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between thom is somewhat ill-defined. Occasionally seeds such 

 as wheat or barley, which are really mesobiotic, may come close 

 to, or even under special conditions pass the limit of. 15 years, 

 but since they are usually dead by this time they come properly 

 under the head of mesobiotic seeds. The macrobiotic seeds 

 are less numerous, are characterised by cuticularised or more or 

 less impermeable seed coats, and are restricted to a few natural 

 orders, of wliich the Legiiminosae greatly surpass all others 

 while Malvaceae and MjTtaceae came next in importance. Here 

 again a few seeds come into this class which, imder natural 

 conditions, do not belong to it, since only seeds which have 

 impermeable coats can survive for long periods of time in the 

 soil. 



MACROBIOTIC SEEDS. 



Leguminosae. 



Acacia acinacea 

 alata 

 aneura 

 armata 

 bossiaeoides 

 brachybotrya 

 calamifolia 

 cornigera 

 dealbata 

 decurrens 

 diffusa 

 Doratoxylon 

 elata 



farnesiana 

 glaucescens 

 lanata 

 lanigera 

 leprosa 

 longifolia 

 melanoxylon 

 montana 



my rti folia 



nerii folia 



nervosa 



penninervis 



pentadenia 



saligna 



Sinisii 



suaveolens 



verniciflua 

 Albizzia lophantha 

 Alhagi camelorum 

 Asti'agalus Antiselli 



brachyceras 



glycyphylloides 

 Bossiaea heterophylla 

 Caesalpinia Bonducelia 

 Canavalia ensiformis 



obtusifolius 

 Cassia australis 



bicapsularis 



Brewsterii 



