STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



NOTE 10, B (p. 266). 



On the loss of weight of ripe berries oj the Prickly Pear (Opuntia Tuna) 

 when dried in air at the ordinary temperature. 



Weight of moist fruit taken as 

 air-dried fruit 

 air-dried fruit after washing 



Water lost by drying in air . 

 Sugars ..... 



Skin, pulp, and seeds 



100-0 

 18-0 



I2'0 

 82 



6 



12 



IOO 



NOTE ii (pp. 302, 318). 



TABLE ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE FRUIT OF BARRINGTONIA 

 SPECIOSA, BEGINNING WITH THE YOUNG FRUIT AND PASSING THROUGH 

 THE MATURATION STAGES ON TO THE AIR-DRIED DETACHED CONDITION. 



(The fruit is square, husky, of the baccate type, and myrtaceous, only one seed being 

 as a rule matured. ) 



