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ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Species. 



Objects tested. 



Active 



ALBUMEN. 



Remarks. 



Hieracium umbellatum. 



Leaves. 



None. 



Acid reaction. 



Leucanthemum Chry- 

 santhemum. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



Much starch. 



Leucanthemum Chry- 

 santhemum. 



Flowers. 



None. 



No starch. 



Leucanthemum Chry- 

 santhemum. 



Roots. 



None. 



No starch. 



Petasites japonica. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



Much starch. 



MENISPERMACEAE. 



Cocculus indicus. 



Young leaves. 



None. 





Menispermum dahuricum. 



Leaves. 



None. 





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Flowers. 



None. 





CONVOLVULACEAE. 

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Ipomaea hederacea. 



Young leaves. 



None. 



No starch. 



>> ii 



Roots. 



None. 



Much starch. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 



Rhus semi-alata, 



Young leaves. 



Present. 



Much starch. 



var. Osbeckii. 



Roots i). 



Present. 





ERICACEAE. 



Pieris japonica. 



Young leaves. 



Present. 



No starch. 



i) In the root the active albumen is less than in the leaves. 



