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NATURAL CROSS-FERTILIZATION IN INDIA. 



Triticum compactum, Host. var. Humboldti, Kcke. 



In this dwarf vaiioty tlie cars arc beardless with smooth 

 white chafl' and amber-coloured grain. Eight stray plants were 

 found in 1908, wliicli gave rise to the following progeny in 

 1909 :— 



