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ON THE RESERVE PROTEIN IN PLANTS. 
CARYOPHYLLEAE, 
Species. 
Objects tested. 
Active 
albumen. 
Remarks. 
Lychnis floscucculi. 
Young leaves. 
Flowers. 
None. 
None. 
Dianthus superbus. 
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Young leaves. 
Roots. 
None. 
None. 
Little starch. 
Pass, albumen is found 
very much in the leaves. 
GRAMINEAE. 
Arundinaria japonica. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
No starch. 
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 
Epidermis of young 
Much 
Much starch. 
japonicum. 
seeds. 
present. 
Hordeum disticum. 
Epidermis of young 
seeds. 
None. 
Much starch. 
Avena sativa. 
Epidermis of young 
None. 
Much starch. 
seeds. 
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. 
