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BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



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was about n .5 per cent, due to respiration. Crude fiber remained 

 practically constant. 



When the hulled dry seeds were compared with the unhulled 

 dry seeds, it was found that the weight of F x was 1 per cent greater 

 in the former, and it was 2 per cent greater in the latter for F 2 , 

 while F 3 of the former was about 3 per cent greater. The proteins of 



TABLE IV 



Unhulled dry seeds 



♦Ten gm. of seed were hydrolyzed for 2.5 hours and gave a total carbohydrate cf 65.30 per cent 



Fj and F 2 were about the same, but the protein of F 3 of the hulled 

 dry seeds was' more than 2 per cent greater. The ash of F 2 was 

 slightly more in the hulled dry seeds, while the ash of F 3 was over 

 3 per cent greater in the unhulled seeds; hence a greater part of the 

 ash was in the hulls. The organic matter of F 2 of the unhulled dry 

 seeds was 2 . 5 per cent greater, while in F 3 it was 6 per cent less. 

 The free reducing sugars were slightly greater in the unhulled seeds,- 



