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17.-— Dolichos sinensis. I;. 



18. — Erythrina Vespertilio, Benth. 



19. — Goiiipholobiuin latifoliuin, S. M. 



20. — Goodia lotifolia, Salisb. 



21. — Hibiscus tiliacous, L. 



22. — Hovea heterophylla, A. Cunn. 



22 (a).— Indigofera arrecta (Renth.?). 



23. — Kennedy a prostratni, R. Br. 



24. — Kydia Caracas, lloxb. 



25. — Labichea lanceolata, Benth. 



26. — Lablab purpuresocns. 



27. — Lathyrus marilinius. Bigel. 



28. — Lavatera plebeia, Senis. 



29. — Maba serioearpa, F. v. M. 



30. — Malv;i rotiindifiilia, L. 



31. — Medicago sntiva. Linn. 



32.— Mirbelia oxyloboides, F. v. M. 



33. — Mucuna gigantea, D. C. 



34. — Oxylobiuni trilobatum, F. v. M. 



35. — Pultenaea stipularis, Sui. 



36. — Swainsona galegifolia, R. Br. 



37.— Trifolium giomeratum, L. 



38. — Wistaria Maideniana, Bailey. 



In concluding this section of the paper, I wish to express my 

 thanks to Mr. 11. T. Baker, Technological Museum, Sydney ; Mr. 

 W. Cuilfoyle, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne : Mr. J. H. Maiden, 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney ; and Mr. H. C. Sampson, Trichinopoly, 

 for kindly sui^plying many seeds, of which the original samples 

 had been whollv used for cfeiinination tests. 



Post Script. — The detailed account of Becquerel's work was not 

 received until April, 1908, when the present paper was in the 

 press. Hence it has only been possible to include the 23 positive 

 records given by Becquerel and a few of the negative ones. The 

 fact that Becquerel examined only 10 seeds of each kind made it 

 possible for him to overlook any perceoitages below 10 per cent. 

 The minute traces of CO;, Becquerel found to be given off by old 



