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DISTRIBUTION IN NATURE 

 TABLE 17 (References see p. 99-107) 



CAROTENOIDS IN BLOSSOMS 



(i). Monocotyledoneae 



IX 



Gramineae 



Hungarian wheat blossoms*^'': Xantho- 

 phyll, carotene. 



Bromeliaceae 



Tillandsia splendens'^^. 



Liliaceae 



Allium siculuw}^. 



Aloe vera^*: Rhodoxanthin+"'"+. 



Asphodelus cerasiferus^^ . 



Bulbina semibarbata^^ . 



Fritillaria unperialis^^' ^*. 



Hemerocallis Middendorffii^^. 



Knipliofia aloides'^^. 



Lilium bulbiferum'^'' . 



Lilium bulbiferum ssp. croceum'^^. 



Liliiifn candidum^^: Antheraxan- 



thin++(?), violaxanthin++, cis- 



antheraxanthin . 

 Lilium tigrinum (anther)^*: Anthera- 



xanthin+, capsanthin+. 

 Tulipa Gesneriana^^. 

 Tulipa horiensis^^. 

 Tulips, yellow variety^": Viola- 



xanthin++. 

 Uvularia grandiflora^^. 



Amaryllidaceae 

 Clivia niiniata^^. 

 Narcissus poeticus^^' ^®' ^^. 



Narcissus Pseudonarcissus^^: Xantho- 



phyll++. 

 Narcissus Tazetia^^. 



Iridaceae 



Crocus luteus^^: Crocetin+. 

 Crocus neapolitanus^^: Crocetin+. 

 Crocus reticulatus^^' ": Crocetin++. 

 Crocus sativus^^: Crocetin+. 

 Crocus variegatus^^' ^': Crocetin++. 

 Iris Pseudacorus^^' ^*: /5-Carotene, 



xanthophyll, violaxanthin. 

 Saffron (Crocus sativiis)^^: a-Caro- 



tene++, ;8-carotene++, y-carotene++, 



lycopene++, zeaxanthin++, cro- 



cetin+. 

 Tritonia aurea = Ixia crocata^^' ^''■. 



Crocetin++. 



Musaceae 



Strelitzia Reginae'^^' ^^. 



Orchidaceae 



Cypripedium Argus^^. 

 Cypripediuni Boxallii^^. 

 Cypripedium insigne^^. 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum^^. 

 Gongora galeata^^. 

 Lycaste aromatica^^. 

 Masdevallia V eitchiana^^ . 

 Odontoglossum species^^. 

 Oncidium species^^. 



(ii). Dicotyledoneae 



Proteaceae 



Grevillea robusta^^: /3-Carotene, 

 cryptoxanthin+, xanthophyll+, 

 carotenoid of unknown constitu- 

 tion+ (cf. p. 340). 



Nymphaceae 



Nuphar luteuni^^. 



Ranunculaceae 

 Adonis vernalis^^. 



Caltha palustris^^' *^^: Xanthophyll+' 

 xanthophyllepoxide++, troUixan- 

 thin++, j5-carotene++, a-carotene++. 



Eranthis hiemalis^^' ^®. 



Ranunculus acer (R. Steveni ?)^^'^^'^°: 

 Violaxanthin++, xanthophyll+, 

 flavoxanthin+, chrysanthema- 

 xanthin+, fiavochrome+, xantho- 

 phyll epoxide++, a-carotene epo- 

 xide++, a-carotene++, ^-carotene++, 

 taraxanthin+. 



