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ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 



CUPULIFERAE. 



Species. 



Objects tested. 



Active 

 albumen. 



Remarks. 



Quercus glandulosa. 



ii »i 

 Quercus dentata. 



Quercus acuta. 



Young leaves. 

 Roots. 



Young leaves. 

 Young leaves. 



Much 

 present. 



Present. 



Much 

 present. 



Much 

 present. 



No starch. 

 Neutral reaction. 

 Much starch. 



No starch. 



Castanea fesca. 



Young leaves. 



Much 

 present. 



No starch. 

 Acid reaction (trace). 



TERNSTROEMIAOEAE. 



Camellia japonica. 

 Camellia theafera. 



■i ii 

 Eurya japonica. 



Young leaves. 

 Young leaves. 

 Roots. 



Young leaves. 



Present. 

 Present. 

 Trace. 

 None. 



No starch. 

 Little starch. 

 Little starch. 



SIMARUBIAE. 



Ailanthus glandulosa. 

 Picrasma ailanthoides. 



Young leaves. 

 Young leaves. 



Much 

 present. 



Present. 



Slightly acid reaction. 



Melia Azedararch. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



Much starch. 



HAHAMERIDEAE. 



Distylium racemosum. 



Young leaves. 



None. 





Corylopsis pauciflora. 



Young leaves. 



Present. 





i) The same species grown in the shade of large trees contained neither active 

 albumen nor starch. 



