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The Chloral Hydrate-Iodine Reaction of Various Starches

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

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

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