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capacity, 123, 136; swelling pro- 

 cess, 25, 200, 211 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 189, 200. 



Equisetum, 450. 



Eranthis hiemalis, 419. 



Errera, Leo, 147, 176, 477. 



Ervum lens, 27. 



Erythrina : dispersal of seeds by birds, 

 39 5 > 396 ; plants used for growing 

 fences, 507. 



corallodendron : degree of permea- 

 bility of seeds, 94 ; hygroscopicity 

 of seeds, 165 ; water-contents and 

 absorptive capacity of seeds, 123, 

 137 ; swelling process of seeds, 25, 

 200, 211 ; proportions of coats and 

 kernel, 189, 200, 470 ; seed-colora- 

 tion, 369 ; moniliform pods, 344, 

 360-362, 366 ; proportions of peri- 

 carp and seeds, 327, 338, 497. 

 indica : degree of permeability of 

 seeds, 94, 96 ; hygroscopicity of 

 seeds, 165 ; water-contents, 137 ; 

 absorptive capacity, 123, 131, 137 ; 

 swelling process of seeds, 25, 40, 

 200, 211 ; proportions of coats and 

 kernel, 189, 200, 470; drying of 

 seed swollen for germination, 468, 

 470 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 327. 



velutina : degree of permeability of 

 seeds, 94 ; absorptive capacity of 

 seeds, 123, 137 ; swelling process, 

 25, 200, 211 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 189, 200. 



Erythronium, 419. 



Eucalyptus, 447. 



Euonymus, 394, 487. 



Evans, Mr, 12. 



Evolution, 453-460. 



Ewart, Prof. : on the impermeability 

 and longevity of seeds, 6 1-68, 91, 

 92, 96-99, 109-112, 226, 229; on 

 Guilandina bonducella, 81 ; on the 

 non-adaptation of impermeable 

 seeds to dispersal by currents, 96 ; 

 on the drying of impermeable seeds 

 in time, 230, 233-235, 240 ; on the 

 intolerance of air-drying and on the 

 after-ripening of seeds, 418, 419 ; on 

 the effects of previous swelling and 

 drying on the germinative capacity 

 of seeds, 469 ; his experiments on 

 Canavalia ensiformis, 471 ; works 

 quoted, 437. 



Exalbuminous seeds : see Albuminous 

 seeds. 



Faba vulgaris : 



(a) Seed : permeability, 95, 473 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 164 ; water-con- 

 tents and absorptive capacity, 

 137, 142-144, 183 ; variation of 

 weight in time, 236, 493 ; effects 

 of baring the kernel, 125 ; be- 

 haviour under high temperature, 

 142, 235 ; shrinking and swelling 

 process, 24, 25, 27, 36, 41, 200, 

 202, 211, 303, 321, 465, 466; 

 range of swelling ratios, 36 ; the 

 shrinking and swelling regime 

 and the requisite data, 200, 202 ; 

 the minimum amount of water 

 required for germination and 

 the quantity needed for satur- 

 ation, 33, 34, 44 ; drying of seeds 

 swollen for germination, 30, 32, 

 467, 468, 470 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 32, 189, 200, 

 202, 470 ; coloration, 386, 389, 

 390, 394. 



(6) Fruit : drying process, 262, 269, 



303, 321, 326, 329; the drying 



regime and the requisite data, 



303, 326 ; proportions of pericarp 



and seeds, 298, 300, 302, 303, 



316, 326, 329, 497. 



Fagopyrum esculentum, 27. 



Fences, growing, 507. 



Ferns, 418. 



Festuca, 150, 183. 



Fevillea, 95. 



Field Museum of Chicago, 1 5. 

 Fiji, 3I3- 

 Fir, 418. 

 Flax, 171, 173. 

 Flowering, conditions for, 448, 459, 506. 

 Forest trees : transient germinative 

 capacity, 418 ; illustrating the ex- 

 pansive side of nature, 447, 452. 

 French-bean : see Phaseolus vulgaris. 

 Fruits : homologies of different types 

 10, u, 241-272; drying process 

 258-329, 477, 478, 483-486, 494-504 . 

 proportions of pericarp and seeds 

 2 93~3 2 9> 33 -343 > comparison 

 immature and mature fruits, 

 303, 315-317, 329 ; dehiscence, 247- 

 257, 259, 261, 272, 273-292 ; wood) 

 fruits, 265, 272, 281-285, 291, 3i 

 329 ; influence on rest-period, 422- 

 427, 438. 



Gagea, 419. 



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