Howard 71 



white chaff and white grain (var. yraecmn Kcke. Class XLV). It seems 

 probable that the real SJiulur Dandan was not sent. 



3. Pindaro. This is the least cnltivated of the three kinds. The sample 

 Avas a mixture of a macaroni wheat with white awns, smooth, white chaff and 

 white grain (var. leucomelan Al. Class IX) and a riAet wheat with short eras, 

 black awns, white, densely felted glumes and white grain (var. Sfdomonis Kcke. 

 Class I). There were also present in small quantity two other macaroni wheats ; 

 one with red awns, smooth, red glumes and red grain (var. mvrciense Kcke. 

 Class VII), and one with white awns, white, lightly felted glumes and white 

 grain (var. mekmoims Al. Class VI). 



Kech . 



4. Chirok. Sample A grown on irrigated land. This is the common 

 wheat of Kech. The ears are bearded and very small with black awns and 

 smooth, red, rounded glumes. There is some blackening on the chafE and 

 the red grain is small and rounded (var. caesivm Al. Class XXXI). This 

 variety resembles very closely some of the wheats of Bihar. i These also have 

 small, rounded grain, small heads and nmch blackening on the chal¥. As far 

 as is known, such wheats are found nowhere else in India and it is curious that 

 Chirok which is supposed to be the wheat indigenous to Makran should be 

 almost identical with the wheats of so distant a part of India as Bihar. 



Sample B, grown on dry land, resembled the first sample but the heads 

 were bigger and the straw stronger. 



5. Mdioshag. This wheat is less commonly grown than the Chirok. 

 The ears are short, very dense and square. The awns are black and long and 

 the glumes red and densely felted. The grain was red (var. harharosm Al. 

 Class XI). 



6. Koto. This variety is considered to be a delicacy and is only eaten 

 parched. It is only grown in very small quantities. The ears are beardless 

 with smooth, red glumes. The grain is white and rounded and the straw 

 stout and black Avhen ripe (var. alhorubrum Kcke. Class LVIII). 



A set of samples was received from one of the Districts without any 

 indication of the place of origin. These samples were labelled Saloman razi, 

 Bali razi, Kumar, Shahderzi and Khudadadarzi. 



1. Saloman razi. The main constituent of this sample (forming 

 five-sixths of the total) somewhat resembled the Spin wheat received from 



' Howard and Howard, Wheat in India, p. 201. 



