88 NOTES ON THE AGRICULTURE, BOTANY 



the upland rice is grown here on terraces specially made 

 near the water streams. The mountain rice is also grown 

 in water and the conditions of the growth here are very 

 different from the conditions of the valley rice life. The 

 hulled upland rice is well differentiated from the hulled 

 summer and winter rice. Their hulls are short, broad-sided 

 and very wide in the upper part, covered with hair and 

 mostly bearded. The grains of the upland rice are broad, 

 hard, transparent without white spots inside and for this the 

 upland rice is counted the best of all kinds. The follow- 

 ing kinds were observed near Foochow. 



1. — Unbearded upland rice. — §? M. See Figs. II. 12, 13 

 and 14. This common kind is the smallest of all upland rice. 

 The hulls are of a light yellow colour, without beards, but 

 sometimes they are seen on some spikes. The unhulled seeds 

 are of 6-7 mm. in length and 3 mm. in breadth. The grains 

 of 4.5 mm. in length and 2.5 mm. in breadth. The hulled 

 seeds of 7.5 mm. in length are rarely observed. 



2. — White bearded upland rice. — & H ^6 H* %. See Figs. 

 II. 1, 2. This kind has beards sometimes of 7 cm. in length. 

 The unhulled seeds of it are of a very light yellow colour, 6-7 

 mm. in length, 3 mm. in breadth. The grains are 5-5.5 mm. 

 in length and 2.5-3 mm. in breadth. 



3. — Red bearded upland rice. — $£ $1 ^ "H* M See Figs. 

 II, 3, 4, 5. It is characterised by the oblong unhulled seeds 

 with beards of 2,3,7 cm. in length. The grains are of a long 

 stretch, of 5-6 mm. in length and 2.5-2.8 mm. in breadth. 

 The unhulled seeds are of 6-7 mm. in length and 3-3.5 mm. 

 in breadth. 



Red Rice (Oryza sativa var. praecox $£ 2fc). Eed rice is 

 not common near Foochow and is only cultivated in villages 

 lying near the river. It is planted on the poorest ground 

 and is looked on as the cheapest kind of all local rice. It is 

 sowed and transplanted in the same manner as other kinds 

 and is gathered only in autumn. 



The following forms of red rice were examined at Foo- 

 chow. 



l.—Big red rice.—K U * See Figs. I. 9, 12. The big 

 red rice has large, big, thick grains of a light red colour, but 

 sometimes the seeds are light whitish-brown-red. The unhulled 

 seeds are dark gray colour of 8-10 mm. in length, 3-3.5 mm. 

 in breadth and not seldom they contain beards of 5-2 cm. in 

 length. The grains are 6.8-7.5 mm. in length and 2.5-3 mm. 

 in breadth. This kind is planted in spring and harvested in 

 October. 



2.— Small red rice.—>b U * See Figs. I. 10, 11. This 

 kind is distinguished by Chinese from the former one in having 



