f)2 THE WHEATS OF BALUCHISTAN 



Fori Sandeman tahsil, Lower Zhoh. 



Four samples were sent from this tahsil. 



8. Orhasin (jhanam. This wheat was somewhat difficult to classify. 

 The grain was soft and large and resembled that of a rivet wheat but in other 

 particulars the ears were those of a macaroni wheat. This wheat has short 

 ears, long red awns and smooth, red chaff : the grain is white and soft and 

 the straw .strong witli a ]»iHk tinge (var. hmleiforme Host. Class Mil). One 

 ear was found which looked like a natural cross between this wheat and a 

 common wheat. It was dense and flat and only half bearded. 



*>. Tor ijlKtnam. This is also a macaroni wheat but with no peculiarities. 

 It is a black awned wheat, the chafY white and felted with much blackening and 

 the grain white, hard and long (var. melano^nis Al. Class VI). Then were pre- 

 sent as iini)uvities some orhd.nii wheat '.a connnon wheat \\\X\\ black awns, white, 

 felted chart' and red grain (var. /i//i</i»06-;/w/ Al. Class XX) and a common wheat 

 fullv bearded with smooth, white chai? and red grain [xar. fernigineimi A\. 

 Class XXXITI). 



10. Ghol (jhanaw. This resembles the wheat spin from Pishin and other 

 localities. It is almost beardless, with white, felted chaf¥. rounded glumes 

 and white grain (var. meridionnJe Kcke. Class XXX). There were present 

 as impurities, in large cpiantity sra ghannw, fud in small quantity a slightly 

 bearded wheat with white, felted glumes and red grain (var. Hostianvm Clem. 

 C'lass XXIV). a practically beardless wheat with small tips, rounded 

 glumes, smooth, white chaff and white grain (var. aJhnhitrt Al. Class LXII). 

 and a bearded wheat with smooth, white chaff and red grain 

 (var. prijthros'permum Kcke. Class XLII). 



1 1. S.r<i f/hnvom. This is a common wheat with medium, fully bearded 

 ears, white awns and smooth, white chaff. The grain is small and red and 

 the straw pink turning black on ripening and weak (var. erythros-jyeitmi'm Kcke. 

 Class XLII). There were also present as iiu]»uiities some (lli((l (jJmuam ; 

 a bearded wheat with black awns, white, felted chaff and red grain 

 (\ar. fill ifiiHosioH Al. Class XX) and a macaroni wheat with red awns, 

 smooth, red chaff and red grain (var. murciense Kcke. Class VII). 



CHAGAI. 



The Chagai District (18,892 scpiare miles in area) lies immediately south 

 of the Baloch-Afghan boundary. The District is divided into three parts, the 

 Xushki tahsil on the east, the Chagai suh-lahy'tl in tJie centre and the AVestern 



