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The only felted common wheat, in which we have so far found 

 two sets of hairs, is Punjab Type 9. 



The demonstration of the complex nature of felting is of im- 

 portance from the systematic point of view. Wheats with different 

 sorts of felting can no longer be placed in the same botanical variety 

 and the present accepted classificatory schemes will need some en- 

 largement. The final unravelling of this character, however, can 

 only be done by breeding experiments a work of some magnitude. 



