ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 



93 



LEGUMINOSAE. 



Species. 



Objects tested. 



Active 

 albumen. 



Remarks. 



Vicia sativa. 

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Young leaves. 

 Epidermis of seeds. 



None. 

 None. 



Much pass, albumen. 

 Much starch. 



Vicia sativa. 

 Vicia Faba. 



Roots. 



Young leaves. 

 Epidermis of seeds. 



None. 

 None. 

 None. 



Neutral reaction. 

 Much pass, albumen. 

 Much starch. 



Vicia Faba. 

 Vicia unijuga. 



Roots. 



Young leaves. 



None. 

 None. 



Neutral reaction. 

 Much pass, albumen. 

 (Neutral reaction). 



Lespedeza sericea. 



Young leaves. 

 Roots. 



None. 

 None. 





Wistaria chinensis. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



No starch. 



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CONIFERAE. 



Ginkgo biloba. 

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Young leaves. 

 Roots. 



None. 

 None. 



Little starch. 



RUTACEAE. 



Citrus fusca, 



Young leaves. 

 Roots. 



None. 

 None. 



No starch. 

 Much starch. 



Xanthoxylum piperitum. 



Young leaves. 

 Roots. 



Much 

 present. 



Much 

 present. 



Little starch. 

 Little starch. 



Orixa japonica. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



Much starch. 



