26 STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



Table A. — continued. 



Monstera pertusa 

 Montrichardia arborescens 

 Mucuna urens . 

 Opuntia Tuna . 

 Phaseolus multiflorus 



(Scarlet-runner) . 

 Phaseolus vulgaris (P'rench 



Bean) , 

 * Pisum sativum (Pea) 

 Pithecolobium filicifolium 

 Poinciana regia 

 Primula veris (Primrose) 

 Pyrus Malus (Apple) 

 Quercus Robur (Oak) 

 Ravenala madagascariensis 

 Ribes grossularia (Goose' 



berry) . 

 Ricinus communis (Castor 



Oil) . 

 Scilla nutans . 

 Stellaiia Holostea . 

 Swietenia Mahogani 

 Tamarind us indica . 

 Tamus communis 

 Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa 

 Thespesia populnea. 

 Ulex europseus 

 Vicia sativa 



,, sepium . 

 Vigna luteola . 



Family. 



Aroidece 



LeguminosEe 

 Cactea; 



Leguminosae 



PrimulaccK 

 Rosacere 

 CupuliferEe 

 Musacese 



Ribesiaceaa 



EuphorbiacetE 



Liliacese 



Caryophyllacese 



MeliaceK 



Leguminosae 



Dioscoridese 



Buttneriaceae 



Malvaceae 



Leguminosae 



Average 

 weight 



of a 

 resting 

 seed in 

 grains. 



35 o 

 90 "o 



120 

 60 



13-0 

 10 'o 



0*012 



o'40 



25-0 



o'og 



3"5 



O'l 



0-45 



37 

 20 "o 



0-25 

 20 'o 



3-0 



O'll 



0-31 



o"35 

 0*70 



Ratios. 



Shr. 



2 "44 

 2*40 

 I -So 

 1-90 



2-31 

 2-36 

 1-90 

 2-50 

 I -60 



163 



I '60 



1-82 

 378 



175 

 i"37 

 1-87 

 2-30 

 2-26 

 1-90 

 2-45 



2-05 



1-84 

 1-91 



2"37 



I 33 



2"I0 

 2-IS 



1-82 

 27 



Permeable, 

 impermeable, 

 or variable. 



Permeable. 



Impermeable. 

 Permeable. 



Variable. 

 Permeable. 



Variable. 



Impermeable. 



Permeable. 



Variable. 



Impermeable. 



Supplementary List (see Note 20 of Appendix). 



Prunus communis (Sloe) 

 Acrocomia lasiospatha 

 Areca Catechu 

 Cocos nucifera (Coco-nut) 



,, plumosa 

 Hyophorbe Verschafft 

 Mauritia setigera 

 Oreodoxa regia 

 Sparganium ramosum 



Rosacere 

 Palmaceae 



Pandanaceae 



The question 

 of perme- 

 ability does 

 not here 

 arise. In 

 all cases the 

 seed proper 

 is here re- 

 ferred to. 



* See Note i of Appendix. The seeds were abnormally shrivelled. As with Faba 

 vulgaris (Broad Bean) and Phaseolus multifloriis (Scarlet-runner), the seeds of Pisum 

 sativum (Pea) shrink excessively if detached from the pod. It is therefore not possible 

 to get good results in these cases. 



