38 VARIETAL CHARACTERS OF INDIAN WHEATS. 
of Muzaffargarh, Ghoni Lal, Ratti of Muzaffargarh, Desi of D. 
G. Khan, Suthra of Multan. 
This is a very common wheat in the Punjab. 
Type 18. Ears beardless; chaff felted with short, rather sparse 
hairs, vellowish red ; grain amber coloured, consistency variable, but 
the majority of the grains are soft; ear length 72 mm.; D=26; 
ears squarer and denser than in type 17; straw stronger than in 
type 17; later in ripening. 
This type was found in the Rodi of Muzaffargarh, Ghoni Lal, 
Ratti of Muzaffargarh, Desi of D. G. Khan, Suthra of Multan and in 
small quantity in the Ghoni of Chiniot, Ghoni of Amritsar, 
Jhakrehun of Palampur. 
var. leucospermum Keke. 
Type 19. Ears beardless but occasional slight bearding met 
with; chaff felted with some short somewhat sparse hairs, white 
with pink veins or edges tothe glumes; grain whiter than in 17, 18 
and 21 but darker than 16; consistency variable but about three- 
quarters of the grains soft; ear length 74 mm.; D=24; straw 
strong, pinkish, turning black on ripening. 
This type was found only in very small quantity in the Buggi 
of Leiah at Lyallpur. 
var. alborubrum Keke. 
Type 20. Mars beardless with occasional very slight bearding ; 
chaff smooth, light yellowish red; grain amber coloured, rather 
large, consistency variable but about two-thirds of the grains soft ; 
ear length 78 mm.; D=24; straw taller and stronger, ears more 
erect and later in ripening than type 21; grain very easily shed. 
This type was only found in the Ghoni of Amritsar. 
Type 21. Ears beardless, with occasional very slight bearding ; 
chaff smooth, brownish red, dull; grain amber coloured but some- 
what whiter than 17, 18 and 20, consistency variable, about an 
equal amount of hard, soft and mottled grains : ear length 90 mm. ; 
