36 VARIETAL CHARACTERS OF INDIAN WHEATS. 
This type was found in the Safed of Amritsar, Sohan of Chiniot, 
Kunjhari of D. G. Khan, Daudi of Lyallpur, and in the Jogia of 
Karnal. 
Type 12.' Ears bearded; awns red with occasional blacken- 
ing; chaff smooth, dull hght red with a somewhat bluish 
tone, occasional blackening on the chaff; grain amber coloured, 
hard on the whole; ear length 86 mm.; D=21; straw interme- 
diate in strength between that of types 10 & 11, pink, turning 
black on ripening, tall; ears bend over when ripe; early; grain 
easily shed. 
This type was found in the Rangrih of Palampur. 
var. ferrugineum Al. 
Type 18. Ears bearded; awns red; chaff smooth, shiny, 
yellowish or brownish red; grain red, intermediate in colour 
between the dark and light red grained types, rather small, 
consistency variable, about two-thirds being hard; ear length 96 
mm.; D=18: straw medium; ears fairly erect; rather late. 
This type was found in the Lal Kasar-wali of Lyallpur. The 
hard red of Gujar Khan also belongs to this type, but ripened 
a little later than the Lal Kasar-wali. This difference may 
easily disappear after the hard red of Gujar Khan is acclimatised 
at Lyallpur. 
var. erythrospermum Keke. 
Type 14. Ears bearded; awns pinkish yellow; chaff smooth, 
white with a reddish tinge when ripe; grain light red, hard and 
soft grains in about equal proportions; ear length 80 mm. 
D =23; straw weak and short; ears bend over when ripe; early. 
fairly rust-resistant ; sheds its grain more easily than type 15. 
This type was found in the Lal of Karnal, Lal of Sialkot, Lal 
of Attock, Lal Safed of Sirsa, Lal of Zira, Kasalu or Surkh ot 
Ferozepore, Ratti or Lal of P. D. Khan, Lal of Ludhiana, Desi 
Surkh of Jullunder, Lal Desi of Jhelum, Lal of Rawalpindi, La 
of Delhi, Kunjhari of Muzaffargarh. 
! We have found some difficulty in describing the differences between these three types 
(10, 11 and 12): they are best seen in the field, 
