5 io STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



swelling regime, and by employing the water-percentages given in the 

 table on pp. 135 to 137. 



The results above given for Entada scandens clearly illustrate the 

 principle laid down for leguminous seeds on pp. 202 and 203 that 

 during the swelling of a resting seed the coats take up less water and 

 the kernel more water than was lost in the shrinking process. In this 

 case we see that the coats only regained half of their loss, whilst the 

 kernel regained all and about 50 per cent, in addition. 



However, the principal importance of this table lies in its illustration 

 of the method of determining for all three conditions of the seed 

 (pre-resting, resting, and swollen for germination) the absolute and 

 relative quantities of the water and solids, not only for the entire seeds, 

 but for its separate parts (coats and kernel) in all three stages. 



