VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE WHEATS USED IN THE 

 HYBRIDIZATION EXPERIMENTS. 



Triticum vulgare, vill. 



1. Punjab Type 9 1 . — Ears bearded; awns stiff, stout, rather short, black 



but lose their colour very easily ; glumes sharply keeled to the base. 



chaff densely felted, greyish white ; grain very dark red. 

 2 Punjab Type 13. — Ears bearded, awned, red ; chaff smooth, light red ; grain 



red. 

 3. Punjab Type 1G. — Ears bearded ; chaff smoolh, white ; grain white, small. 

 1. Punjab Type 25. — Ears beardless, but with very short awns (lipped): chaff 



smooth, yellowish white, shiny ; grain white, large. 

 5. Mozaffarnagar White. — Ears bearded ; chaff smooth white ; grain white. 

 f>. H / 2 . — Ears beardless, but with very short awns (tipped) ; chaff smooth, red ■ 



grain red. 



7. H II 4. — Ears beardless, but with well marked short awns (tipped); chaff 



smooth, red ; grain white. 



8. H Ills- — Ears beardless, but with very short awns (tipped) ; chaff smooth, 



white ; grain red. 



9. B XI 77. — A pure line from Bengal class VII. Ears bearded ; chaff felted. 



white ; grain white. 



10. A 88. — Ears quite beardless, club-shaped at apex ; chaff smooth, red ; grain 



white, soft ; straw very strong and stout. 



11. Pusa 4. — Ears quite beardless ; chaff lightly felted, white; grain white. 



12. Pusa 6. — Ears beardless, but with short awns (markedly tipped) ; chaff 



smooth, red ; grain white. 



13. Pusa 22. — Ears bearded ; chaff smooth, white ; grain amber, very translucent ; 



straw weak and thin. 



14. Pusa 23. — Ears bearded ; chaff smooth, white ; grain red. 



15. Biffen's hybrid. — Ears beardless, but with very short awns ; chaff smooth. 



white ; grain red. 



Triticum durum, Desf. 



1<>. Pusa 20. — Awns long, easily shed, black but lose their black colour very 

 easily ; chaff felted, light red ; grain amber. 



Triticum compactum, Host. 



17. American Club. — Ears bearded with stiff awns ; chaff smooth, red ; grain red. 

 1 Howard and Howard, Wheat in India, Calcutta, 1901'. 



