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(var. erylhrospcrmum Kcke. Class XLII). There were wo impurities in this 

 sample. 



13. Godeivoda. This kind is grown only on irrigated land and is said 

 to be very liable to rust. It is difficult to know which of the constiLuents 

 of this sample is the real godeivoda. About half the ears resembled the sample 

 of Kali ghanam (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVIII) and about half 

 consisted of a fully bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff and red giain 

 (var. ergthrofijjernunn Kcke. Class XLII). There were also present in very 

 small quantity a fully bearded wheat with white, felted glumes and red grain 

 (var. Hostianum Clem. Class XXIII) and a bearded wheat with smooth, 

 white chaff and white grain (var. graecvm Kcke. Class XLV). 



14. Spin, ghanam. This kind is only grown on irrigated land and is 

 f.iirly rust -resistant. It is a slightly bearded wheat with white, de^isely 

 felted chaff, white grain and very rounded glumes. The straw is fairly strong 

 (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVIII). There were also present as impurities 

 a fully bearded wheat with white, densely felted chaff and white grain 

 (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVI) ; a bearded wheat with smooth, white 

 chaff and red grain (var. erythro.^permvm Kcke. Class XLI) and a bearded 

 wheat with smooth, white chaff and white grain (var. qraecinn Kcke. 

 Class XLV). 



15. KJmshMha ghanam, wheat from unirrigated land. This samph^ 

 consisted mainly of a fully bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff ai\d red 

 grain (var. ergfhrospermum Kcke. Class XLII). There were also present a 

 similar wheat with red grain (var. ferrugineutn Al. Class XXXIII) and a 

 bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff and white grain (var. graemm Kcke. 

 Class XLV.) 



Pishin tahsil. 



16. Spin (white wheat). This kind is grown on irrigated land. The 

 grain is used as food by the wealthy classes or is s(dd. This sample was very 

 mixed, about one-half consisted of a wheat with medium to lax ears, very 

 short awns, rounded glumes, white humped grain and strong straw 

 (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVIII). There was also a fair quantity of a 

 very similar wheat but with longer awns, weak straw and sharply keeled 

 glumes (var. meridionale Kcke. Class XXVII). A large part of the sample 

 (about one-third) consisted of a fully bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff 

 and red grain (var. eryfhrospermum Kcke. Class XLIV). There were also 

 present as impurities but in small quantity a wheat similar to the last but 



