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ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 
CUPULIFERAE. 
Species. 
Objects tested. 
Active 
albumen. 
Remarks. 
Quercus glandulosa. 
Young leaves. 
Much 
present. 
No starch. 
Roots. 
Present. 
Neutral reaction. 
Quercus dentata. 
Young leaves. 
Much 
present. 
Much starch. 
Quercus acuta. 
Young leaves. 
Much 
present. 
No starch. 
Castanea fesca. 
Young leaves. 
Much 
present. 
No starch. 
Acid reaction (trace). 
TERNSTROEMIAOEAE. 
Camellia japonica. 
Camellia theafera. 
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Eurya japonica. 
Young leaves. 
Young leaves. 
Roots. 
Young leaves. 
Present. 
Present. 
Trace. 
None. 
No starch. 
Little starch. 
Little starch. 
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SIMARUBIAE. 
Ailanthus glandulosa. 
Picrasma ailanthoides. 
• 
Melia Azedararch. 
Young leaves. 
Young leaves. 
Young leaves. 
Much 
present. 
Present. 
None. 
Slightly acid reaction. 
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. 
