292 DIFFERENTIATION AND SPECIFICITY OF STARCHES. 



Ceraslivm rhhn-ajolhnn Fisch and Moy. (Caryophyllaccce.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains 

 roundi'd-angular or acutc-poljhcdral, the larger ones compressed to al)Out half their width. 

 Size 1.5 to 6/1. Only fragments of compound grains and a few intact compound grains are 

 present. 



Dianthus atronihcns All. (Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound grains rounded or oval, 

 occasionally through pressure slightly angular, granular or almost homogeneous. Size about 

 lifx. Separated-graiiis rounded. Size 0.7 to 2^. 



Tunica saxifraga Koch. (Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains rounded or rounded- 

 angular. Size 1.7 to 2 and 3^. No compound grains are present. 



Gypsophila allissirna Linn. (CaryophijUaccw.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains rounded to poly- 

 hedral. Size 1 to 4 and 5.5|U. No compound grains are present. 



Sapojiaria pcrsica C. A. Mey. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound grains spherical to 

 elongated-oval, rarely slightly angular, granular, containing over 6000 components. Size 

 about 22;u. Separated-grains rounded. Size 0.7 to hardly 2yu. 



Vaccaria vulgaris Host.; Saponaria vaccaria Linn. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound 

 grains spherical, oval, oblong, rarely somewhat angular, one-half to just as thick as long, 

 granular, consisting of over 5000 components. Length about 25 and 35yu, thickness about 

 26/u. Separated-grains rounded. Size 1 to 2yLi. 



Silene conoidca Linn. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains rounded-angular to 

 polyhedral. Size 1.5 to 4//. Compound grains (only visible within the cells) rounded to 

 oblong. 



Silene ambigua Camb. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains almost rounded, size 

 scarcely over Iju. No compound grains could be seen. 



Eudianthe cwli-rosa Fenzl.; Lychnis cccli-i-osa Descr. {Caryophyllacca;.) Dry endosperm. Compound 

 grains rounded or oval, granular. Size about 15/x. Separated-grains round. Size 0.7 to 

 scarcely 2ju. 



Lychnis dioica Linn.; Lychnis vespertina Sibth. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound 

 grains rounded-oval to oblong, two-fifths to almost as thick as long, granular, containing 30 

 to over 3000 components. Size about 27^1. Separated-grains rounded to angular. Size 

 1 to 3 and ifi. 



Agrostemma coronaria Linn. ; Lychnis coronaria Desr. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound 

 grains rounded to elongated-lanceolate, one-fourth to almost as thick as long, with either 

 rounded surfaces or more rarely by means of pressure somewhat angular and sharp-edged, 

 granular, consisting of over 5000 components. Size about 40/i. Separated-grains rounded 

 or rounded-angoilar. Size 1 to 3/t. 



Cucubalus baccifervs Liim. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains rounded. Size 

 1 to scarcely 2ix. No compound grahis are observed. 



Drypis spinosa Linn. {Caryophyllacece.) Dry f^idospcn??. Separated-grains rounded or slightly 

 angular. Size 0.7 to 2/z. 



Petiveria alliacea Linn. {Phytolaccacece.) Dry endosperm. Compoimd grains spherical to elongated- 

 oval, occasionally somewhat angular or irregular, two-fifths to just as thick as long. Size 

 about 36/i. Separated-grains rounded or rounded-angular. Size 1.5 to 3;u. 



Rivina purpurascens Schrad. {Phytolaccacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound grains spherical, gran- 

 ular. Size about 17 fi. Separated-grains romided or rounded-angular. Size 1 to 3^. 



Limcum glomeratum Eckl. Zeyh. {Ficoidacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound grains oval, elongated- 

 elliptical, lanceolate-conical, one-third to almost as thick as long, granular. Length about 

 2)Qix, thickness about 15/j. Separated-grains round or rounded-angular. Size 1 to 3;u. 



Microiea maypurensis G. Dou. {Phytolaccacece.) Dry endosperm. Separated-grains rounded- 

 angular. Size 1.5 to 4/:. Compound grains nearly all fallen apart, only a few small rounded 

 ones remaining. Size about 15ju. 



Phytolacca esculenta V. Houtte. {Phytolaccacece.) Dry endosperm. Compound grains spherical or 

 oval, two-fifths to equally as thick as long, reticulated-granular, consisting of 9000 compo- 

 nents. Size about 65/i. Separated-grains rounded to almost polyhedral. Size 1.5 to 5^. 



Pircunia lathenia Moq. {Phytolaccacece.) Dry endosperm.- Compound grains spherical-oval to 

 elongated-oval, conical, or slightly irregular, reticulated-granular, consisting of over 20,000 

 components. Size about 77;;*. Separated-grains rounded to polyhedral. Size 1.5 to 5^. 



