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ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 



CARYOPHYLLEAE. 



Species. 



Objects tested. 



Active 

 albumen- 



Remarks. 



Lychnis floscucculi. 



Young leaves. 



None. 





»» ii 



Flowers. 



None. 





Dianthus superbus. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



Little starch. 



■i ii 



Roots. 



None. 



Pass, albumen is found 

 very much in the leaves. 



GRAMINEAE. 



Arundinaria japonica. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



No starch. 



ii ii 



Roots. 



None. 



Immense quantity 

 of starch in the 

 interior tissue. 





Young shoots. 



None. 



Much starch. 

 Neutral reaction. 



Bambusa senanensis. 



Epidermis of young 

 seeds. 



Present. 



Much starch. 



Triticum vulgare. 



Epidermis of young 

 seeds. 



Present. 



Little starch. 



Brachypodium 

 japonicum. 



Epidermis of young 

 seeds. 



Much 

 present. 



Much starch. 



Hordeum disticum. 



Epidermis of young 

 seeds. 



None. 



Much starch. 



Avena sativa. 



Epidermis of young 

 seeds. 



None. 



Much starch. 



CRUCIFERAE. 



Raphanus sativus. 



Flowers. 



None. 



No starch. 



In the root of almost all species of plants, the epidermis is generally richer in 

 active albumen than the interior tissue, while the starch is generally wanting in the 

 epidermis. 



Often the active albumen decreases in those leaves that are nearest to the flowers, 

 if the latter are very rich in active albumen. 



