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STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



i33> 134, 147-156, 170, I76-I79> 



180-185, 231. 

 Bidens cernua, 445, 446, 480-482.' 



tripartita, 445, 446, 480-482. 

 Bignonia, 24, 95, 164, 190, 387. 



near sequinoctialis, igo, 200, 263, 298, 



326, 495. 

 Birds and red seeds, 395, 396. 

 Black colour of seeds, 375-382, 401. 

 Black River in Jamaica, 3. 

 Blighia sapida, 95, 263, 369. 

 Bonnier, 236, 240, 493. 

 Bower, Professor, 363. 

 Brassica Napus, 27. 



Bread: behaviour after heating, 153, 177. 

 Breadfruit : see Artocarpus incisa. 

 Britton, Dr, 15. 



Broad bean : see Faba vulgaris. 

 Broadway, Mr, 12. 



Brown coloration of seeds, 382-384, 401. 

 Bruguiera, 424. 

 Buckwheat, 27. 



Buoyancy of seeds, 93, 96, 97, 112. 

 Bursera gummifera, 507. 



•Csesalpinia bonducella : see Guilandina 

 bonducella. 



■Cassalpinia Sappan : 



(a) Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, loi, 123, 128, 136 ; 

 impermeable and permeable 

 seeds, 50, 94, loi, 123, 124, 128, 

 136, 165 ; hygroscopicity, 128, 

 136, 165 ; proportions of coats 

 and kernel, 189, 200; the shrink- 

 ing and swelling process, 25, 

 200, 211 ; coloration, 386, 390. 

 ifi) Fruit : drying process, 262, 325 ; 

 proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 297, 325, 331. 



■Csesalpinia sepiaria : 



(a) Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, 123, 136 ; degree 

 of impermeability, 50, 94 ; hy- 

 groscopicity, 165 ; shrinking and 

 swelling process, 25, 40, 41, 200, 

 205, 211, 238, 321; data for 

 determining the shrinking and 

 swelling regime, 200 ; propor- 

 tions of coats and kernel, 189, 

 200 ; coloration, 386. 

 ifi) Legume : homology with berry 

 and capsule, 249, 257 ; drying 

 process and data for the drying 

 regime, 262, 288, 321, 326 ; de- 

 hiscence, 288 ; proportions of 

 pericarp and seeds, 298, 326. 



Cajanus indicus : permeability of sefeds, 

 95 ; shrinking and swelling process 

 of seeds, 25, 200, 211, 321 ; propor- 

 tions of coats and kernel, 189, 

 200 ; seed-coloration, 386 ; drying 

 of fruit, 262, 321, 326; proportions 

 of pericarp and seeds, 298, 326. 

 Cakile, 327, 495, 496. 

 Calabash-tree ; see Crescentia Cujete. 

 Calamarise, 450. 

 Calamites, 450, 452. 

 Calliandra Saman, 25, 94, 189, 200,211. 

 Calotropis, 191, 194, 195. 

 Camelina, 27. 



Canavalia ensiformis, seeds : use of 

 specific name, 471, 496 ; description, 

 69 ; permeability, 69, 70, 86, 95 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 70, 71, 86, 87, 164, 

 1 65; water-contents and absorptive 

 capacity, 73, 74, 80, 88, 137, 183; 

 change of weight with climate, 1 59 ; 

 effects of baring and puncturing the 

 seed, 71, TJ, 87, 124 ; shrinking and 

 swelling process, 25, 47, 200,' 211, 

 238, 469 ; proportions of coats and 

 kernel, 189, 200; coloration, 369, 

 3^6, 395 ; proportions of seeds and 

 pericarp, 326 ; effect of drying seeds 

 swollen for germination, 469. 

 gladiata, seeds : use of specific name, 

 471, 496; permeability, 94, 96; 

 water - contents and absorptive 

 capacity, 123, 137 ; shrinking and 

 swelling process, 25, 200, 211 ; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel, 189, 

 200 ; coloration, 369, 386, 395-399, 

 402 ; proportions of seeds and peri- 

 carp, 326. 

 Canavalia obtusifolia : 

 {a) Seed : water-contents and absorp- 

 tive capacity, 123, 137 ; degree 

 of impermeability, 94,96; hygro- 

 scopicity, 165 ; change of weight 

 with climate, 1 59 ; effect of 

 high temperature, 140-142, 146 ; 

 shrinking and swelling process, 

 25, 200, 205, 2H, 321, 323 ; data 

 for the shrinking and swelling 

 regime, 200, 323 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 189, 200, 323, 

 470 ; coloration, 386, 395 ; effect 

 of drying a seed swollen for 

 germination, 469, 470. 

 ip) Fruit : drying regime, 262, 321, 

 323, 326 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 298, 323, 326, 338. 

 Canavalia, species : 25, 94, 189, 200, 211. 



