NOTE i (p. 28). 



Swelling capacities of the seeds of Faba vulgarly Pisum sativum^ 

 Phaseolus vulgarly and Phaseolus multiflorus. 



IN the case of the four plants below named I experimented on 

 seeds which had also been employed by one or both of the German 

 investigators, and the comparison of results given in the table is 

 instructive. 



COMPARISON OF RESULTS OBTAINED BY HOFFMANN, NOBBE, AND THE 

 AUTHOR ON THE SWELLING CAPACITY OF SEEDS OF FABA VULGARIS, 

 PISUM SATIVUM, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS, AND PHASEOLUS MULTIFLORUS. 



The names of the two varieties of Faba vulgaris and Pisum sativum are given below. 



The botanical names are those used by Nobbe in describing his 

 experiments, except in the case of the last named, for which he gives 

 Hoffmann's result for " Weisse Bohnen," which is placed with other 

 species of Thaseolus in the general list of results on p. 119. I have 

 taken these to be the white-seeded variety of Phaseolus multiflorus^ of 

 which I experimented on the ordinary mottled seeds. 



In the case of Faba vulgaris I experimented on the two varieties 

 known as Long-pod Beans (a) and Green Windsor Beans (). Whilst 



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