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STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



capacity, 123, 136; swelling pro- 

 cess, 25, 200, 211 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 189, 200. 



Equisetum, 450. 



Eranthis hiemalis, 419. 



Errera, Leo, 147, 176, 477. 



Ervum lens, 27. 



Erythrina : dispersal of seeds by birds, 

 39S> 396 ; plants used for growing 

 fences, 507. 

 corallodendron : degree of permea- 

 bility of seeds, 94 ; hygroscopicity 

 of seeds, 165 ; water-contents and 

 absorptive capacity of seeds, 123, 

 137 ; swelling process of seeds, 25, 

 200, 211; proportions of coats and 

 kernel, 189, 200, 470 ; seed-colora- 

 tion, 369 ; moniliform pods, 344, 

 360-362, 366 ; proportions of peri- 

 carp and seeds, 327, 338, 497. 

 indica : degree of permealiility of 

 seeds, 94, 96 ; hygroscopicity of 

 seeds, 165 ; water-contents, 137 ; 

 absorptive capacity, 123, 131, 137 ; 

 swelling process of seeds, 25, 40, 

 200, 211 ; proportions of coats and 

 kernel, 189, 200, 470 ; drying of 

 seed swollen for germination, 468, 

 470 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 327. 

 velutina : degree of permeability of 

 seeds, 94 ; absorptive capacity of 

 seeds, 123, 137 ; swelling process, 

 25, 200, 211 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 189, 200. 



Erythronium, 419. 



Eucalyptus, 447. 



Euonymus, 394, 487. 



Evans, Mr, 12. 



Evolution, 453-460. 



Ewart, Prof : on the impermeability 

 and longevity of seeds, 61-68, 91, 

 92, 96-99, 109-112, 226, 229; on 

 Guilandina bonducella, 81 ; on the 

 non-adaptation of impermeable 

 seeds to dispersal by currents, 96 ; 

 on the drying of impermeable seeds 

 in time, 230, 233-235, 240 ; on the 

 intolerance of air-drying and on the 

 after-ripening of seeds, 418, 419 ; on 

 the effects of previous swelling and 

 drying on the germinative capacity 

 of seeds, 469 ; his experiments on 

 Canavalia ensiformis, 471 ; works 

 quoted, 437. 



Exalbuminous seeds : sec Albuminous 

 seeds. 



Faba vulgaris : 



{a) Seed : permeability, 95, 473 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 164 ; water-con- 

 tents and absorptive capacity, 

 137, 142-144, 183; variation of 

 weight in time, 236, 493 ; effects 

 of baring the kernel, 125 ; be- 

 haviour under high temperature, 

 142,235 ; shrinking and swelling 

 process, 24, 25, 27, 36, 41, 200, 

 202, 211, 303, 321, 465, 466; 

 range of swelling ratios, 36 ; the 

 shrinking and swelling regime 

 and the requisite data, 200, 202 ; 

 the minimum amount of water 

 required for germination and 

 the quantity needed for satur- 

 ation, ■^T)-! 34) 44 ; drying of seeds 

 swollen for germination, 30, 32, 

 467, 468, 470 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 32, 189, 200, 

 202, 470 ; coloration, 386, 389, 



390, 394-. 

 {b) Fruit : drying process, 262, 269, 

 303, 321, 326, 329; the drying 

 regime and the requisite data, 

 303, 326 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 298, 300, 302, 303, 

 316, 326, 329, 497. 



Fagopyrum esculentum, 27. 



Fences, growing, 507. 



Ferns, 418. 



Festuca, 150, 183. 



Fevillea, 95. 



Field Museum of Chicago, 15. 



Fiji, 313- 



Fir, 418. 



Flax, 171, 173. 



Flowering, conditions for, 448, 459, 506. 



Forest trees : transient germinative 

 capacity, 418 ; illustrating the ex- 

 pansive side of nature, 447, 452. 



French-bean : see Phaseolus vulgaris. 



Fruits : homologies of different types, 

 10, II, 241-272; drying process, 



258-329, 477, 478, 483-486, 494-504 ; 



proportions of pericarp and seeds, 

 293-329, 32P~3'^3 '1 comparison of 

 immature and mature fruits, 269, 

 303,315-317,329; dehiscence, 247- 

 257, 259, 261, 272, 273-292 ; woody 

 fruits, 265, 272, 281-285, 291, 318, 

 329 ; influence on rest-period, 422- 

 427, 438. 



Gagea, 419. 



Gardeners, references to : concerning 



