Oryza sp. Senegal Perenial Rice, S.P.I. No. 34092. 



Two plants or this interesting newly discovered 

 rhizome-forming West African red rice were received June 

 3, 1912. From these two, fourteen plants were secured by 

 division, two of which were sent to Crowley, La., the 

 remainder being grown in the Department greenhouses. The 

 Crowley plants have grown well, one of them, shown in the 

 halftone above, having spread to a diameter of about nine 

 feet. The greenhouse material has grown to a height of 

 over ten feet, has flowered and is stil" flowering, but 

 has not set seed. Being a red rice, this perennial rice 

 in its present form may never have any commercial value as 

 a cereal in the United States. It is possible, nowever 

 that this plant, may prove of great value in hybridization 

 experiments, and it is hoped that the rhizome-forming 

 habit may be transmitted to some of the hybrids. Photo by 

 Office of Cereal Investigations, August, 1913. See also 

 S.P.I. No. 36533. 



