). In the six-rowed type there are three spikelets each bearing a single grain arranged alternately at each joint of the rachis, thus making a spike with six rows of grains. When the lateral or outside grains of the alter- nate sets overlap in such a. Six-rowed barley : on the left three single grained spikelets at one joint of the rachis, each with two outer glumes, c. In the spike on the right there are in view only two rows made up of the cuter grains, a, of the spikelets upon opposite sides of the rachis. Spikelet, natural size; spike, one-third natural size. manner as to form one instead of two rows on each side, the type is known as four-rowed barley {H. sat. vulgare Hackel), frequently called bere or bigg in England. In the six-rowed type it not infre- quently happens that it is only four- rowed towards the tip of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927. New York, O. Judd company;

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