496 STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



{b) Cakile mar'itima^ dry fruit from England : 



Upper joint, less seed .... 0-5 grain 



Seed of upper joint ..... 0-2 „ 



Lower joint, less seed . . . . 0*13 „ 



Seed of lower joint .... 0-07 „ 



0-9 » 



(12) Canavalia gladiata^ p. 326.- — -This is C. gladiata^ DC, the variety 



with red seeds (see Note 5, p. 471). 



(13) Canavalia ensiformis^ p. 326. — This is C. gladiata^ DC, the variety 



[ensiformis) with white seeds (see Note 5, p. 471). 



(14) Carina indica^ p. 326. — The pericarp, which makes up 39 per cent. 



of the moist fruit, is thus composed : — 



Outer soft tubercles or spines scaling 

 off as the fruit dries and losing 

 90 per cent, of their weight in the 

 process . . . . .10 per cent. 



Pericarp proper, which loses 80 per cent, 

 of its moist weight as the fruit 

 dries . . . . . . 29 „ 



39 » 



(15) Caryota^ p. 327. — Regardmg the fruit as a berry, the pericarp- 



proportion would be 22 per cent, in the dry fruit. 



(16) Citrus^ p. 325. — In another moist fruit of the Common Orange 



[Citrus Aurantium), weighing 3500 grains and containing 15 



Proportion of Parts in Different Species of Citrus. 



Note that the number of the seeds is in brackets. 



