32 THE WHEATS OE BALUCHISTAN 



var. milhirum Al. 



Balucliistan Class LVI. Ears medium to dense, beardless except for 

 short tips ; glumes smooth, red ; grain very pale red : straw strong. 



Wheats belonging to this class were found in Wdni and Thori wheats 

 from Gandava. Kachhi, Kalat : and in two samples from Mach. 



Baluchistan Class LVII. Ears dense, flattened, apex tends to be fan- 

 shaped, beardless with very distinct tips; grain very small, light red; straw 

 strong. 



A wheat belonging to this class was found as an admixture in Thori wheat 

 Iroiii Nasirabad. ^il>i. 



var. (dhoruhrum Kcke. 



Baluchistan Class LVTTI. Ears long, medium to dense, beardless with 

 s.Muewhat long tips : glumes smooth, red with a slight bluish bloom ; grain 

 small, short, somewhat rounded but not humped, white ; straw medium, pink. 



Koln wheat from Kech. Makran belongs to this class and similar wheats 

 were found as admixtures in Tlioii and Bujri wheats from Nasirabad, Sibi ; 

 ill Ba] wheat from Dhadar. Kaclihi. Kalat ; in Want wheat from Gandava, 

 Kachhi. Kalat, and in Jjd rcli wheat from Sibi iahsil Sibi. 



A wheat occurring as an admixture in three samples from Mach probably 

 also belongs to this class l)ut the grain appears slightly longer. 



PKilucliistan Class LIX. Ears short and dense with a fan-shaped apex, 

 flattened, beardless with distinct tips : glumes pale red with a slight bluish 

 bloom: grain sho it. small, somewhat round but not humped, white; straw 

 tliin to mediun\. 



Pliiiiidni wlioat from Nasirabad. Sibi. belongs to this class and similar 

 wheats belongiuu to this class were found as admixtures in llini'i and B)ijn' 

 wheat from Nasiuibad. Siln. 



Baluchistan Class LX. Kars lax, beardless with short tips ; glumes 

 luuuded. smooth, brownish red: grain small, somewhat humped, not rounded, 

 white. 



A wheat belonging to this class was found as an admixture in a sample 

 from .Mach. 



var. hilrsrotfi Al. 



Baluchistan Cla.ss LXl. Ears short, medium in density with short tips ; 

 ghunes smooth, white ; grain short, small not humped, light red ; straw 

 l)iuk. 



