HOWARD 85 



Kurram ^'alley Class V. Ears short ; glumes short and rounded ; 

 grain short with a distinct hump, bright red in colour. 

 (6) Grain white. 



var. grcfecum Kcke. 

 Kurram Valley Class VI. 



B. DESCRIPTION OF THE WHEATS OF THE KURRAM VALLEV. 



Triticum Vulgare Vill. Common wheats. 



Ears bearded or beardless : outer glumes not keeled to the base ; straw 

 hollow ; grain neither long nor round. 



var. ferniginevm Al. 



Kurram Valley Class I. Ears medium, fully bearded ; chafE smooth, 

 brownish red ; grain pale red ; straw pink, turning grey on ripening. 



It is possible that the wheats belonging to this class could be divided 

 into two sub-classes with grain nf ditierent tones of red but the specimens are 

 not well enough grown to state iliis with certainty. 



Wheat belonging to this class occurred in all the samples as an impuritv ; 

 in fair Cjuantity in sample 6 from Zeran, Daman and in sample 1 from Shakh, 

 Rodghara ; in small quantity in sample 3 from Shiblan, Daman, sample 5 

 from Zeran, Daman, sample 4 from Shalozan, Daman, sample 2 from Shakh, 

 Rodghara, and sample 7 from Parachiuar. Sahra. 



var. eryfhroleucon Al. 



There appear to be two cla.sses within this botanical variety, differing m 

 the shape of the glume aiid of the grain. 



Kurram Valley Class II. Ears long, medium, square, fully bearded, 

 awns red : glume-shape normal ; chaff smooth. bro^\-nish red with a bluish 

 bloom : grain long, white, somewhat grey in tone ; straw strong, almost solid, 

 pink turning black on ripening. 



To this class belong sample 3 from Shiblan, Daman, sample 5 from Zeran, 

 Daman, and sample 1 from Shakh. Rodghara. 



Kurram Valley Class III. Ears short., medmm, square, fully bearded, 

 awns red ; glumes somewhat rotmded. smooth, brownish red with a bluish 

 bloom : grain short with a distinct hump, yellow in tone ; straw thin, pink, 

 turning grey on ripening. 



