INDEX 



Canna indica : 



(a) Seed : impermeability, 94 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 165 ; water-contents 

 and absorptive capacity, 137 ; 

 shrinking and swelling process, 

 25, 36, 37, 320 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 190, 193, 408 ; 

 weight of embryo, 408, 410; 

 coloration, 387. 



(b} Fruit : drying process, 263, 284, 

 286, 320, 326, 496 ; data for 

 determining the drying regime, 

 326, 496 ; dehiscence, 284, 286 ; 

 proportion of pericarp and seeds, 

 298, 326, 331, 496. 

 Cannabis sativa, 27. 



Capsules : homologies with berries, 

 246-249, 253-257, 259-262, 272, 383, 

 401 ; homologies with legumes, 

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

 homologies with drupes, 260, 261, 

 272 ; drying process, 263, 273-287, 

 290-292, 318-329 ; dehiscence, 273- 

 287, 290-292 ; proportions of peri- 

 carp and seeds, 297-300, 316, 331- 

 333, 337-343 ; influence of the failure 

 of ovules and seeds on the form of 

 the fruit, 355-359, 363-367; capsules 

 and the rest-period, 422-425, 438 ; 

 seed-coloration, 371-376, 383, 385, 

 387, 399-402. 

 Cardiospermum grandiflorum, 25, 95, 



125, 190, 387. 

 Halicacabum, 95, 190. 

 Carex, 408. 

 Carica Papaya, 95. 

 Carypta, 327, 408, 413, 414, 496. 

 Cassia bicapsularis, 386, 390, 394. 

 Cassia fistula : 



(a) Seed : impermeability, 94 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 165 ; water - contents 

 and absorptive capacity, 123, 

 1 37 ; shrinking and swelling pro- 

 cess, 25, 40, 200, 207, 211, 218- 

 220, 321, 324; the shrinking and 

 swelling regimes and the re- 

 quisite data, 200, 207, 218-220, 

 324, 325 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel (albumen and em- 

 bryo), 189, 200, 218-220, 470; 

 embryo, 218-220, 324, 409, 470 ; 

 seed-coloration, 386, 390 ; effect 

 of drying seeds swollen for 

 germination, 470. 



(&) Fruit : hygroscopicity, 174, 175 ; 

 drying process, 262, 265, 321, 

 324, 325 ; the drying regime, 



324; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 297, 300, 324, 325. 

 Cassia grandis : impermeability of seeds, 

 94 ; swelling process of seeds, 25, 

 36, 40, 200, 211, 219; proportions 

 of coats and kernel (albumen and 

 embryo), 189, 200, 470; embryo, 

 218, 219, 409. 



marginata : impermeability, 94 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 165 ; swelling pro- 

 cess, 25, 32, 40, 200, 211, 219; 

 proportions of coats and kernel 

 (albumen and embryo), 32, 189, 

 200, 470 ; embryo, 32, 218, 219, 409 ; 

 water - contents and absorptive 

 capacity, 123, 137. 

 Cedrela odorata, 507, 508. 

 Celastrineas, 487. 



Cereals, 27, 34, 37, 41, 53, 74, 156. 

 Chlorite, 489. 

 Chrysobalanus Icaco, 507. 

 Chrysophyllum Cainito (Star Apple), 

 seeds : permeability, 95 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 125, 164; water-contents 

 and absorptive capacity, 137 ; 

 changes in weight with climate, 

 159; shrinking process, 25, 41; 

 proportions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 409 ; seed-coloration, 388 ; 

 embryo, 404, 409. 

 species, 191. 

 Cistaceae, 57, 58. 

 Citrus Aurantium (Orange), 183, 190, 



264, 297, 325, 496. 

 Citrus decumana (Shaddock) : 



(a) Seed : permeability, 95 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 125, 160, 161, 164 ; 

 water-contents and absorptive 

 capacity, 132, 137; shrinking 

 and swelling process, 25, 41, 

 2 39> 473) 474 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 190. 

 (b} Fruit : proportions of parts, 297, 



300, 325, 496. 



Climate, effects of change on seed- 

 weight, 158-160, 178. 

 Clover : see Trifolium. 

 Coal-age vegetation, 450, 452. 

 Cocoa : see Theobroma Cacao. 

 Cocoa-plum, 507. 

 Cocoinege, 498-500. 

 Coco-nut : see Cocos nucifera. 

 Cocos nucifera (Coco-nut) : 



(a) Seed: water-contents, 137, 215, 

 494 ; absorptive capacity, 1 37 ; 

 the presence of oil, 215, 308 ; 

 the drying process, 26, 306, 321, 



