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Pericarp and Seed. — Table of Loss in Weight — continued. 



Plant-name. 



Hura crepitans (Sandbox-tree) , 

 Ravenala madagascariensis 

 Swietenia Mahogani (Mahogany) 



Acacia Farnesiana 

 Caesalpinia sepiaria . 

 Cajanus indicus 

 Canavalia obtusifolia 

 Cassia fistula 

 Dioclea reflexa . 

 Entada polystachya . 

 Faba vulgaris . 

 Guilandina bonducella 

 Leucsena glauca 

 Mucuna urens . 

 Phaseolus multiflorus 

 Poinciana regia 

 Ulex europseus . 



Vicia sativa 

 ,, sepium 



mean result 



PaLMACE/E. 



Acrocomia lasiospatha 

 Areca Catechu . 

 Cocos nucifera (Coco-nut) * 

 Cocos plumosa . 

 Hyophorbe Verschafftii 

 Mauritia setigera 

 Oreodoxa regia 



Type of 

 fruit. 



Woody cap- 

 sule 



Woody cap- 

 sule 



Woody cap- 

 sule 



Legume 



Drupe 

 Berry 

 Drupe 



Berry 



Loss in weight during 

 the drying process, the 

 moist condition being 

 taken as loo, the dry 

 weight being then given. 



Pericarp. 



100 34 

 100 39 

 100 37 



[oo 35 



[CO 24 



100 38 



(00 20 



100 31 



[00 31 



100 25 



[OO 12 '5 



[oo 14 



100 22 



[OO 14 



[oo 15 



[OO 45 



100 41 



[00 32 



too 34 



[00 23 



[00 21 



[OO 63 



[OO 15 



100 55 



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Summary of some of the Results. 



Average for fleshy and pulpy berries 

 ,, typical fleshy capsules 



Typical fleshy drupe (Prunus) . 



Average for legumes . 



,, woody capsules 



Palm fruits 



Six kinds 

 Eight kinds 

 One kind 

 Fifteen kinds 

 Three kinds 

 Seven kinds 



Seed. 



100 45 

 100 65 

 100 26 



100 S3 



100 63 



100 87 



100 57 



This result applies to a dry, waterless coco-nut. 



