88 
ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 
POLYGONACEAE. 
Species. 
Objects tested. 
Active 
ALBUMEN. 
Remarks. 
Polygonum cuspidatum. 
Young leaves. 
Present. 
Fagopyrum esculentum. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
11 11 
Flowers. 
Much 
present. 
No starch. 
99 » 
Roots. 
None. 
Much starch. 
LAURACEAE. 
Cinnamomum Camphora. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
Much starch. 
Machilus Thunbergi, var. 
Major. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
No starch. 
SOLANACEAE. 
Physalis Alkekengi. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
Much starch. 
99 9 9 
Flowers. 
None. 
Much starch. 
n * * 
Roots. 
None. 
Much starch. 
Solanum tuberosum. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
Little starch. 
99 19 
Flowers. 
None. 
No starch. 
STERCULIACEAE. 
Sterculia platanifolia. 
Young leaves. 
Present. 
CORONACEAE. 
Aucuba japonica. 
