ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. 



Fig. 1. Starch from Manihot ntilissima Pohl. 



2. Same in polarized light. 



3. Starch from Tacca pinnatifida Forst. 



Plate II. 



Fig. 4. Starch from Tacca piimatifida Forst, in pohirized light. 



5. Starch from Tacca pinnatifida Forst. 



6. Same in polarized light. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 7. Starch from Dioscorea sp. In polarized light, this starch shqjvs no 

 change. ) 



8. Starch from Cycas oircinalis Linn. 



9. Same in polarized light. 



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