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BOTAXICAL GAZETTE 



water+o. 5 cc. chloroform+o. 250c. concentrated sea water (this 

 mixture had the same conductivity as sea water). In this 



TABLE VI 



experiment the solution wa 

 first 80 minutes, and every 



850- < 



, renewed every 5 minutes during the 

 5 minutes thereafter. It will be seen 

 that the result is very similar 

 to that obtained with 0.009 M 

 ether. 



decrease followed by an increase of 



under the influence of chloroform 

 (0.0128 M = o. 1 per cent by volume) 

 and the subsequent failure to recover 



ows the electrical i 



If < 



• the 



kept ii 

 tissue i 



sea water. There 



of chloroform to o . 1 per cent by 

 volume (=0.0128 M), the result is 

 quite similar to that obtained with 

 0.293M ether. This is shown in 

 table VI and fig. 5, which gives 

 the results of an experiment with 

 a mixture containing 999 cc. sea 

 water+i cc. chloroform-f-o. 5 cc. 

 concentrated sea water (this mix- 

 ture had the conductivity of sea 

 water) . The solution was renewed 

 every 5 minutes during the first 

 80 minutes, after which it was 

 no indication of recovery after the 



