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STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



dina, 318, 319; stages homologous 

 with those of capsules and berries, 

 249-257, 259-261, 276 ; drying pro- 

 cess, 262, 288, 318, 319, 321, 483- 

 486 ; dehiscence, 275, 276, 287-289, 

 290-292 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 297-300, 316, 331, 334- 

 336, 338-340, 342, 349, 350; influ- 

 ence of the failure of ovules and 

 seeds on the form of the pod, 341- 

 343, 344-355, 359-367; beading of 

 pods, 359-367 ; the legume and the 

 rest-period, 422-426, 438. 



Leguminous seeds : coloration of coats 

 and embryo, 372-374, 376-402 ; 

 frequency of impermeability, 56-59, 

 62, 92, 112; water-contents, 74, 

 126-132, 135-137 ; the relation be- 

 tween the water-contents and the 

 absorptive capacity, 126-137 ; high 

 swelling capacity, 34, 35, 53 ; swell- 

 ing capacity of albuminous and ex- 

 albuminous seeds compared, 40 ; 

 swelling and shrinking capacities 

 compared with seeds of berries, 41 ; 

 shrinking and swelling regimes, 

 203-207, 210-213, 222-224, 237, 

 465 ; stages in the maturation and 

 shrinking processes corresponding 

 with those of the seeds of berries 

 and capsules, 249-257 ; proportions 

 of coats and kernel, 188-192, 220, 

 470 ; drying of seeds swollen for 

 germination, 466-470 ; the embryo 

 in the three conditions of albumin- 

 ous seeds, 216-220, 223, 224; the 

 relation between the weight of a 

 seed and the weight of the fruit, 

 334-337, 338-340 ; failure of ovules 

 and seeds, 341-343, 344-367. 



Le Maout, 404, 406, 408, 487. 



Lentils, 27. 



Leo Errera : on hygroscopicity, 147, 

 176,477. 



Lepidodendra, 450. 



Lepine, on the coco-nut, 308, 309. 



Leucasna glauca : 



(a) Seeds : impermeability, 93, 96 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 162, 164 ; ab- 

 sorptive capacity, 118, 135; 

 shrinking and swelling process, 

 25, 201, 211, 321; proportions 

 of coats and kernel, 189, 201 ; 

 coloration, 386, 390, 394. 

 ((J) Fruit : drying process, 262, 321, 

 326; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 298, 326, 334-337; re- 



lation between the number of 

 seeds and the size and weight 

 of the pod, 334-337- 

 Licuala grandis : proportion of pericarp, 

 327 ; weight of embryo, 408, 410, 

 411,413. 

 Linum, 171, 173. 

 Livistonia, 327, 408, 413. 

 Lonicera Periclymenum (Honeysuckle): 

 shrinking of seeds, 25, 41, 95, 239, 

 320 ; drying of fruit, 264, 266, 320, 

 325 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 297, 325. 

 Loranthus, 394. L 



Lotus, 57, 386. M 



Lubimenko, 9, 373, 400. * 



Lucern, 27, 57. • 



Lucuma mammosa, 191, 404. « 



Luffa acutangula : habit of growth, 369 ; 

 permeability, 95 ; hygroscopicity, 

 125, 164 ; water-contents and ab- 

 sorptive capacity, 137 ; swelling 

 process, 25, 201, 211, 214; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel, 191, 

 201. 

 Lupinus, 27, 473. 

 Luzula, 408. 

 Lychnis, 364, 365, 387. 

 Lycopods, 450. 



Macrobiotic seeds, 62, 8i, 96, 97, 226. 



Mahogany : see Swietenia. 



Maiden-plum, 507. 



Maize, 27, 421. 



Malvacete, 57, 62, 192, 193, 194. 



Mammea americana, 95, 190, 226. 



Mandarin orange, 297, 325, 496. 



Mangroves : see Rhizophora. 



Manicaria saccifera, 408. 



Maples, 394, 418, 487. 



Maquenne, 149. 



Matthes, H., 308, 508. 



Mauritia setigera : drying of seed and 

 fruit, 26, 264, 321, 326; proportions 

 of pericarp and seed, 298, 326 ; brief 

 vitality of seed, 414, 419 ; embryo, 

 408, 410, 411, 413. 



Medicago, 27, 57. 



Melianthea;, 487. 



Melianthus, 487. 



Melilotus, 57. 



Mercurialis, 408. 



Millet, 27, 38. 



Millspaugh, Dr, 15. 



Mirabilis, 421. 



Mistletoe, 394. 



