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The Pyrogallic Acid Reaction of Various Starches

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

Aconitum Napellus 0
Actaea alba 0
Actaea spicata var. rubra 0
Adonis amurensis 0
Aesculus Hippocastanum 0
Alstroemeria aurantiaca (aures) 0
Alstroemeria brasiliensis 0
Alstroemeria ligtu 0
Amaryllis belladonna major 0
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Shallu) 0
Andropogon Sorghum var. (W. K. Corn) 0
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Y. B. Sorgh.) 0
Anemone apennina 0
Anemone blanda 0
Anemone fulgens 0
Anemone Japonica 0
Antholyza crocosmoides 0
Antholyza paniculata 0
Arachis hypogaea 0
Arimona triphyllum 4
Arrhenatherum elatius var. 0
Arum cornuturn 5
Arum italicum 1
Arum palaestinum 2
Avena sativa var. (Clydesdale) 0
Babiana var. (Athraction) 1
Babiana var. (violacea) 3
Batatas edulis 8
Brodiaea californica 8
Brodiaea candida 0
Brodiaea capitata11
Brodiaea coccinea 11
Brodiaea congesta 11
Brodiaea grandiflora 11
Brodiaea ixioides var. splendens 0
Brodiaea lactea 0
Brodiaea laxa 0
Brodiaea peduncularis 1
Brodiaea Purdyi 11
Brodiaea stellaris 7
Calathea Lietzei 11
Calathea vittata 3
Calathea Wiotiana 11
Calathes Vandenheckei 11
Calochortus albus 0
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 0
Canna edulis 3
Canna musaefolia 11
Canna Roscoeana 11
Canna var. (J. D. Eisele) 2
Canna var. (Jean Tissot) 2
Canna var. (Konigin Charlotte) 7
Canna var. (L. E. Baily) 5
Canna var. (Mrs. Kate Grey) 3
Canna var. (President Carnot) 2
Canna Warscewiezii 11
Castanea americana 0
Castanea pumila 0
Castanea sativa var. 0
Castanea sativa var. numbo 0
Chionodoxa Lucillae 0
Chionodoxa sardensis 0
Chionodoxa Tmolusi 0
Cimicifuga racemosa 0
Cochlearia Armoracia 0
Colchicum Parkinsoni 0
Convallaria majalis 0
Crinum americanum 0
Crinum fimbriatulum 0
Crocus Susianus (Cloth of Gold) 0
Crocus var. (Baron von Brunow) 0
Crocus versicolor (Cloth of Silver) 0
Curcuma longa 5
Curcuma petiolata 11
Cycas circinalis 4
Cycas revoluta 5
Cyclamen coum 0
Cyclamen repandum 0
Cypella Herberti 0
Dieffenbachia illustris (pith) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. irror. (cort.) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. irror. (pith) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (cort.) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (pith) 1
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob . (pith) 0
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (cort.) 0
Dieffenbachis illustris (cortex) 2
Dioon edule 0
Dolichos Lablab 3
Dracunculus vulgaris 2
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 11
Freesia refracta var. Leichtlinii 11
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 EIwesii 8
Galanthus nivalis 2
Galtonia candicans 0
Gelasine azurea 11
Gesneria tubiflora 5
Gladiolus byzantinus 5
Gladiolus cardinalis (Blushing Bride) 4
Gladiolus floribundus 2
Gladiolus primulinus 6
Gloxinia var. 0
Haemanthus Katherinae 0
Hedychium coronarium 11
Hedychium Gardnerianum 11
Hippeastrum equestre 6
Hippeastrum vittatum 5
Hippeastrum. aulicum var. robustum 3
Homeria collina 11
Hordeum sativum var. (Champion) 0
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (Italian) 0
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus (White) 0
Hyacinthus orientalis var. albus superb. 0
Hymenocallis calathina 0
Hymenocallis undulata 0
Iris alata 0
Iris Bismarckiana 0
Iris caucasica 0
Iris florentina 0
Iris Histrio 0
Iris iberica 0
Iris pallida speciosa 0
Iris pumila var. cyanea 0
Iris reticulata 0
Iris tingitana 0
Iris xiphium var. Grand Tresorier 0
Iris xiphium var. lusitanica 0
Iris xiphium var. Wilhelmine 0
Ixia speciosa 1
Ixia var. (Emma) 3
Ixia viridiflora 3
Jatropha Curcas 0
Lachenalia pendula 0
Lachenalia tricolor var. luteola 0
Lathyrus latifolius var. albus 0
Lathyrus magellanicus var. albus 0
Lathyrus odoratus var. Shahzada 0
Lathyrus sylvestris 0
Lens esculenta 0
Leucojum aestNum 0
Leucojum vernum 0
Lilium auratum 0
Lilium candidum 0
Lilium Henryi 0
Lilium longiflorum var. eximium 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 tigrinum var. splendens 0
Lilium. longiflorum var. giganteum 0
Manihot utilissima 0
Maranta arundinacea 0
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 1 0
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 2 0
Maranta leuconeura 0
Maranta Massangeana 0
Maranta musaica 0
Marica gracilis 0
Moraea tristis 11
Mucuna pruriens 2
Musa Cavendishii (green fruit) 8
Musa Cavendishii 8
Musa ensete 2
Musa sapientum 8
Muscari botryoides 0
Muscari commutatum 4
Muscari comosum 1
Muscari compactum 0
Muscari conicum 6
Muscari micranthum 1
Muscari paradoxum 3
Muscari racemosum 5
Narcissus billorus 4
Narcissus Bulbocodium 8
Narcissus Bulbocodium var. conspicuus 3
Narcissus Bulbocodium var. monophyllus 2
Narcissus Horsfieldii 11
Narcissus incomparabilis 5
Narcissus Jonquilla 11
Narcissus Jonquilla var. Campernelli rug. 11
Narcissus Jonquilla var. rugulosus 2
Narcissus maximus 6
Narcissus odorus 11
Narcissus poeticus 11
Narcissus tazetta var. orientalis 11
Nelumbo lutea 0
Nelumbo nucifera 0
Nymphaea alba 0
Nymphaea Gladstoniana 1
Nymphaea marliacea var. albida 1
Nymphaea marliacea var. carnea 0
Nymphaea odorata 0
Nymphaea odorata var. rosea 0
Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidale) 0
Ornithogalum nutans 1
Ornithogalum thyrsoides var. aureum 0
Ornithogalum umbellatum 0
Oryza sativa var. 1
Panicum Crus-galli var. 1
Phaseolus lunatus var. (H.'s B. Lim) 0
Phaseolus vulgaris var. (Red K. BeRD) 0
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie green) 11
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie yellow) 11
Pisum sativum var. (L. W. Marrowfat) 0
Pisum sativum var. (Mam. G. Seeded) 0
Pisum sativum var. (Thos. Laxton) 11
Pisum sativum. var. (Elec. E. Early) 0
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (Japanese) 0
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (American 0
Puschkinia scilloides 0
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica 0
Quercus alba Quercus Prinus 0
Quercus rubra 0
Quercus texana 0
Ranunculus bulbosus 0
Ranunculus Ficaria 0
Richardia africana 11
Richardia albo-maculata 11
Richardia Elliotiana 11
Romulea rosea. var. speciosa 11
Scilla bifolia 0
Scilla peruviana 0
Scilla sibirica 0
Secale cereale var. (Mammoth Winter) 0
Secale cereale var. (Spring) 0
Solanum tuberosum 4
Sparaxis grandiflora alba 0
Sparaxis var. (Albertine) 0
Sprekelia formosissima 0
Sternbergia lutea 4
Stromanthe sanguinea 1
Tacca pinnatifida 0
Tigridia Pavonia var. conchiflora 0
Tigridia Pavonia var. grand. alba 0
Trianosperma ficifolia 0
Trillium grandiflorum 0
Trillium ovatum 0
Trillium sessile var. californicum 0
Triteleia uniflora 0
Triticum sativum var. dicoccum 0
Triticum sativum var. vulgare 0
Tritonia crocata 11
Tritonia crocata var. lilacina 11
Tritonia crocata var. rosea 11
Tritonia crocosmaeflora 2
Tritonia Pottsii 2
Tritonia securigera 11
Tulipa australis 0
Tulipa Billietiana 0
Tulipa Clusiana 0
Tulipa Clusiana var. persica 0
Tulipa Didieri 0
Tulipa Didieri var. Fransoniana 0
Tulipa Didieri var. mauriana 0
Tulipa Greigi 0
Tulipa Hageri 0
Tulipa oculus-solis 0
Tulipa praecox 0
Tulipa sylvestris 0
Vallota purpurea 4
Vicia Faba 1
Vicia fulgens 0
Vicia Gerardi 0
Vicia sativa 0
Vicia villosa 0
Watsonia humilis 2
Watsonia iridifolia var. O'Brieni 1
Watsoniii Meriana 2
Wistaria chinensis 1
Zamia integrifolia 1
Zea Mays var. everta (Golden Queen) 0
Zea Mays var. everta (White Rice) 0
Zea Mays var. indentata (E'y L'g) 0
Zea Mays var. indurata (C.'s Early) 0
Zea Mays var. indurata (N. Dakota) 0
Zea Mays var. saccharata (B. Mex.) 0
Zea Mays var. saccharata (G. B'm) 0
Zea Mays var. saccharata (S.'s E'n) 0
Zen Mays var. indentata (H. King) 0
Zephyranthes candida 6
Zephyranthes rosea 5
Zingiber officinale 11
Zingiber officinale var. Cochin 4
Zingiber officinale var. Jamaica No. 1 11
Zingiber officinale var. Jamaica No. 2 11

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