20 THE WHF.AT.=; OF BALUCHISTAN 



Balucliistan Class III. Ears very long, apex and base abont the same 

 breadth, awns white ; chaff smooth, white with a white bh)om ; grain white, 

 soft. 



Wheat belonging to this class was found in Spin r/hauam from Shahrig, 

 Sibi. 



Trittcum durum Desf. Macaroni wheats. 



Ears flat, flowering glumes with long awns : outer glumes sharply keeled 

 to the base ; straw stiff and solid : grains long. 



var. melanopiis A). 



Baluchistan Class IV. Ears very lax and slender ; awns long and black ; 

 glumes exceedingly long with well-marked lateral ridges, somewhat sparsely 

 felted except on the ridges, white : grains exceptionally long even for maca- 

 roni wheats and much compressed laterally, \vhite. 



A specimen of this wheat termed Mecca Maazzama (jltanam, ]\Iecca wlieat, 

 was received from the Kila Saifulla tahsil of the Upper Zhob Sub-division. 

 -\s the name implies, this variety is supposed to have been imported from 

 Mecca in very small cpiantity by hajis. It is considered so sacred that it cannot 

 be sown without performing the ceremony of ablution which is necessary for 

 the offering of prayers. Any increase in the cultivation of this variety is 

 hindered by the great respect in which tlie grain is lield by Mohannnadan 

 agriculturists. Its chief use appears to be to neutralize the effect of the evil 

 eve in a field. A single ear identical with the above was found in a specimen 

 (tf ]Y(t(Jan(d- wheat sent from Duki. 



The wlicat known as Si((h tl(t!< in Khorasan is pro))ably identical witli 

 tliis. 



Raluchistan Class V. Ears long, medium, less lax and thin than in 

 Class 1\' ; awns long and black ; glumes long, lateral ridges not prominent, 

 felted, white with no blackening ; grain white, hard, exceptionally long even 

 for a macaroni wheat ; straw pink. 



To this class behnigs a wlieat from Duki known as " If'r///a>irt/.' of the 

 Punjal)." It is an introduced wheat and is only cidtivated on a very small scale 

 in a few places. It is probably identical with Type T of the Punjab wheats. ^ 



Baluchistan Class VI. Ears short and dense : awns black (an intense 

 shining black) ; ghunes with a good deal of blackening ; grain dark amber 

 hard, somewhat short for a macaroni. 



• Jluwiinhoul lliiw.inl. W In n.l in liiilin. |i. 177, 



