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portions of pericarp and seeds, 

 298, 326, 495 ; dehiscence, 280, 

 284. 



Areca Catechu : shrinking of seed, 26, 

 321, 411 ; weight of embryo, 408, 

 411, 413,414; drying of fruit, 264, 

 319, 321, 326, 410, 498; data for 

 determining the drying regime, 326, 

 498 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seed, 298, 326. 



Arenaria peploides : degree of imperme- 

 ability of seeds, 94 ; shrinking ratio 

 of seeds, 24 ; seed-coloration, 372, 

 387 ; experiment on the rest-period, 

 421 ; abortion of ovules, 355, 364- 

 366 ; drying and dehiscence of 

 fruit, 263, 280, 284, 326 ; data for 

 determining the drying regime, 

 326 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 298, 326. 



Arenga saccharifera, 264, 297, 325, 

 498. 



Argemone mexicana, 372, 387. 



Artocarpus incisa (Breadfruit) : per- 

 meability of seeds, 94 ; shrinking 

 process of seeds, 24, 239 ; germina- 

 tion on the tree, 436, 439 ; propor- 

 tions of pericarp and seeds, 298, 

 326. 



Arum maculatum : shrinking of seeds, 

 24, 41, 200, 239, 242, 245, 320, 324 ; 

 data for determining the shrinking 

 of seeds, 200 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 190, 200 ; seed- colora- 

 tion, 388 ; permeability of seeds, 

 94 ; the shrinking of seeds in the 

 ripening fruits, 242, 245, 253, 256 ; 

 drying of fruit, 264, 320, 324, 326 ; 

 data for determining the drying 

 regime of fruit, 326 ; proportions 

 of pericarp and seeds, 298, 324, 

 326. 



Asclepiadeae, 193, 194. 



Astragalus, 57, 59. 



Attalea, 418. 



Aurantiaceae, 190, 297, 325, 487, 496. 



Avebury, Lord, 363, 364, 392, 405, 487. 



Avena sativa, 27. 



Avicennia, 426. 



Axyris amaranthoides, 91, 98. 



Baccate capsule, 249. 



Bactris, 327, 408, 413, 414, 499, 500. 



Bahamas, flora of, 15. 



Balanophoreae, 419. 



Barley, 27. 



Barringtonia racemosa, 313, 508. 



Barringtonia speciosa : 

 (a) Seed : shrinking process, 24, 295^ 

 2 96, 33> 3 2 S 5 coloration, 370, 

 400 ; water-contents, 233 ; per- 

 meability, 94. 



() Fruit : the drying process, 258, 

 264, 294-296, 301-303, 317, 325, 

 328, 495 ; data for determining 

 the drying regime, 294-296, 

 325 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seed, 294-297, 303, 317, 318, 

 325 ; the stages of the growing 

 fruit, 478 ; its homologies, 259 ; 

 the relative growth of pericarp 

 and seed, 301-303, 478. 

 Bauhinia : 



(a] Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, 123, 136; degree 

 of impermeability, 94 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 165 ; shrinking and 

 swelling process, 24, 40, 41, 200, 

 203, 204, 207, 211, 218, 219 ; the 

 shrinking and swelling regime 

 and the requisite data, 200, 207, 

 218,219; drying of seed swollen 

 for germination, 468, 470 ; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel, 

 189, 200, 470; proportions of 

 embryo and albumen, 218, 219, 

 470 ; coloration, 386, 390. 

 (&) Fruit : proportions of pericarp and 



seed, 327. 



Becquerel : impermeability of seeds to 

 air, 60, 109, 473 ; hygroscopicity of 

 seeds, 147, 148, 156, 230; latent 

 life of seeds, 157, 225, 239. 

 Beech, 418. 



Berberis : shrinking process of seeds, 24, 

 41, 241, 245 ; permeability of seeds, 

 95 ; seed-coloration, 388 ; weight 

 of embryo, 409 ; proportion of seed- 

 coats, 409 ; the ripening fruit and 

 its homologies, 241, 245, 252, 253, 

 256. 



Bergtheil, 67. 



Berries : shrinking of seeds, 40, 41, 237, 

 239, 241-246; seed-coloration, 371, 

 385, 388 ; homologies of the ripen- 

 ing berry, 241-246, 252-261 ; the 

 berry regime in capsules, 246-249, 

 253-257, 259-262, 272, 383, 401 ; 

 the berry regime in legumes, 249- 

 257; 259-262, 272, 381, 383, 401 ; 

 drying of berries, 264, 318-329 ; 

 proportions of pericarp and seeds, 

 297-300. 

 Berthelot : his principle of reversibility, 



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