8 BriXETIX 1127. t\ S. PEPAP.TAXEXT Of AGEICULTTTEE. 
9f inches, and each bears on an average 122 seeds. Before maturity 
the glumes and the distal end of the spikelets are purplish brown. 
The stigmas are tinged with purple. 
The seeds I PL II. A and B | average S.9 millimeters in length and 
2.9 millimeters in thickness. The glumes are light brown an 1 | h inly 
notched on the margins. The thin hull, which Loosely incloses the 
kernel, is light brown an 1 sparingly covered with short white hairs. 
Lch are more numerous toward the apex. The apex of the hull 
terminates in two conical dark-brown teeth, located on the meson. 
which are unequal in length and slightly bent ventrad. The conical 
lateral teeth usually are absent and when present are very incon- 
spicu »us, 
The kernels i PL II. and D) average in length 7.1 millimeters. 
in width 1.6 millimeters, and in thickness '2A millimeters. Viewed 
laterally, the dorsal and ventral margins are unequally convex, the 
ventral being the Less so. Their distal end is more or less obtuse. 
The opaque area is seldom present. 
This variety matures in approximately 131 days and produces an 
average yield of 1,862 pounds of paddy and 1.350 pounds of straw per 
acre. Although its yielding capacity is not Large, this rice is worthy 
of cultivation on account of the distinct flavor of its kernel-, resem- 
bling that of pop com This character is not possessed by any other 
rice except Salvo grown in the Unite! States, 
TOKAU OX. 
The Tokalon variety is a pure-line selection from the Carangiang 
variety, which was obtained in 1904 by the I rated States Department 
of Agriculture from the rice exhibit of the Philippine Islands at the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 
The selection was made at the Rice Experiment Station. Crowley. 
La., by the writers in 1911. The name Tokalon is derived from, the 
Greek, meaning the beautiful, and was applied to this variety in 
1917. The selection was increased from nursery to plat experiments 
in 1915. The plat yields are given in Table 2. The variety was dis- 
tributed in southwestern Louisiana for commercial growing in 1918. 
Enough seed of Tokalon (C. I. No. 51) was grown in 1921 to sow 
(3/iuu acres in 1922. 
The thick culms of the Tokalon variety are green and usually num- 
ber six to the plant. Their average height, including the panicles. 
is 50 inches. The culm nodes are brown: the sheath nodes green. 
The inner surface of the Leaf sheaths is light purple. The auricles 
are deciduous. The ligules average five-eighths of an inch in Length. 
The leaf blades are broad, measuring" five-eighths of an inch in wi Lth 
The panicles have an average Length of l 1 " 1 ^ inches, and ea h I ears 
an average 152 seeds. Before maturity the distal end of the spike- 
let- is red lish " i win 
The seeds (PL IT. E and F\ average 9.3 millimeters in length 
and 2.9 millimeters in thickness. The glumes are pale yellow and 
have smooth margins. The hull firmly incloses the kernel. It is 
light yellow, medium in thickness, and thinly covered with short 
white hair-. The apex of the hull terminates in foui :.: al brown 
teeth. The two Located on the meson are prominent, unequal in 
length, and bent ventrad. The other two are lateral and very short 
