HOWARD, HOWARD AND ABDUR RAHMAN. 



293 



No. 



Parent ear, 1908. 



133 



to 



136 



137 



138 



139 



Bearded, chaff felted white, 

 grain red. 



Do. 



Do 



Do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Progeny, 1909. 



All (5) bearded, chaff white, grain red. 

 In all cases the plants differed in the degree of felting 

 only. 



All (8) bearded, chaff white, grain red. 



3 chaff densely felted. 



4 ., moderately felted. 

 1 ,, smooth. 



All (10) bearded, chaff white, grain red. 



5 chaff densely felted. 

 4 ,, slightly felted 

 1 ., smooth. 



All (12) bearded, chaff white, grain red. 

 8 chaff densely felted. 

 3 „ slightly felted. 

 1 ,, smooth. 



Triticum vulgare, Vill. var. erythroleucon, Kcke. 



In this bearded variety with felted red chaff and white grain, 

 twelve cases of natural crossing were discovered in 1908. The 

 progeny of these stray plants in 1909 is described below : — 



No. 



Parent ear, 1908. 



Progeny, 1909. 



142 

 to 

 146 



147 



148 



149 



140 Plant like a macaroni wheat 

 with felted reddish chaff and 

 white grain. 



All (4) bearded, awns black, chaff red, outer glumes 



sharply keeled to the base. 

 1 dense, rounded felted glumes, no grain. 

 1 lax, chaff smooth, no grain. 

 1 ,, chaff" felted, grain white. 

 1 „ black awns, straw solid, chaff felted. 



141 Bearded, chaff felted rcddisli. All (8) bearded, gram red. 

 grain red. I 4 chaff felted red. 



2 ,, „ white 

 12 ,, smooth red. 



Beardless, chaff smooth red, i In all five cases the chaff was smooth and the grain 

 grain white. i white. In all instances red and white chaff and 



beardless and variously bearded plants occurred. 



Slightly bearded, chatl smootli 

 red, grain white. 



Do. 



do. 



Bearded, chaff felted red, grain 

 red. 



All (6) chart smooth red, grain white. 



1 beardless. 



1 slightly bearded. 



3 half bearded. 



1 fully bearded. 



All (8) chaff smooth, grain white. 



4 beardless, chaff red. 



1 slightly bearded, chaff white. 

 3 half bearded, chaff red. 



All (10) bearded, chaff red. 



1 chaff smooth, grain red. 



7 ,, densely felted, grain red. 



2 „ „ „ „ white. 



