SOME NEW VARIETIES OF RICE. 5 
in the center of the endosperm, extending outward toward the 
dorsal surface, or it may be located on the dorsal surface and extend 
inward toward the center. In man}' varieties the opaque area, when 
present, is located in the middle of the dorsal surface. It is com- 
monly referred to as the " white belly " of the kernel instead of the 
" white back," which it really is. 
The endosperm is opaque in the glutinous varieties of rice. These 
varieties are not grown in the United States and onlv on a compar- 
atively small acreage in the Orient, where they are used mainly for 
confectionery purposes. 
Fig. 
-A panicle of Honduras rice. X «. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIETIES. 
Eleven varieties of rice are described in the following pages. 
Seven of these, Fortuna, Acadia. Delitus, Tokalon, Evangeline, 
Vintula, and Salvo, are new varieties developed from pure-line selec- 
tions, and four, Honduras, Wataribune, Blue Rose, and Shinriki, are 
long-established commercial varieties. 
FORTUNA. 
The Fortuna variety is a pure-line selection from the Pa Chiam 
variety, which was obtained in 1905 by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture from the Department of Agriculture of For- 
mosa. 
The selection was made at the Rice Experiment Station, Crowley, 
La., by the writers in 1911. The name " Fortuna " is derived from the 
Latin, meaning fortune, and was applied to this selection in 1917. It 
