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grains; ear length 50 mm.; D=38 ; straw shows no pink colour. 
To this type belongs the Makkhi of Chiniot. 
var. linaza Keke. 
Type 5. Ears beardless ; chaff felted with short hairs, white 
with a pinkish tinge due to the pink colour of the edges and veins 
of the glumes; grain round, small but larger than in type 4, amber 
coloured, hard on the whole with a few soft and mottled grains; 
ear length 49 mm.; D = 38; straw pinkish, turning black or greyish 
pink on ripening. 
This type was only met with in small quantity im the 
Makkawali of Dera Ghazi Khan. 
var. Wernerianum Keke. 
Type 6. Ears beardless, but with occasional very slight 
bearding; chaff smooth, white with a pinkish tinge ; grain round, 
about the same size as in type 5, a clean light red, all soft; ear 
length 44 mm; D=39; straw has no pink colour. 
This type was only found in small quantity in the Makim of 
Multan. 
var. Humboldti Keke. 
Type 7. Ears beardless; chaff smooth, white with a pinkish 
tinge; grain round, about the same size as in type 5 but possibly 
a little smaller, amber coloured, consistency very variable, hard, 
soft and mottled grains found in about equal proportions; ear 
length 45 mm.; D=41; straw pinkish, turning black on ripening. 
This is the common dwarf wheat of the Punjab and was found 
in the Rodi of Shahpur, Rangrih or Ghiali of Kangra, Makini of 
Multan, Daudi of Muzaffargarh, Daudan of Multan, Makkawali of 
D. G. Khan and in Daudi of Multan. 
Mr. A. C. Dobbs, of Lyallpur, found that this wheat was grown 
at Rawalpindi and that it was considered in that district as the best 
for bread-making. 
TRITICUM VULGARE VILL.—COMMON WHEATS. 
Highteen of the 25 types of wheat found in the Punjab belong 
to this species and among them are found the wheats most commonly 
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