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125328-125339. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



125328. No. 2939. Birinj-i-luk. From Khudikhl, May 24, at 6,000 feet altitude. 



125329. No. 2944. LoTca. From Laghman, May 26. Sown in beds in the 

 spring and transplanted after wheat is harvested. 



Nos. 125330 to 125335. From Laghman, May 26. 



125330. No. 2945. Laghmani Shall. 125333. No. 2948. Kunari Shah. 



125331. No. 2946. Kunari Garma. 125334. No. 2949. Shali-i-Siya. 



125332. No. 2947. Kunari Sarda. 125335. No. 2951. Shall Longln, 

 Nos. 125336 and 125337. From Laghman, May 27. 



125336. No. 2955. Seray Ghati Shall. 



125337. No. 2963. Pargani. 



125338. No. 3071. Mahln. From Khanabad, July 3, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Harvested in July ; the finest rice grown locally. 



125339. No. 3072. Berinj-i-luk. From Khanabad, July 3, at 1,300 feet 



altitude. Transplanted in July. 



125340-125390. Triticum aestivttm L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



125340. No. 2626-A. From Akcha, September 8, at 1,200 feet altitude. Sown 

 in the fall and grown under irrigation. 



Nos. 125341 to 125350. From Laghman, May 25 and 26. 



125341. No. 2920. Sufedcha. Planted in the fall and harvested in May; 

 considered one of the best. 



125342. No. 2925. Maparcha. Up to 4 feet high; the heads sometimes 5% 

 inches long, with over 100 kernels to the head ; seems to stool little. 



125343. No. 2926. Maparcha. A race with reddish, still larger heads and 

 longer, stronger beards. 



125344. No. 2927. Maparcha. Another race with the longest heads and 

 strong blackish beards. 



125345. No. 2928. Surkhcha. A bearded, red-hulled wheat with heads up 

 to 4 inches long. 



125346. No. 2929. Kafiri Kulumi, or Aulaki. An early variety said to be 

 grown in Kafirstan. 



125347. No. 2931. Mohmad Amiri-i-surkh. A bearded red-hulled wheat with 

 heads about 3% inches long. 



125348. No. 2932. Mohmad Amiri-i-sufed. A bearded, red-hulled wheat with 

 heads about 3% inches long. 



125349. No. 2933. Gandum-i-munda. A beardless, red-hulled wheat with 

 heads about 3% inches long. 



125350. No. 2934. Gandum-l-munda-l-sufed. A beardless whitish hulled 

 wheat with heads 3% inches long. 



125351. No. 2965. Dandan-l-Shutus. From above Laghman, May 27. Heads 

 said to be over 6 inches long. 



125352. No. 2976. Bajauri. From Kalaghulanat, May 28. A red-hulled 

 wheat with thin heads about 2% inches long. 



Nos. 125353 and 125354. From Tagan, June 9, at 6,000 feet altitude. 



125353. No. 2988. Garma. A narrow-headed, short-bearded, white-hulled 

 wheat. 



125354. No. 2989. Bajauri. A red-hulled wheat, otherwise resembling 

 No. 2988 [P. I. 125353]. 



No s. 125355 to 125357. From Gardez, June 20, at 8,000 feet altitude. 



125355. No. 3006. Lalml. A dry-land wheat. 



