KHORASAN WHEAT 205 



The grains are very long, narrow, white, and flinty, resembling those 

 of T.polonicum and the largest-grained forms of T. dicoccoides, being 10-5- 

 12 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, 3-2-3-4 mm. thick (Figs. 134, 135). 



VARIETIES OF T. orientale, mihi. 



Two varieties are found differing only in the colour of the awns. 



1 . Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns white . var. insigne. 



2. Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns black . var. notabile 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; awns white ; grain white. 



T. orientale, var. insigne, mihi. 



Shutar Dandan ( = Camel ' s 

 tooth) (i, Fig. 136). A 

 distinct very early variety, 



with long lax ears, and long 

 A narrow glumes and grains. 



JA It comes into ear at Read- 



, '. ing during the last week of 



May. 



M Young shoots, erect ; 



young leaves very narrow, 

 v ' pubescent. 



Straw, thin, reedy, of 



medium height, 95-110 cm. 



(38-44 inches long) ; upper 



internodc solid or hollow 



FIG. 134. Kmpty K'lumc with thick walls. 



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side 



nat size) of Khora- row; 10-11-5 cm. long, 

 an wheat (T. orien- a | most S q uarc | O -u mm. 

 tale). . ' 



across the sides or 10-11 



mm. across the face and 8-9 mm. across the side ; 

 spikclets 16-20, 2- to 3-graincd ; awns 13-17 cm. 

 long, deciduous, scabrid to the base ; I) 16-18. 



Empty glume, white, pubescent, long and narrow ; I 



keeled to the base, 12-15 mm. long, 4 mm. wide; 

 apical tooth short (Fig. 134). 



drain, very long, white, flinty. 10-5-12 nun. long, 

 2-75-3-0 mm. broad, 3-2-3-4 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; ^"*- M 5 tii-im* .t tlir 



.' . tpikclrt* ol one Miir <>t an 



awns black ; grain white. r j, r of Khorilsan whcu , 



T. orientale, var. notabile, mihi. 



Siah Das ( Black Hand) (>. Fig. 130). This variety was sent by Sir Pt-ny 

 Sykes from Khorasan with the preceding variety, from which it differs only in 

 the possession of jet black awns. 



