1052 CXLTir. OR.VMIXE.E. 



Triticum cestivum, Linn. Sp. PI, (1753) p. 85; Roxb. ¥\. lud. v. 1, 

 p. 359; Grab. Cat. p. 234; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 97. T.vuhjare, 

 Villars, Hist. PI. Dauph. v. 2 (1787) p. 153 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 367; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1231. — Vern. Gahu; Glmi. Tbe specific name s«<ivM?n is 

 9 years prior to tbat of vulgare. 



As is not uncommon in the case of plants under cultivation for a 

 loug period, under varjnng conditions of climate and soil, many varieties 

 or forms exist, of which the two following are those chiefly cultivated 

 in the Bombay Presidency : — 



Var. spelta. Covered-Grain Wheat ; Spelt Wheat. An inferior hard 

 red wheat, the grain covered with a husk of indurated glumes, cultivated 

 widely in the Bombay Presidency. Triticum Spelta (sp.), Linn. Sp. PI. 

 (1753) p. 86; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441 

 (Speltum). — VjiRN. Khapala ; Jod-Gahu. 



Var. pilosa. Cultivated widely. The outer glumes are covered with 

 much soft tomentum {Dalzell<^ Gibson). Triticum pilosum (sp.), Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bo. PL (1861), 8uppl. p. 97 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 441. — Vern. Balshi; Kala-Kusali ; Kahno. 



Hordeum vulgare, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 84. Barleg. Annual, 

 2-3 ft. high, supposed by De Caudolle to have originated in Western 

 temperate Asia. It is extensively cultivated in N. India, less exten- 

 sively in the Bombay Presidency, where it is grown chiefly in Gujarat 

 and Sind, less commonly in the Deccan. FI. B. I. v. 7, p. 371 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1231 ; AVatt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 4, p. 274. The three 

 following varieties are cultivated : — 



Var. hexastlchon, Aitch. Cat. Pb. & Sind PI. (1869) p. 171. The 

 most commonly cultivated kind. Spikelets in 6 rows. Fl. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 371; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 275. Hordeum hexastklion (sp.), Linn. Sp. 

 Pi. (1753) p. 85; Grab. Cat. p. 234; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 96.— 

 Vern. Satu ; Jau. 



Var. distichon. Cultivated in Sind. Spikelets in 2 rows. PI. B. I. 

 V. 7, p. 371 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 4, p. 274. Hordeum distichon (sp.), Linn. Sp. PI. 

 (1753) p. 85.— Verx. Jau. 



Var. nudum, a beardless variety witli spikelets in 2 ro\\"s and with 

 the grain free from the palea, known as " Naked or Loose-grained 

 Barlei/," is cultivated in Gujarat and Sind. El. B. I. v. 7, p. 372: 

 Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 442. Hordeum nudum 

 (sp.), Arduini, ex Schult. Mantiss. v. 2 (1824) p. 437. Hordeum gi/mno- 

 distichon (var.), Duthie, Eodd. Grass. N. Ind. (1888) p. 70; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. V. 4 (1890) p. 274.— Vern. Ua; Ujan. 



