NOTE I (p. 28). 



Swelling capacities of the seeds of Faba vulgaris^ Pisum sativum, 

 Phaseolus vulgaris, and Phaseolus multifhrus. 



In the case of the four plants below named I experimented on 

 seeds which had also been employed by one or both of the German 

 investigators, and the comparison of results given in the table is 

 instructive. 



Comparison ot Results obtained by Hoffmann, Nobbe, and the 

 Author on the Swelling Capacity of Seeds of Faba vulgaris, 

 Pisum sativum, Phaseolus vulgaris, and Phaseolus multiflorus. 



Species. 



Increase of weight stated as : 



percentage of the weight 



of the resting seed. 



Hoffinann. 



Nobbe. Guppy, 



References to pages 



in Nobbe's Handbuch 



der Samenkunde. 



Faba vulgaris . 

 Pisum sativum . 

 Phaseolus vulgaris . 

 Phaseolus multiflorus 



104 

 107 



92 



157 \ 



(b)^^. 

 (a) 117 

 {b) loi 



(0)90 

 {jb) loi 

 (a) 91 

 (i)i37 



j- 84 

 98 



109-111, 119 



I2Z 

 119, 123, 124 



119 (Weisse Bohnen). 



I ii9> 



The names of the two varieties of Faia vulgaris and Pisum sativum are given below. 



The botanical names are those used by Nobbe in describing his 

 experiments, except in the case of the last named, for which he gives 

 Hoffmann's result for " Weisse Bohnen," which is placed with other 

 species of Thaseolus in the general list of results on p. 119. I have 

 taken these to be the white-seeded variety of Phaseolus multiflorus, of 

 which I experimented on the ordinary mottled seeds. 



In the case of Faba vulgaris I experimented on the two varieties 

 known as Long-pod Beans (a) and Green Windsor Beans {b). Whilst 



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