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The elements for the seeds under discussion are given in 

 the following table. From its columns we can obtain the 

 materials for constructing the complete regime of the shrink- 

 ing and swelling seed in the case of three of the species of 

 seeds there dealt with, the seeds of Hura crepitans being not 

 here included, as they present special difficulties which are 

 treated in Note 24 of the Appendix. In three other cases we 

 have only the elements in part, namely, those for the determina- 

 tion of the swelling regime. As an example of how the formula 

 can be worked, I have appended to the table the complete 

 regime, as thus indicated numerically, for the seeds of Cassia 

 fistula. Whilst preparing the tabulated summary given above, 

 I have had before me the regimes of all the seeds dealt with. 

 Guided by the example given, the reader, by using the elements 

 in the following table, can determine the regime for any of 

 the other seeds. 



ALBUMINOUS SEEDS. TABLE SHOWING THE PROPORTIONAL WEIGHTS OF 

 THE COATS, ALBUMEN, AND EMBRYO IN THE THREE CONDITIONS 

 OF THE SEED. 



(From these data the complete regime can be constructed for the shrinking and 

 swelling seed. ) 



The seed of Hura crepitans presents special difficulties, its regime being discussed in 

 Note 24 of the Appendix. 



