Oryza sp. Senegal Perenial Rice, S.P.I. No. 34092. 
Two plants of this interesting newly discovered 
rhizome-forming West African red rice were received June 
3, 1912. Prom these two, fourteen plants were secured by 
division, two of which were sent to Crowley, La. , the 
remainder being grown in the Department greenhouses. The 
Crowley plants have grown well, one of them, shown in the 
halftone above, having spread to a diameter of about nine 
feet. The greenhouse material has grown to a height of 
over ten feet, has flowered and is still flowering, but 
has not set seed. Being a red rice, this perennial rice 
in its present form may never have any commercial value as 
a cereal in the United States. It is possible, however 
that this plant, may prove of great value in hybridization 
experiments, and it is hoped that the rhizome-forming 
habit may be transmitted to some of the hybrids. Photo by 
Office of Cereal Investigations, August, 1913. See also 
S.P.I. No. 36533. 
