Article Nº 3673 Cultivated variety Vol. III · p. 661
Trigo americano
A wheat variety with a long white ear of 10–15 cm, possibly only a form of trigo canhoto; the entry closes by introducing the group of turgid wheats.
Long white ear, 10–15 cm long by 12–15 mm wide; lemmas sometimes bearing a short awn, those at the top in some cases long-awned. Similar to the preceding variety and perhaps merely a form of it.
TURGID WHEATS