INDEX 



523 



Momordica Charantia : 



(a) Seed : permeability, 95 ; shrinking 

 process, 25, 239, 498; proportions 

 of coats and kernel, 190 ; colora- 

 tion, 369, 388 ; aril, 369, 498. 

 () Fruit : drying process, 263, 281, 

 284-286, 325, 498 ; dehiscence, 

 281, 291 ; proportions of peri- 

 carp and seeds, 297, 325, 498. 

 Moniliform legumes, 12, 344, 345, 348, 



351-354, 359-362, 366. 

 Monotropa, 419. 



Monstera pertusa : permeability of seeds, 

 95 ; shrinking of seeds, 26, 326 ; 

 embryo, 395 ; drying of fruit, 264, 

 326, 498 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seed, 298, 326, 498. 

 Montrichardia arborescens, 26, 95, 394. 

 Moringa pterygosperma : permeability, 

 95 ; proportions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 195, 196 ; the seed-wings and 

 their influence on dispersal, 195, 

 196, 221 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 327, 337, 338. 

 Moronobea coccinea, 3, 95. 

 Mortimer, Mrs, n, 271, 427. 

 Mottling of seeds, 375-382, 401. 

 Mould : its effect on impermeability, 86, 

 107-109, 112, 122, 474-476; its 

 effect on hygroscopicity, 173. 

 Mucuna gigantea, 66. 

 Mucuna urens : 



(a) Seed : impermeability, 93, 96 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 162 ; water-con- 

 tents and absorptive capacity, 

 1 1 8, 135, 183; ultra-dryness, 

 119 ; shrinking and swelling 

 process, 26, 32, 36, 40, 201, 206, 

 211, 321 ; shrinking and swell- 

 ing regime and the requisite 

 data, 201, 206 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 32, 40, 189, 

 20 1, 470 ; drying of seed swollen 

 for germination, 32, 468, 470 ; 

 coloration, 377, 382, 386. 

 () Fruit : drying process, 262, 321, 

 326 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 298, 326. 

 Myrtaceae, 62, 418. 



Nobbe : on the swelling capacity of 

 seeds, 23, 24, 27, 29, 34, 43, 44, 52, 

 53, 465-467 ; on impermeability, 56, 

 57, 60, 67, 68 ; on the effects of 

 mould on the germinative capacity, 

 108 ; on hygroscopicity, 170-173 ; 

 on the sweating of seeds, 238. 



Oak : see Quercus Robur. 



Oats, 27. 



Oelrettig, 27, 39. 



Oil in fruits, 267, 272, 319, 498. 



Oil in seeds : see under Seeds. 



Oliver, Prof. F. W., 394 : see Preface. 



Opal, 489. 



Opuntia Tuna : shrinking process, 26, 

 95, 2 39> 3 20 5 failure of seeds and 

 ovules, 365 ; drying of fruit, 264, 

 266, 320, 325, 478 ; proportions of 

 pericarp and seeds, 297, 325. 



Orange : see Citrus Aurantium. 



Oreodoxa oleracea, 408, 411, 413, 414, 



418. 



regia : shrinking process of seed, 26, 

 3. 2I > 3 26 ; embryo, 408, 413; tran- 

 sient vitality of seeds, 414, 418 ; 

 drying of fruits, 264, 267, 319, 321, 

 326, 498 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seed, 298, 326. 



Orinoco seed-drift, 14. 



Orobanche, 419. 



Ovule-abortion and its effects on the 

 form of the fruit, 330, 341-343, 344- 

 367- 



Oxalis, 418. 



Palmaceae : 



(a} Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, 137, 215 ; transient 

 vitality, 413, 414, 416, 418; 

 shrinking process, 26, 321, 498- 

 501; effect of oil, 215, 412; 

 shrinking of embryo, 217, 410- 

 413,416; weight of embryo, 408- 

 410, 416; the water in the seed- 

 cavity of the Cocoineas, 414, 

 415. 



() Fruit : drying process, 264, 319, 

 321, 325-329, 498-501 ; the effect 

 of oil, 215 ; the proportions of 

 pericarp and seed, 297, 298, 325- 

 328, 498, 501. 



See also under the genera, 

 Acrocomia, Areca, Arenga, 

 Bactris, Cocos, Elaeis, Maur- 

 itia, Oreodoxa, etc. 



Pammel, Prof., 63. 



Panicum miliaceum, 27, 38. 



Papaver, 27, 387, 408. 



Paritium elatum, 508 (see also under its 

 synonym, Hibiscus elatus). 



Passiflora pectinata : the ripening fruit, 

 244-245, 253, 256 ; seed coloration, 



