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Balucliistan Class XLII. Ears medium in density, slender, bearded with 

 long, rather weak awns ; chaff smooth, white, both awns and cluiff having a 

 pinkish tinge ; grain small, pale red, not humped ; straw weak, pink in colour, 

 turning black on ripening. 



To this class belong Sm ghanmn from Kila Saifulla, Upper Zhob ; Sra 

 ghanam from Hindubagh. Upper Zhob ; *SVf/ glmnam from Fort Saiuleman, 

 Lower Zhob; Bujrih'om Nasnabad, Sibi ; Red To(/«from Quetta, Quetta-Pishin ; 

 Wdni from Dhadar, Kachhi, Kalat ; Thori from Gandava, Kachhi, Kalat ; 

 Dahak and Shutur dandan from Panjgur, Makran, Kalat. Similar wheats 

 were found in some samples of Bujri from Nasirabad, 8ibi ; in Warn from 

 Gandava, Kachhi, Kalat ; in Pamhariyi and white Toda from Quetta, and in 

 Gliat ghanam from Fort Sandeman, Lower Zhob. 



Baluchistan Class XLIIL Ears fully bearded but awns shorter than in 

 Class XLII whereas the ears are longer and very lax ; glumes smooth, white ; 

 grain long, dark red ; straw not pink. 



Wheats belonging to this class were found as admixtures in some samples 

 named Saloman razi, Bati razi, Shaderzi. Knwar and Kkuda dadarzi whicli 

 all came from the same locality. 



Baluchistan Class XLIV. Ears fully bearded, longer and laxer than in 

 Class XLII ; grain humped, light red, small. 



To this class belong four unnamed samples from Mach, Kumar wheat 

 from Pishin, Quetta-Pishin and similar wheats occur as admixtures in six 

 samples from Mach, in Spin wheat from Pishin and in an unnamed sample 

 from Quetta, Quetta-Pishin. 



Sara wheat from Pishin is very similar to the wheats ii\ this class but 

 has pink straw. 



var. graenim Kcke. 

 Baluchistan Class XLV. Ears medium to lax, fully bearded ; glumes 

 white, smooth ; grain white. 



To this class belong Spin ghanam from Kakar Khorasan. Lower Zhob ; 

 Surmani wheat from Cliaman, Quetta-Pishin ; Spin ghanam from Duki, 

 Loralai ; Dholl wheat from Barkhan, Loralai ; white Toda wheat from Quetta, 

 Quetta-Pishin an.d similar wheats were found as admixtures in Bnjri from 

 Nasirabad, Sibi ; in Godewoda, Kamar ghanmn, Khnshldha ghanam and Sjnn 

 ghanam from Chaman, Quetta-Pishin ; in Sra ghanam from Hindubagh and Kila 



