612 THE SMALL GRAINS 



B. CARYOPSIS REDDISH BROWN 



(ORYZA GLUTINOSA EEDENIANA, KCKE.) 



8. Kernels yellowish red, awns dark violet brown. 



Gurunini (Java). 



C. CARYOPSIS DARK BROWN 



(ORYZA GLUTINOSA MELANOCARPA, AL.) 



9. Kernels and awns yellowish red. 



Jtam (Java). 



685. Special groups of rices. There are certain 

 groups of rice of special interest, though not of importance 

 in classification. Scented rice includes those white 

 kerneled non-glutinous varieties, which retain strongly 

 the peculiar smell of the newly harvested rice grain and 

 straw, which leaves the ordinary varieties after curing. 

 The odor is said to be similar to the smell of mice. Never- 

 theless this rice is preferred by many oriental people. 

 In deeply flooded places in tropical countries, rice some- 

 times grows very tall, to keep above the water. In deep 

 lagoons the rice is gathered from boats, and sometimes 

 the plants are 10 to 15 feet tall, and are called giant rice. 

 Some varieties, called salt rice, appear to be rather resist- 

 ant to the injurious action of salt water. The long- 

 glumed rice (0. grandiglumis, Doll.) has been mentioned. 

 This rice is thought by Japanese farmers to be more 

 resistant to winds than other rices. The glumes equal 

 or exceed the lemma in length. Some varieties are less 

 than 2 feet tall, and may be called dwarf rices. A few 

 of the violet-kerneled varieties have also violet-colored 

 culms and leaves. They are rare, and usually grown 

 only as curiosities. The color is caused by a coloring 



