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in Fig. 56. For the sake of simplicity they are represented 

 as having been obtained by the use of one pair of salts, 

 which are designated as A and B. The curve GDE, there- 

 fore, represents diagrammatically the growth of roots 



Fig. 56. — Effect of dilution on the forms of antaKonism curves: the ordinates represent the 

 growth of roots in solutiona, the composition of which is represented by the abscissse; for 

 example, on the curve CDE the ordinate at G represents growth in a mixture of >i 0.1 M and 

 B 0.12 M in such proportions that 75% of the dissolved molecules are A and 25% are B; on 

 the curve which lies immediately above CDE the ordinate at G represents growth in a 

 mixture of A 0.05 M and B 0.00 M in such proportions that 75% of the dissolved molecules 

 are A and 25% are B. 



in mixtures of equally toxic solutions of two salts, A and 

 B. The abscissas represent molecular proportions ; thus 

 the point G represents a mixture in which the dissolved 

 molecules are 75% A and 25% B; the point H a mixture 

 in which the dissolved molecules are 50% A and 50% B. 



