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Dispersal of seeds, etc. — continued. 

 id) Currents, 96, 97, 112. 

 (c) Birds, 395, 396. 

 Dodonita viscosa, 387, 390. 

 Dolichos Lablab, 95, 125, 164, 189. 

 Dracaena Draco, 408. 

 Drupes : 



{a) Prunus type : homologies, 260, 

 272, 501 ; drying process, 260, 

 264, 272, 318-321, 325, 328, 329, 

 500-503 ; proportion of parts, 

 297, 299, 300, 325, 328, 329, 

 500-503. 

 (^) Palnas, 264, 297, 319, 321, 325, 



327, 329, 498-501. 

 {c) Sparganium type, 503 

 {d) Comparison of Prunus communis 

 and Cocos nucifera, 501. 

 Duvel, 63, 65. 



Dwarfing of trees, 445, 458. 

 of herbs, 445, 446, 480-482. 



Elicis guineensis : water-contents of 

 seed, 137, 215; embryo, 408, 413, 

 414 ; drying regime and proportion 

 of parts of fruit, 126, 327, 415, 499, 

 500. 



Elder : see Sambucus nigra. 



Elm, 418. 



Embryo in albuminous seeds : its role 

 in the shrinking and swelling stages, 

 216-220, 223, 224, 390-395, 470; 

 its growth during maturation, 419- 

 421, 427-432 ; its winter growth in 

 the Ivy (Hedera Helix), 427-432 ; 

 its growth in Hura crepitans, 490- 

 492 ; entering the rest-period in 

 Poinciana regia, 425-427 ; palm 

 embryos, 408-414, 416, 494 ; weight, 

 403-416 ; colour, 390-393, 487. 

 in exalbuminous seeds : coloration, 



389, 390, 393-395, 487- 

 Entada polystachya : 



(a) Seeds : dimorphism, 51, 91, 98- 

 100; degree of permeability, 94; 

 hygroscopicity, 98, 165, 166 ; 

 water-contents, 98, 99, 136 ; ab- 

 sorptive capacity, 98, 99, 123, 124, 

 128, 136; shrinking and swelling 

 process, 25, 40, 45, 51, 55, 200, 

 211, 303, 321 ; data for the 

 shrinking and swelling regime, 

 200 ; drying of seed swollen for 

 germination, 468 ; proportions 

 of coats and kernel, 189, 200; 

 abortion of ovules, 354, 365 ; 



Entada polystachya — continued. 



seed-coloration, 384, 386, 389, 



390- 



{b) Legume : characters, 100, 289, 

 3'^54, 494 ; replum, 354, 494 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 174 ; drying pro- 

 cess, 262, 303, 321, 325 ; de- 

 hiscence, 289 ; proportions of 

 pericarp and seeds, 297, 300, 

 302, 303, 325. 

 Entada scandens : 



(a) The resting seed : impermeability, 

 93, 229 ; changes of weight with 

 weather, climate, and time, i 59- 

 164, 228 ; causes of loss of 

 impermeability, 105, 107, 229, 

 474-476 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 189, 192 ; water- 

 contents, 8, 129-131, 135, 183, 

 509 ; absorptive capacity of un- 

 heated materials, 83, 84, 115, 



117, 118, 120, 129-131, 135; 

 absorptive capacityafter heating, 

 8, 1 29-1 31, 135 ; ultra-dryness, 

 115, 117, 118, 120, 129-131 ; 

 effect of baring the kernel, 1 17, 



118, 120; effect of filing the 

 coats, 83, 115; effect of high 

 temperature on the seed in its 

 coats, 139, 234 ; coloration, 384, 

 386 ; buoyancy, 93, 96. 



{b) The shrinking and swelling of the 

 seed : shrinking and swelling 

 ratios together, 19, 20, 22, 25, 41, 

 200-205 ; shrinking and swelling 

 regime and the requisite data, 

 200-202 : swelling ratios only, 

 36, 211 ; time occupied in the 

 shrinking process, 238, 480 ; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel in 

 the three conditions of the seed, 

 189, 192, 200, 202, 470 ; drying 

 of seed swollen for germination, 

 30, 468, 470 ; impress of the 

 resting state on the germinating 

 seed, 204, 205 ; mode of rupture 

 of the coats in germination, 205, 

 490 ; effects of mould on the 

 pre-resting seed, T07, 474-476 ; 

 water-contents in the three con- 

 ditions of the seed, 509, 510; 

 water required for saturation, 



45- 

 {c) Dehiscence of the pod, 238, 289. 

 Enterolobium cyclocarpum, seeds : per- 

 meability, 94 ; hygroscopicity, 165 ; 

 water - contents and absorptive 



