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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. 
Ipomaea hederacea. 
Young leaves. 
None. 
No starch. 
n 
Roots. 
None. 
Much starch. 
ANACARDIACEAE. 
Rhus semi-alata, 
Young leaves. 
Present. 
Much starch. 
var. Osbeckii. 
Roots i). 
Present. 
ERICACEAE. 
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Pieris japonica. 
Young leaves. 
Present. 
No starch. 
i) In the root the active albumen is less than in the leaves. 
