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with white grain. The ears were beardless with small tip> and the wliuiies red 

 and felted (var. BeJfii Kcke. Class XLVIII). One-eighth consisted of a 

 similar wheat with red grain (var. pymfhrij: Al. Class XI.VI). There was 

 also present in small quantity a beardless wheat with smooth, light red chaff 

 and white grain (var. aJhorvhrum Kcke. Class LYIII). 



3. Warn white tvheaf. As this variety is considered of poor (jiialitv. it i^ 

 termed x'dru which means inferior. It is general!}' grown on land ^\'luc•ll is not 

 under permanent irrigation. Two-thirds of the sample was composed of a 

 bearded wheat with slender heads, smooth, white glumes, red grain and weak 

 straw (var. ei-i/fhrospe/mum Kcke. Class XLII) and one-third consisted of 

 a similar wheat with felted chaff (var. fuliginosmn Al. Class XIX). Tliere 

 was also present in very small cpiantity a bearded wheat with smooth, white 

 glumes and white grain (var. (frnemw Kcke. Class XLV). 



4. Wdru red wheat. This is also grciwn in uninigated land and is f)f poor 

 quality. This variety was a somewhat curious one. The ear shape is that 

 of a common wheat but the glumes are sharply keeled to the base like those of 

 a macaroni. The straw is almost solid but is stout not thin as in a macaroni 

 wheat. The grain is large and like that of a rivet in shape. The ears are 

 bearded, the glumes smooth red and the gi'ain white (var. erythroleucon Kcke. 

 Class XXXVIII). Only one impurity w?s present, a somewhat similar 

 wheat with red grain (var. ferrugmeum Al. Class XXXII). 



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5. Thori. This was a very mixed sample, containing nine different 

 wheats. Although thori. meaning bald, generally denotes a beardless wheat 

 the main constituent was a bearded wheat with slender ears, smooth, white 

 glumes, red grain and weak, })ink >traw which turns black on ripening 

 (var. erythrospermum Kcke. Class XLII). There were also present in fair 

 quantity a beardless wheat with short tips, white, densely felted glumes 

 and white grain (var. Uveospermum Al. Class LV) : a similar wheat but 

 with cpiite beardless ears and red grain (var. velntimim Schiibl. Class LI), a 

 beardless wheat with smooth, white chaff, red giain and pink straw which 

 turns black on ripening (var. lutescens Al. Class LXI). There were present 

 in verv small quantity a beardless wheat with white chaff and white giain 

 (var. albidum Al. Class LXII) ; a beardless wheat with smooth, red chaff 

 and red grain (var. milturum Al. Class LYI) : a beardless wheat with red. 

 felted chaff and red grain (var. pijmthrix Al. Class XLVI) : a bearded wheat 



