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STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



fruit can be utilised ; and as long as the means of converting 

 them are available, the actual conversion may be at times 

 dispensed with. 



The validity of this use of the dry fruits is brought out in 

 the two following tables, which contain the results of observa- 

 tions in Grenada on a considerable number of the dry legumes 

 of heuc^ena glauca and Albizzia Lebbek. In the first table the 

 results for the dry legumes are alone given. In the second 

 table these results are compared with those for the moist fruits 

 as far as the relative weights of the pericarp and seeds are 

 concerned. It should, however, be added that whilst the 

 shrinking ratios for the legumes of Leucana glauca have been 

 ascertained by experiment, those for Albizzia Lebbek have been 



-Table comparing the Relation between the Number of 

 Seeds and the Weight, Length, and Pericarp Proportions 

 OF the Dried Legumes or Pods of Leuc^na glauca and 

 Albizzia Lebbek. 



