4o8 



STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



The Weights of Embryos in Albuminous Resting Seeds. 



(Palms are indicated by P. When a figure of the seed has been utilised, as in the 

 case of small seeds, L. is placed after the name, the System of Botany of Le Maout 

 and Decaisne being usually employed. See text before and after table for further 

 explanation. ) 



P. Cocos nucifera . 



P. Bactris . 



P. Cocos (schizophylla ?) 



Tamus communis, L. 

 P. Acrocomia lasiospatha 

 P, Licuala grandis . 



Mercurialis, L. 

 P. Prestoea montana 



Anona Cherimolia 

 P. Areca Catechu . 

 P. Elseis guineensis 



Anona reticulata 

 P. Hyophorbe Verschafftii 

 P. Mauritia setigera 

 P. Sabal umbraculifera 

 P. Manicaria saccifera 

 P. Oreodoxa oleracea 

 P. Livistonia . 

 P. Caryota 



Aquilegia, L. . 



Anona palustris . 

 P. Oreodoxa regia . 



Dracaena Draco . 



Carex, L. . 



P. Cocos plumosa . 

 Iris Pseudacorus 



Luzula, L. 

 Hedera Helix . 



Veronica, L. 

 Ricinus communis 

 Papaver, L. 



Canna indica 

 Jatropha Curcas 

 Ravenala madagascariensis 

 Sambucus nigra, L 

 Rumex, L. 



Weight of the Embryo. 



Actual weight. 



Grains. Grammes 



SfOl 



5a 



"5ff 



■jkVtt 



■STTT 



•129600 



■002160 

 ■012960 

 ■000015 

 •003240 

 ■000810 

 ■000013 

 ■001620 

 ■000648 

 012960 

 ■003240 

 •000648 

 ■001296 

 •097200 

 ■001296 

 ■064800 

 ■001080 

 ■004630 

 ■009260 

 ■000006 

 ■000926 

 ■001620 

 "003240 

 ■000026 



•003240 

 •000810 



•000017 

 •000926 



■000019 

 •006480 

 ■000006 



■006480 

 ■025920 

 •012960 

 ■000196 

 •000260 



As a 

 part of 



the 

 kernel. 



100 

 ■BTTTT 



TTD"!) 



rio 

 rh 

 irho 



Remarks. (S. entire seed 



C. coats ; K. kernel. 



Weights in grains. ) 



A ripe fruit of average 

 weight with mature 

 kernel. 



A dry fruit. 



^5- 



S. ^27 ; C. ^02 ; K 

 A dry fruit. 



S. -125 ; C. ^025 ; K. "i 



A dry fruit. 



S. 8^o ; C. 3*4; K. 4*6. 



A moist ripe fruit. 



A dry fruit. 



S. 4'o ; C. 1 'o ; K. 3^0. 



A fresh fruit. 



A fruit beginning to dry. 



A dry fruit. 



A fruit beginning to dry 



K. 02. 



K. 2^7. 



K. 5 -8. 

 ; K. -04 



S. ^03 ; C. 

 S. 3^9 ; C. r2 

 A dry fruit . 

 S. 6^o; C. o^2 

 S. •OS ; C. -oi 



an average. 

 Fruit partly dry. 

 Seeds partly dry ; S, 2*0 



C. 07; K. r3. 

 S. 03 ; C. •oi ; K. •02. 

 S. •S ; C. '07 ; K. '73. 



(See Chap, XIX.) 

 S. ■013; C. "003; K. '01 

 S. 2^7 ; C. '7 ; K. 2^o. 

 S. ^0025 ; C. "0005 ; 



K. '0020. 

 S. 2-6; C. ^6; K 2^o. 

 S. 120; C. 4^4; K. 7-6, 

 S. 5-5 : C. 2^5 ; K, 3*0. 

 S. ■OS ; C. ■oz ; K. ^03. 

 S. '054 ; C. ^014; K. "04. 



