rice. Béni “e is n modena very nourishing and also MONET pag 
for some reaso often mixed with other kinds and not eaten 
1 
If. 
“ There seems to be very little recorded regarding this rice, altho 
sample of each from Kyouk Phoo was resented to the Society over 60 
yéars ago by Captain Warden, who wrote : Black rice.—The black rice is 
not procurable in any large quantities on the Arracam coasts ; but is, I 
hear, more plentiful on the Martaban coast at Ru "Rangoon, 
&c., and is only used for sweetmeats, as I understand.” Béni Choul.— 
This rice is not procurable in any quantities, and is fikeely ù used by the 
natives in their sweetmeats. It is capital for puddings, &c. 
* Dr. Watt, in his mth article on rice in * The Dictionary of ar 
Economic Products of India’ makes three short allusions to 
glutinous rice. He mentions it is known in China under the name d 
No, that the botanical divisions which have been adopted do not dis- 
tinguish the scented and the glutinous rices from ordinary varieties. 
He adds: ‘The peculiar glutinous rice of Burma has been well known 
* for many years. In an early part of this article reference has been 
name of 
* made to Rheede’s botanical account of i der ZU 
* glutinosa. Ain spea it as never used ai m- 
* monly prepared as sweetmeat. e would seem, however, little or 
f pores to justify its botanical separation from many of the other 
* forms of O. sativa ; but it is noteworthy, in concluding these remarks,’ 
* that: dt is not o only ree ognised commercially, but d Some writers as 
‘ botanicaliy distinct from the ordinary rices of Beng . « It will be 
seen that so far as the records on the cnt go, the pé tci rice 
been supposed not to be used as an o ood ; but Mr. Landale, 
w 
ledge, that this rice is a very popular food in Chittagong, and, in 
addition, it is used for making both rice beer and spirit, the latter a very: 
potent article.” 
Professor CtrugcH to Roxar Garpens, Kew. 
SAM Kew Gardens 
My pear Morris, 2nd August 1892. 
nfirm 
you the formal report in a day or yt t I may at m say that i in 
flesh-forming substance, in oil and in mineral matter this black rice 
shows a marked édpuorty over all samples of other Vi lotion hitherto 
examined. 
Yours, &c. 
(Signed) A. H. Cnuncn. - 
The sample of Burmese black rice submitted to analysis had been 
imperfectly “ cleaned," no inconsiderable portion of the innermost layer 
of the dark integument remaining upon many of the grains. This layer 
contains the colouring matter which gives the dark appearance 
d of 
with that to which the red colour of grapes, black currants, the florets 
of the crimson dahlia, the leaves of the copper beech, and of Coleus 
Verschaffeltii, and a great many other leaves, flowers, and fruits is due. 
It has been called by various names, such as oenolin, erythrophyll, 
colein, and anthocyan, and is represented by the chemical formula 
