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The Chromic Acid Reaction of Various Starches

Based on a scale running from 0 to 13 or more minutes for gelatinization.

Aconitum Napellus 0
Actaea alba 0
Actaea spicata var. rubra 0
Adonis amurensis 0
Aesculus Hippocastanum 0
Alstroemeria brasiliensis 0
Alstroemeria ligtu 0
Amaryllis belladonna major 2
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Shallu) 2
Andropogon Sorghum var. (W. K. Corn) 2
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Y. B. Sorgh.) 3
Anemone apennina 0
Anemone blanda 0
Anemone fulgens 0
Anemone japonica 0
Antholyza crocosmoides 2
Antholyza paniculata 1
Arachis hypogaea 1
Arisaema triphyllum 4
Arrhenatherum elatius var. 0
Arum cornutum 5
Arum italicum 4
Arum palaestinum 9
Astroemeria aurantiaca (aurea) 1
Avena sativa var. (Clydesdale) 0
Babiana var. (Athraction) 1
Babiana var. (violacea) 1
Batalas edulis 6
Brodiaea candida3
Brodiaea capitata 9
Brodiaea coccinea 5
Brodiaea congesta 4
Brodiaea grandiflora 9
Brodiaea ixioides var. splendens 5
Brodiaea lactea 3
Brodiaea laxa 1
Brodiaea peduncularis 9
Brodiaea Purdyi 9
Brodiaea stellaris 9
Calathea Lietzei 5
Calathea Vandenheckei 4
Calathea vittata 4
Calathea Wiotiana 5
Calochortus albus 0
Calochortus Benthami1
Calochortus Howellii 0
Calochortus Leichtlinii 0
Calochortus lilacinus 0
Calochortus luteus var. oculatus 0
Calochortus Maweanus var. major 0
Calochortus nitidus 0
Calochortus splendens 0
Canna edulis 2
Canna musaefolia 3
Canna Roscoeana 2
Canna var. (J. D. Eisele) 1
Canna var. (Jean Tissot) 2
Canna var. (Konigin Charlotte) 1
Canna var. (L. E. Baily) 1
Canna var. (Mrs. Kate Grey) 1
Canna var. (President Carnot) 1
Canna Warscewiezii 1
Castanea americana 0
Castanea pumila 0
Castanea sativa var. 0
Castanea sativa var. numbo 0
Chionodoxa Lucillae 1
Chionodoxa sardensis 1
Chionodoxa Tmolusi 1
Cimicifuga racemosa 0
Cochlearia Armoracia 0
Colchicum Parkinsoni 1
Convallaria majalis 0
Crinum americanum 9
Crinum fimbriatulum 13
Crocus Susianus (Cloth of Gold) 0
Crocus var. (Baron von Brunow) 1
Crocus versicolor (Cloth of Silver) 2
Curcuma longa 9
Curcuma petiolata 8
Cycas circinalis 3
Cycas revoluta 4
Cyclamen coum 0
Cyclamen repandum 0
Cypella Herberti 2
Dieffenbachia illustris (cortex) 3
Dieffenbachia illustris (pith) 3
Dieffenbachia seg. irror. (pith) 3
Dieffenbachia seg. var. irror. (cort.) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (cort.) 4
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (pith) 5
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (cort.) 3
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (pith) 3
Dioon edule 1
Dolichos Lablab 6
Dracunculus vulgaris 6
Eranthis hyemalis 0
Erythronium americanum 0
Erythronium californicum 0
Erythronium citrinum 0
Erythronium Dens-canis 0
Erythronium Dens-canis var. grand. 0
Erythronium grandiflorum 0
Freesia refracta var. alba 3
Freesia refracta var. Leichtlinii 2
Fritillaria armena 0
Fritillaria aurea 0
Fritillaria imperialis var. Aurora 0
Fritillaria liliacea 0
Fritillaria meleagris 0
Fritillaria pudica 0
Fritillaria pyrenaica 0
Fritillaria recurva 0
Galanthus Elwesii 7
Galanthus nivalis 1
Galtonia candicans 0
Gelasine azurea 11
Gesneria tubiflora4
Gladiolus byzantinus 6
Gladiolus cardinalis (Blushing Bride) 3
Gladiolus floribundus 3
Gladiolus primulinus4
Gloxinia var. 0
Haemanthus Katherinae 6
Hedychium coronarium 10
Hedychium Gardnerianum 4
Hippeastrum aulicum var. robustum 5
Hippeastrum equestre 5
Hippeastrum vittatum 5
Homeria collina 13
Hordeum sativum var. (Champion)2
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (Italian) 2
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (White) 2
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albus superb. 1
Hymenocallis calathina 2
Hymenocallis undulata 4
Iris alata 2
Iris Bismarckiana 0
Iris caucasica 1
Iris florentina 0
Iris Histrio 3
Iris iberica 1
Iris pallida speciosa 1
Iris pumila var. cyanea 2
Iris reticulata 1
Iris tingitana 2
Iris xiphium var. Grand Tresorier 0
Iris xiphium. var. Wilhelmine 1
Iris ziphium var. lusitanica 1
Ixia speciosa 1
Ixia var. (Emma) 1
Ixia viridiflora 1
Jatropha Curcas 0
Lachenalia pendula 4
Lathyrus latifolius var. albus 3
Lathyrus magellanicus var. albus 4
Lathyrus odoratus var. Shahzada 9
Lathyrus sylvestris 1
Lens esculenta 12
Leucojum aestivum 4
Leucojum vernum 3
Lilium candidum 0
Lilium Henryi 0
Lilium longiflorum var. eximium 0
Lilium longiflorum var. giganteum 0
Lilium martagon 0
Lilium pardalinum 0
Lilium Parryi 0
Lilium philadelphicum 0
Lilium puberulum 0
Lilium rubellum 0
Lilium speciosum var. album 0
Lilium superbum 0
Lilium tenuifolium 0
Lilium tigrinurn var. splendens 0
Lilium. auratum 1
Manihot utilissirna 1
Maranta arundinacea 3
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 1 1
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 2 1
Maranta leuconeura 1
Maranta Massangeana 2
Maranta musaica 7
Marica gracilis 5
Moraea tristis 3
Mucuna pruriens 6
Musa Cavendishii (green fruit) 2
Musa Cavendishii 4
Musa ensete 0
Musa sapientum 1
Muscari botryoides 3
Muscari commutatum 1
Muscari comosum 2
Muscari compactum 2
Muscari conicum 3
Muscari micranthum 1
Muscari paradoxum3
Muscari racemosum2
Nacissus incomparabilis 5
Narcissus biflorus 4
Narcissus Bulbocodium 7
Narcissus Bulbocodium var. conspicuus 5
Narcissus Bulbocodium. var. monophyllus 4
Narcissus Horsfieldii 13
Narcissus Jonquilla 9
Narcissus Jonquilla var. Campernelli rug. 6
Narcissus Jonquilla var. rugulosus 3
Narcissus maximus 4
Narcissus odorus 4
Narcissus poeticus 8
Narcissus tazetta var. orientalis 7
Nelumbo lutea 0
Nelumbo nucifera 1
Nymphaea alba 1
Nymphaea Gladstoniana 2
Nymphaea marliacea var. albida 3
Nymphaea marliacea var. carnea 0
Nymphaea odorata 2
Nymphaea odorata var. rosea 1
Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidale) 0
Ornithogalum nutans 0
Ornithogalum thyrsoides var. aureum 1
Ornithogalum umbellatum 0
Oryza sativa var. 3
Panicum Crus-galli var. 1
Phaseolus lunatus var. (H.'s B. Lima) 7
Phaseolus vulgaris var. (Red IL Bean) 7
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie green) 2
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie yellow) 5
Pisum sativum var. (L. W. Marrow fat) 4
Pisum sativum var. (Thos. Laxton) 4
Pisum sativum. -var. (Elec. E. Early) 5
Pisum sativurn var. (Mam. G. Seeded)3
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (American) 0
Polygonurn Fagopyrum var. (Japanese) 0
Puschkinia scilloides 0
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica 0
Quercus alba 0
Quercus Muhlenbergii 0
Quercus Prinus 1
Quercus rubra 0
Quercus texana 0
Ranunculus bulbosus 0
Ranunculus Ficaria 0
Richardia africana 3
Richardia albo-maculata 9
Richardia Elliotiana 4
Romulea rosea var. speciosa 3
Scilla bifolia 1
Scilla peruviana 1
Scilla sibirica 0
Secale cereale var. (Mammoth Winter) 2
Secale cereale var. (Spring) 1
Solanum tuberosum 5
Sparaxis grandiflora alba 1
Sparaxis var. (Albertine) 0
Sprekelia formosissima 9
Sternbergia lutea 6
Stromanthe sanguinea 4
Taca pinnatifida 3
Tigridia Pavonia var. conchiflora 0
Tigridia Pavonia var. grand. alba 0
Trianosperma ficifolia 1
Trillium grandiflorum 0
Trillium ovatum 0
Trillium sessile var. californicarn 0
Triteleia uniflora 3
Triticum sativum var. dicoccum 1
Triticum sativum var. vulgare 2
Tritonia crocata 13
Tritonia crocata var. lilacina 13
Tritonia crocata var. rosea 13
Tritonia crocosmaeflora 3
Tritonia Pottsii 3
Tritonia securigera 13
Tulipa australis 0
Tulipa Billietiana 0
Tulipa Clusiana 0
Tulipa Clusiana var. persica 0
Tulipa Didieri var. mauriana 0
Tulipa Didieri var.Fransoniana 0
Tulipa Greigi 0
Tulipa Hageri 0
Tulipa oculus-solis 0
Tulipa praecox 0
Tulipa sylvestris 0
Vallota purpurea 4
Vicia Faba 2
Vicia fulgens 2
Vicia Gerardi 1
Vicia sativa 4
Vicia villosa 2
Watsonia humilus 4
Watsonia iridifolia var. O'Brieni2
Watsonia Meriana 4
Wistaria chinensis 0
Zamia integrifolia 5
Zea Mays var. everta (Golden Queen) 1
Zea Mays var. everta (White Rice) 1
Zea Mays var. indentata (H. King) 0
Zea Mays var. indurata (C.'s Early) 3
Zea Mays var. indurata (N. Dakota) 3
Zea Mays var. saccharata (B. Mex.) 0
Zea Mays var. saccharata (G. B'm) 1
Zea Mays var. saccharata (S.'s E'n) 2
Zephyranthes candida 5
Zephyranthes rosea 5
Zingiber officinale 1
Zingiber officinale var. Cochin 10
Zingiber officinale var. Jamaica No. 1 13
Zingiber officinale var. Jamaica No. 2 12

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