18 THE WHEATS OF BALUCHISTAN 



Baluchistdu Class XLIX. Ears short and dense with a fan-shaped 

 apex ; chaff reddish brown. 



B. Gkinies white. 



a. Grain red. 



var. rchitinwn Sehiil)!. 



Bnhichistan Class L. Ears with many short tips ; chaff yellowish 



white : f];rain rounded : straw not pink. 

 Baluchistan Class LI. Ears quite beardless ; chaff yellowish white ; 



grain not rounded ; straw not pink. 



Baluchistan Class LIT. Ears quite beardless or with one or two short 

 tips : chaff very white ; straw piidc. 



b. Grain white. 



var. leucosperm^im Kcke. 



Baluchistan Class LIII. Ears bold and large, dense with fan-shaped 

 apices, flattened ; grain shoi-t, and small ; straw extremely strong, 

 pink turning black on ripening. 



Baluchistan Class LIV. Ears medium, not flattened ; grain short 

 and small ; straw fairly strong, pink turning black on ripening. 



Baluchistai\ Class LV. Ears with well-marked tiny tips ; glumes 

 somewhat sharply keeled : grain longer than in Classes LIII and 

 LIV ; straw thin not pink. 



"2. Ghunes smooth. 



A, Glumes red. 



a. Grain red. 



var. milfurum Al. 



Baluchistan Class LVI. Ears not flattened, tapering at the top ; grain 

 pale red. 



Baluchistdn Class LVII. Ears flattened, broader at apex ; grain light 

 red. 



h. Grain white. 



var. nlbnriihrum Kcke. 

 Baluchistdn Class LVIII. Ears long, medium ; grain rouiul not humped. 

 Baluchistdn Class LIX. Ears short, dense with fan-shaped apices; 

 grain very small, round not humped. 



