STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



NOTE 3 (p. 31). 





COMPARISON OF THE RELATIVE WEIGHTS OF THE COATS, KERNEL, AND 

 EMBRYO OF RESTING SEEDS, AND OF THE SAME SEEDS DRIED AFTER 

 SWELLING FOR GERMINATION. THE SEED ON DRYING RETURNS AP- 

 PROXIMATELY TO ITS ORIGINAL WEIGHT. 



(With the exception of Hura crepitans, which belongs to the Euphorbiacese, all the 

 seeds are leguminous. ) 



Remarks on the table. Only approximate results can be expected 

 here, since we are not able to compare the relative weights of parts in 



