1921] SHERMAN—DORMANT SEEDS 
TABLE VII 
COMPARATIVE RESPIRATION OF DIFFERENT 
PLANT ORGANS 
Mg. CO, | Mg. O2 
: 
REF- | PER- 
ORGAN RRENCE! ATURE CO./0; a Shae 
CC.) “foe Gallet relat 
Seedlings 
NN ea SPs ag OS weld oka 5 13 | 0.98 | 55.92 41.54 
pom COMIDUIIS Co os ee ees 5 20 0.96 | 37.67 33-54 
oe ee ae aes oe yee 22 8 1.03 | 36.49 25.56 
Steen of scion 
edum reflexum 
Large stems (day) .. oo. oc 5, 4% 5 31 | 0.98 | 23.83 17.70 
ree stems (night) jo era 5 23 | 0.88] 17.05 14.14 
ae t 
young (day). oo a 5 25 77.1 3.86 3.83 
. Very Yours (night) 6 ay eS 5 23 | 0.047| 0.412 6.40 
tam 
reer ni ae majus 
thers. . = poe en a ea, 32 24 | 0.87 2.86 5.62 
PN er Os 32 PPE ls sp Ba ge gee 2 
Re Oy ie as 32 20 | 0.93 | 0.606 0.457 
Acanthus mollis 
PUOMNONNE elo ak kes 32 2I | 0.91 1.027 0.806 
NO a 32 21 | 0.97 | 0.640 0.482 
OEE eae GP cea rs bonis 32 21 0.79 0.538 0.518 
BI i a i ae ies 32 20 | 0.81 | 0.546 0.589 
ome saccharin. 521s di i algt Pecvant a lngkaree rte ay Gn and | pve pepa gee 
Antirrhinum majus 
oung... . Os Gewee ore ef eee 32 a4 cl I.35 613 1.455 
Ao. ee 32 24 13 1.374 0.970 
PU ae iy ec oy a 32 24 1.00 0.487 
Acanthus mollis 
td ER tear i aa ae 32 26 | 0.79 .088 0.952 
wena es a tay 32 26 | 0.83 | 0.717 0.606 
Wis cS ee 32 26 | 0.94] 0.633 0.485 
Leaves = Seedlings 
Fe ten ES paceman "Ys eee errs NER eee saree peer Ce, Veet 
ee nite ep ee eee 37 26 | 0.99} 1.339 0.979 
0: Etiolated | ‘ces uk ete ai 37 26 | 0.97 0.795 
icia Faba 
a. leav: besa owas Sas tae es 37 2t | 0.90] 1.226 0.988 
Rated eaves, i ook se, 37 2r | 0.87 | 0.956 0.794 
Leaves of Ligusirum j japonicum 
Tones Bare 26 0.84 1.331 1.145 
* —* . . . 
ee aE nnn ie isl aay | cnet 
Germinating seeds 
Pd cig Otte Wuleerie es ab 0 Ue TGC i. 
ryo 
Hordeum wolwate . 2.5 oo. 5 cs 42 a4 | 1.00 | 1.337 [oeve see 
a microchemical examination of numerous variegated leaves, ECkERsoN found oxidases, per- 
oxidases, and catalases higher in the green than in the white portions. 
