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var. turcicum Kcke. 

 Baluchistan Class XV. Ears long and lax, bearded ; awns red ; glumes 

 densely felted with long hairs, reddish brown ; grain white, soft ; straw fairly 

 strong. 



To this class belong S'pm ghanam from Bori, Loralai, and Spin yhanam 

 from Kila Saifulla, Upper Zhob. Similar wheats occurred in Sara ghanam 

 from Duki, Loralai ; in Spin ghanam from Sanjawi, Loralai ; in Kajani or 

 Borji wheats from Sibi tahsil, Sibi ; in Soor ghanam from Shahrig, Sibi ; and 

 in Turki wheat from Dalbandin, Chagai. 



Baluchistan Class XVL Ears longer and laxer than in Class XV, 

 bearded ; glumes felted but hairs are less dense and shorter than in the 

 previous class ; grain white, soft ; straw stronger than in Class XV. 



Wheat belonging to this class was found in very small quantity only as 

 an admixture in Bujri from Nasirabad, Sibi. 



Baluchistan Class XVIL Ears short, lax, bearded ; glumes short and 

 rounded ; densely felted as in Class XV, reddish brown ; grain short, rounded, 

 white, soft. 



This was only found as an admixture in small quantity in two samples 

 from Mach. 



var. fuliginosum Al. 



Baluchistan Class XVIIL Ears long, lax, bearded, with short, spreading, 

 black awns ; glumes somewhat rounded, felted, white ; grain large, humped, 

 somewhat Uke rivet grain, red. soft ; straw very stout and strong. 



This wheat was found as an admixture in Kamar ghanam from Chaman, 

 Quetta-Pishin ; in Spjin ghanam from Kakar Khorasan, Lower Zhob. and 

 in Sara ghanam from Boii, Loralai. 



Baluchistan Class XIX. Ears long and lax, less bold than in 

 Class XVIII ; awns black but not spreading ; glumes felted, greyish white ; 

 grain neither humped nor rounded, somewhat dark red ; straw medium. 



Wheats belonging to this class occurred in ll'rt/?/ from Dhadar, Kachhi 

 Kalat, in Siah das from Dalbandin, Chagai ; in Pdmharin and Toda wheats 

 from Quetta and in two samples from Mach. 



Baluchistan Class XX. Ears short, medium to dense, bearded ; awns 

 long, black, not spreading ; glumes felted, greyish white ; grain pale red, short, 

 rounded soft ; straw medium. 



