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portions of pericarp and seeds, 

 298, 326, 495 ; dehiscence, 280, 

 284. 



Areca Catechu : shrinking of seed, 26, 

 321, 411 ; weight of embryo, 408, 

 41 1, 413, 414 ; drying of fruit, 264, 

 319, 321, 326, 410, 498 ; data for 

 determining the drying regime, 326, 

 498 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seed, 298, 326. 



Arenaria peploides : degree of imperme- 

 abihty of seeds, 94 ; shrinking ratio 

 of seeds, 24 ; seed-coloration, 372, 

 387 ; experiment on the rest-period, 

 421 ; abortion of ovules, 355, 364- 

 366 ; drying and dehiscence of 

 fruit, 263, 280, 284, 326 ; data for 

 determining the drying regime, 

 326 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 298, 326. 



Arenga saccharifera, 264, 297, 325, 

 498. 



Argemone mexicana, 372, 387. 



Artocarpus incisa (Breadfruit): per- 

 meability of seeds, 94 ; shrinking 

 process of seeds, 24, 239 ; germina- 

 tion on the tree, 436, 439 ; propor- 

 tions of pericarp and seeds, 298, 

 326. 



Arum maculatum : shrinking of seeds, 

 24, 41, 200, 239, 242, 245, 320, 324 ; 

 data for determining the shrinking 

 of seeds, 200 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 190, 200 ; seed-colora- 

 tion, 388 ; permeability of seeds, 

 94 ; the shrinking of seeds in the 

 ripening fruits, 242, 245, 253, 256 ; 

 drying of fruit, 264, 320, 324, 326 ; 

 data for determining the drying 

 regime of fruit, 326 ; proportions 

 of pericarp and seeds, 298, 324, 

 326. 



Asclepiadeas, 193, 194. 



Astragalus, 57, 59. 



Attalea, 418. 



Aurantiacea;, 190, 297, 325, 487, 496. 



Avebury, Lord, 363, 364, 392, 405, 487. 



Avena sativa, 27. 



Avicennia, 426. 



Axyris amaranthoides, 91, 98. 



Baccate capsule, 249. 



Bactris, 327, 408, 413, 414, 499, 500. 



Bahamas, flora of, 1 5. 



Balanophoreae, 419. 



Barley, 27. 



Barringtonia racemosa, 313, 508. 



Barringtonia speciosa : 



(a) Seed : shrinking process, 24, 295, 

 296, 303, 325 ; coloration, 370, 

 400 ; water-contents, 233 ; per- 

 meability, 94. 

 (d) Fruit : the drying process, 258, 

 264, 294-296, 301-303, 317, 325, 

 328, 495 ; data for determining 

 the drying regime, 294-296, 

 325 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seed, 294-297, 303, 317, 3 '8, 

 325 ; the stages of the growing- 

 fruit, 478 ; its homologies, 259 ; 

 the relative growth of pericarp 

 and seed, 301-303, 478. 

 Bauhinia : 



(a) Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, 123, 136 ; degree 

 of impermeability, 94 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 165 ; shrinking and 

 swelling process, 24, 40, 41, 200, 

 203, 204, 207, 211, 218, 219 ; the 

 shrinking and swelling regime 

 and the requisite data, 200, 207, 

 218, 219 ; drying of seed swollen 

 for germination, 468, 470 ; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel, 

 189, 200, 470 ; proportions of 

 embryo and albumen, 218, 219, 

 470 ; coloration, 386, 390. 

 (d) Fruit : proportions of pericarp and 

 seed, 327. 

 Becquerel : impermeability of seeds to 

 air, 60, 109, 473 ; hygroscopicity of 

 seeds, 147, 148, 156, 230; latent 

 life of seeds, 157, 225, 239. 

 Beech, 418. 



Berberis : shrinking process of seeds, 24, 

 41,241, 245 ; permeability of seeds, 

 95 ; seed-coloration, 388 ; weight 

 of embryo, 409 ; proportion of seed- 

 coats, 409 ; the ripening fruit and 

 its homologies, 241, 245, 252, 253, 

 256. 

 Bergtheil, 67. 



Berries : shrinking of seeds, 40, 41, 237, 

 239, 241-246; seed-coloration, 371, 

 385, 388 ; homologies of the ripen- 

 ing berry, 241-246, 252-261 ; the 

 berry regime in capsules, 246-249, 

 253-257, 259-262, 272, 383, 401 ; 

 the berry regime in legumes, 249- 

 257, 259-262, 272, 381, 383, 401 ; 

 drying of berries, 264, 318-329 ; 

 proportions of pericarp and seeds, 

 297-300. 

 Berthelot : his principle of reversibility^ 



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