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STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



hygroscopicity and changes in 

 weight under different conditions, 

 159-162, 228 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 189, 200 ; the swelling 

 process, 24, 36, 200, 211, 467 ; data 

 for determining the swelling regime, 

 200 ; time occupied in shrinking, 

 480 ; coloration, 369, 370, 386, 388, 

 395-399, 402 ; dispersal by birds, 

 396. 

 ^sculus Hippocastanum (Horse-chest- 

 nut) : 

 (a) Seed : water-contents, 137, 183, 

 232, 246-248 ; absorptive cap- 

 acity, 133, 137, 183 ; perme- 

 ability, 94, 472, 473; hygro- 

 scopicity, 158, 164, 168, 231 ; 

 proportions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 200, 215, 216; the drying 

 and shrinking process, 24, 200, 

 238, 246-248, 303, 320, 323, 472, 

 473, 480 ; data for determining 

 the shrinking regime, 200 ; time 

 occupied in drying, 480 ; tran- 

 sient germinative capacity, 418 ; 

 coloration, 383, 387 ; failure of 

 ovules and young seeds, 365, 



383. 

 {b) Fruit : the ripening fruit and its 

 homology with a berry, 246-248, 

 257 ; the drying process, 263, 

 269, 278, 303, 320, 323, 326 ; 

 the drying regime, 303, 323, 

 326 ; water-contents, 284, 302, 

 303 ; dehiscence, 274, 278, 284 ; 

 proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 298, 300, 302, 303, 323, 

 326, 331, 340. 



After-ripening, 404, 418, 419, 437. 



Agriculturists, suggestions for : see 

 under Gardener. 



Akee : see under Blighia sapida. 



Albizzia Lebbek : 



{a) Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, 123, 136; degree 

 of permeability, 94, 96 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 165, 174 ; proportions 

 of coats and kernel, 189, 200; 

 swelling process, 24, 45, 200, 

 211 ; data for determining the 

 swelling regime, 200 ; failure of 

 ovules, 349-353, 365- 

 {b) Fruit : proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 327, 334-337, 340-342, 

 350 ; relation between the size 

 and form of pod and the failure 

 of ovules, 349-353, 365, 366. 



Albuminous and exalbuminous seeds : 

 their distribution in genera and in 

 the same order, 404, 405, 416 ; their 

 shrinking and swelling capacities, 

 32, 39, 40, 54, 216-220, 223, 224; 

 coloration of seed and embryo, 388- 

 395 ; relative proportion of albumen 

 and embryo, 408, 409 ; transition 

 from albuminous to exalbuminous 

 seeds, 403, 404, 408, 409, 427, 488 ; 

 albuminous seeds in palms, 408, 

 409,411,414,415. (See p. 528.) 

 Allium ursinum : 



{a) Seed : shrinking process, 24, 320 ; 

 permeability, 94 ; hygroscopicity, 

 164 ; coloration, 372, 387, 399 ; 

 failure Of ovules and seeds, 358, 

 365, 366. 

 {b) Fruit : drying process, 263, 320, 

 326 ; data for determining the 

 drying regime, 326 ; proportions 

 between pericarp and seeds, 

 298, 326 ; relation between the 

 failure of seeds and the form of 

 the fruit, 358, 365, 366. 

 Anacardium occidentale, 267, 327. 

 Anagallis, 409. 



Andira inermis, 24, 94, 262, 298, 326. 

 Anemone, 363, 367, 419, 420, 437. 

 Anona : embryo-weight, 408. 

 Cherimolia, 94, 190, 408. 

 muricata, seeds : water-contents, 137; 

 absorptive capacity, 137 ; per- 

 meability, 94 ; hygroscopicity, 124, 

 160, 161, 164; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 190, 193, 200; shrink- 

 ing and swelling process, 24, 41, 

 200, 211, 214. 

 palustris, seeds : permeability, 94 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 124, 160, 1 6 1, 164 ; 

 proportions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 408 ; shrinking process, 24, 41 ; 

 embryo, 408. 

 reticulata, 94, 124, 164, 190, 408. 

 squamosa, 94, 124, 137, 164, 190. 

 Anstead, R. D., 12, 436, 482, 504. 

 Anthyllis, 29. 

 Apple : see Pyrus Malus. 

 Aquilegia : hygroscopicity of seeds, 165 ; 

 impermeability of seeds, 94 ; seed- 

 coloration, 372, 387 ; proportion of 

 seed-coats, 408 ; failure of ovules, 

 359, 364, 365 ; shrinking process of 

 seeds, 24 ; weight of embryo, 406- 

 408 ; drying of fruit, 263, 284, 326, 

 495 ; data for determining the dry- 

 ing regime of fruit, 326, 495 ; pro- 



