See ORYZA. "Rice bras," (says Mr Marfden) whilst in the husk, is in India called paddlee, and Sumatra affirms a different name in each of its other varieties. We observe no distinction of this kind in Europe, where our grain retains through all its stages, till it becomes flour, its original name of barley, wheat, or oats. The following, beside many others, are names applied to rice, in its different stages of growth and preparation: paddlee, original name of the seed; offay, grain of last season; bannee, the plants before removed to the favours; bras or bray, rice, the husk of the paddlee being taken off; charroop, rice cleaned for boiling; naffee, boiled rice; perang, yellow rice; jambar, a service of rice, &c.

Among people whose general objects of contemplation are few, those which do of necessity engage their attention, are often more nicely discriminated than the same objects among more enlightened people, whose ideas ranging over the extensive field of art and science, disdain to fix long on obvious and common matters. Paddlee, on Sumatra and the Malay islands, is distinguished into two sorts; Laddang or up-land paddlee, and Sawoor or low-land, which are always kept separate, and will not grow reciprocally. Of these the former bears the higher price, being a whiter, heartier, and better flavoured grain, and having the advantage in point of keeping. The latter is much more prolific from the seed, and liable to less risk in the culture, but is of a watery substance, produces less increase in boiling, and is subject to a swifter decay. It is, however, in more common use than the former. Beside this general distinction, the paddlee of each sort, particularly the Laddang, presents a variety of species, which, as far as my information extends, I shall enumerate, and endeavour to describe. The common kind of dry ground paddlee: colour, light brown: the size rather large, and very little crooked at the extremity. Paddee undallong: dry ground: short round grain: grows in whorls or bunches round the stock. Paddee ebbs: dry ground: large grain: common. Paddee galloo: dry ground: light coloured: scarce. Paddee fennee: dry ground: deep coloured: small grain: scarce. Paddee ejoo: dry ground: light coloured. Paddee kooning: dry ground: deep yellow: fine rice: crooked, and pointed. Paddee cocoor ballum: dry ground: much esteemed: light coloured: small, and very much crooked, resembling a dove's nail, from whence its name. Paddee pejang: dry ground: outer coat light brown; inner red: longer, smaller, and less crooked than the cocoor ballum. Paddee Santong: the finest sort that is planted in wet ground: small, straight, and light coloured. In general it may be observed that the larger grained rice is the least esteemed, and the smaller and whiter the most prized. In the Lampon country they make a distinction of paddlee crawang and paddlee jerroo; the former of which is a month earlier in growth than the latter."

Rice-Bird. See ORYZIVERA.

Rice-Bunting. See Emberiza.

RICHARD I., II., and III. kings of England. See ENGLAND.