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The Ferric Chloride Reaction of Various Starches

Based on a scale running from 0 to 11, where 11=60 or more minutes for gelatinization.

Aconitum Napellus 0
Actaea alba 0
Actaea spicata var. rubra 1
Adonis amurensis 0
Aesculus Hippocastanum 0
Alstroemeria aurantiaca (aurea) 3
Alstroemeria brasiliensis 2
Alstroemeria ligtu 2
Amaryllis belladonna major 3
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Shallu) 2
Andropogon Sorghum var. (W. K. Corn) 3
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Y. B. Sorgh.) 2
Anemone apennina 0
Anemone blanda 0
Anemone fulgens 0
Anemone japonica 0
Antholyza crocosmoides 7
Antholyza paniculata 4
Arachis hypogaea 2
Arisaema triphyllum 5
Arrhenatherum elatius var. 1
Arum cornutum 2
Arum italicum 1
Arum palaestinum 5
Avena sativa var. (Clydesdale) 1
Babiana var. (Athraction) 3
Babiana var. (violacea) 2
Batatas edulis 0
Brodiaea calif ornica 11
Brodiaea candida 5
Brodiaea capitata 11
Brodiaea coccinea 4
Brodiaea congesta 11
Brodiaea grandiflora 11
Brodiaea ixioides var. splendens 9
Brodiaea lactea 7
Brodiaea laxa 8
Brodiaea peduncularis 11
Brodiaea Purdyi 11
Brodiaea stellaris 11
Calathea Lietzei 2
Calathea Vandenheckei 11
Calathea vittata 11
Calathea Wiotiana 11
Calochortus albus 1
Calochortus Benthami 0
Calochortus Howellii 0
Calochortus Leichtlinii 1
Calochortus lilacinus 0
Calochortus luteus var. oculatus 1
Calochortus Maweanus var. major 1
Calochortus nitidus 0
Calochortus splendens 1
Canna edulis 8
Canna musaefolia 4
Canna Roscoeana 1
Canna var. (J. D. Eisele) 3
Canna var. (Jean Tissot) 4
Canna var. (Konigin Charlotte) 3
Canna var. (L. E. Baily) 4
Canna var. (Mrs. Kate Grey)3
Canna var. (President Carnot) 2
Canna Warscewiczii 2
Castanea americana 0
Castanea pumila 0
Castanea sativa var. 0
Castanea sativa var. numbo 0
Chionodoxa Lucillae 5
Chionodoxa sardensis1
Chionodoxa Tmolusi 1
Cimicifuga racemosa 0
Cochlearia Armoracia 0
Colchicum Parkinsoni 5
Convallaria majalis 0
Crinum americanum 5
Crinum fimbriatulum 11
Crocus Susianus (Cloth of Gold) 1
Crocus var. (Baron von Brunow) 2
Crocus versicolor (Cloth of Silver) 2
Curcuma longa 1
Curcuma petiolata 1
Cycas circinalis 4
Cycas revoluta 4
Cyclamen coum 0
Cyclamen repandum 0
Cypella Herberti 5
Dieffenbachia illustris (cortex) 3
Dieffenbachia illustris (pith) 5
Dieffenbachia seg. var. irror. (pith) 2
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (cort.) 4
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (cort.) 5
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (pith) 4
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (cort.) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (pith) 3
Dioon eduIe 1
Dolichos Lablab 11
Dracunculus vulgaris 8
Eranthus hyernalis 1
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. Leichtlinii 5
Freesia refracts var. alba 5
Fritillaria armena 1
Fritillaria aurea 1
Fritillaria imperialis var. Aurora 2
Fritillaria liliacea 2
Fritillaria meleagris 2
Fritillaria pudica 3
Fritillaria pyrenaica 1
Fritillaria recurva 2
Galanthus nivalis 11
Galtonia candicans 0
Gelasine azurea 11
Gesneria tubiflora 1
Gladiolus byzantinus 8
Gladiolus cardinalis (Blushing Bride) 8
Gladiolus floribundus 4
Gladiolus primulinus 4
Gloxinia var. 1
Haemanthus Katherinae 9
Hedychium Gardnerianum 0
Hedychiurn coronarium 1
Hippeastruin aulicum var. robustum 7
Hippeastrum equestre 9
Hippeastrum vittatum 10
Homeria collina 11
Hordeum sativum var. (Champion) 11
Hyacinthus orient. var. albulus (Italian) 2
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (White) 1
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albus superb. 1
Hymenocallis calathina 5
Hymenocallis undulata 11
Iris alata 5
Iris Bismarckiana 0
Iris caucasica 7
Iris florentina 1
Iris Histrio 9
Iris iberica 2
Iris pallida speciosa 2
Iris pumila var. cyanea 2
Iris reticulata 6
Iris tingitana 3
Iris xiphium var. Grand Tresorier2
Iris xiphium var. lusitanica 2
Iris xiphium var. Wilhelmine 1
Ixia iridiflora 2
Ixia speciosa 1
Ixia var. (Emma) 3
Jatropha Curcas 3
Lachenalia pendula 3
Lachenalia tricolor var. luteola 3
Lathyrus Iatifolius var. albus 11
Lathyrus magellanicus var. albus 11
Lathyrus odoratus var. Shahzada 11
Lathyrus sylvestris 11
Lens esculenta 11
Leucojum aestivum 11
Leucojum vernum 11
Lilium auratum 1
Lilium candidum 4
Lilium Henryi 5
Lilium longiflorum var. eximium 1
Lilium longiflorurn var. giganteum 3
Lilium Martagon 2
Lilium pardalinum 3
Lilium Parryi 2
Lilium philadelphicum 2
Lilium puberulum 3
Lilium rubellum 3
Lilium speciosum var. album 3
Lilium superbum 1
Lilium tenuifolium 3
Lilium tigrinum var. splendens 1
Manihot utilissima 3
Maranta arundinacea 0
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 1 1
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 2 2
Maranta leuconeura 1
Maranta Massangeana 2
Maranta musaica 11
Marica gracilis 8
Moraea tristis 8
Mucuna pruriens 11
Musa Cavendishii (green fruit) 0
Musa Cavendishii 1
Musa ensete 1
Musa sapientum 1
Muscari botryoides 7
Muscari commutatum 6
Muscari comosum 6
Muscari compactum 6
Muscari conicum 11
Muscari micranthum 2
Muscari paradoxum 8
Muscari racemosurn 4
Narcissus biflorus 11
Narcissus Bulbocodium 8
Narcissus Bulbocodium var. monophyllus 8
Narcissus Bulbocodiurn var. conspicuus 11
Narcissus Horsfieldii 11
Narcissus incomparabilis 8
Narcissus Jonquilla 7
Narcissus Jonquilla 7
Narcissus Jonquilla var. Campernelli rug. 8
Narcissus maximus 11
Narcissus odorus 9
Narcissus poeticus 11
Narcissus tazetta var. orientalis 11
Nelumbo lutea 1
Nelumbo nucifera 2
Nymphaea alba 2
Nymphaea Gladstoniana 8
Nymphaea marliacea var. albida 9
Nymphaea marliacea var. carnea 4
Nymphaea odorata 3
Nymphaea odorata var. rosea 6
Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidale) 1
Ornithogalum nutans 2
Ornithogalum umbellatum 2
Ornithogalurn thyrsoides var. aureum 2
Oryza sativa var. 1
Panicum Crus-galli var. 4
Phaseolus lunatus var. (H.'s B. Lima) 11
Phaseolus vulgaris var. (Red K. Bean) 11
Pisum sativum var. (Elec. E. Early) 11
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie green) 5
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie yellow) 5
Pisum sativum var. (L. W. Marrowfat) 11
Pisum sativum var. (Thos. Laxton) 5
Pisum sativurn var. (Mam. G. Seeded) 11
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (American) 6
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (Japanese) 3
Puschkinia scilloides 3
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica 3
Quercus alba 5
Quercus Muhlenbergii 8
Quercus Prinus 5
Quercus rubra 2
Quercus texana 2
Ranunculus bulbosus 0
Ranunculus Ficaria 0
Richardia africana 7
Richardia albo-maculata 11
Richardia Elliotiana 6
Romulea rosea var. speciosa 11
Scilla bifolia 3
Scilla peruviana 3
Scilla sibirica 2
Secale cereale var. (Mammoth Winter) 11
Secale cereale var. (Spring) 11
Solanum tuberosum 4
Sparaxis grandiflora alba 0
Sparaxis var. (Albertine) 0
Sprekelia formosissima 4
Sternbergia lutea 11
Stromanthe sanguinea 6
Tacca pinnatiflda 6
Tigridia Pavonia var. conchiflora 2
Tigridia Pavonia var. grand. alba 2
Trianosperma ficifolia 0
Trillium grandiflorum 0
Trillium ovatum 0
Trillium sessile var. californicum 1
Triteleia uniflora 10
Triticum sativum var. dicoccuin 11
Triticum sativum var. vulgare 11
Tritonia crocata 7
Tritonia crocata var. lilacina 11
Tritonia crocata var. rosea 8
Tritonia crocosmaeflora 8
Tritonia Pottsii 7
Tritonia securigera 6
Tulipa australis 0
Tulipa Billietiana 1
Tulipa Clusiana 0
Tulipa Clusiana var. persica 2
Tulipa Didieri 1
Tulipa Didieri var. Fransoniana 2
Tulipa Didieri var. mauriana 1
Tulipa Greigi 1
Tulipa Hageri 0
Tulipa oculu&-solis 1
Tulipa praecox 1
Tulipa sylvestris 1
Vallota purpurea 10
Vicia Faba 11
Vicia fulgens 11
Vicia Gerardi 8
Vicia sativa 11
Vicia villosa 7
Watsonia humilis 7
Watsonia iridifolia var. O'Brieni 8
Watsonia Meriana 8
Wistaria chinensis 3
Zamia integrifolia 11
Zea Mays var. aaccharata (S.'s E'n) 1
Zea Mays var. everta (Golden Queen) 1
Zea Mays var. everta (White Rice) 1
Zea Mays var. indentata (E'y L'g) 2
Zea Mays var. indentata (H. King) 1
Zea Mays var. indurata (C.'s Early) 2
Zea Mays var. indurata (N. Dakota) 2
Zea Mays var. saccharata (G. B'm) 1
Zephyranthes candida 7
Zephyranthes rosea 9
Zingiber officinale 0
Zingiber officinale var. Cochin 10

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