INDEX 



519 



the swelling of seeds, 23 ; proving 

 seeds, 122, 166 ; after-ripening, 419 ; 

 germination of unripe seeds, 422 ; 

 conditions for flowering, 448, 459, 

 506 ; on the ability of seeds to 

 germinate after previous swelling 

 and drying, 469. 



Genipa clusiifolia, 239. 



Genista, 57, 386, 390, 394. 



Germination : drying of swollen seeds, 

 30-32, 466-471. 



, and hygroscopicity, 170, 171, 178, 179, 

 471. 

 the minimum of water required, 43, 



44, 54, 179,471- 

 reciprocal theory of, 5, 52. 

 and saturation, 33, 43-45, 53, 54, 171. 

 strains developed during, 204-206, 222. 



Glaux maritima, 409. 



Gnetum, 419. 



Goebel : the ripening fruit, i ; parachute- 

 apparatus of fruits, 197, 221 ; rudi- 

 ments in plants, 361, 364, 488 ; dis- 

 position of the food-reserve in seeds, 

 404 ; rest-period, 417-420, 437 ; 

 after-ripening, 419 ; the earliest 

 stage of cotyledons, 488 ; ■ Crinum, 

 504. 



Goeppert, 197. 



Gola, Dr : impermeability of seeds, 57- 

 62, 65, 67, 92, 112 ; effect of mould 

 on impermeable seeds, 107, 108, 

 112; view connecting impermea- 

 bihty with immaturity, 109-111, 

 113,476. ' 



Gooseberry : see Ribes Grossularia. 



Gorse : see Ulex europseus. 



Gosse, 396. 



Gossypium barbadense : proportions of 

 seed-coats and kernel, 191, 194 ; 

 hairs of seed, 191, 194 ; seed-color- 

 ation, 387, 390 ; drying of fruit, 263 ; 

 I proportions of pericarp and seeds, 



. 327, 497- 

 hirsutum : permeability, 95 ; 'hygro- 

 scopicity, 169 ; swelling ratio, 25 ; 

 proportions of coats and kernel, 

 191, ; hairs, 191, 194, 195 ; pro- 

 portions of pericarp and seeds, 327, 



497- 

 Grand Etang in Grenada, 13, 103, 379. 

 Green coverings of seeds, 385-390, 401. 



embryos, 389-395, 401, 487. 

 Grenada: the author's work there, 13; 



the Ca;cao culture, 482. ^ 



Grias cauliflora, 95, 232. 

 Grisebach, 471. 



Guava, 297, 325. 



Guilandina bonduc, seeds of : imperme- 

 ability, 93 ; water - contents and 

 absorptive capacity, 1 18, 135 ; swell- 

 ing process, 25, 200, 211 ; propor- 

 tions of coats and kernel, i8g, 192, 

 200 ; seed-coloration, 370. 



Guilandina bonducella : 

 («) Suggestive influence of the seeds- 

 on the investigation, 2, 3, 7, 78, 



85,440,45°- 



(li) The resting seed : description, 69 ; 

 structure of coats, 66, 67, 106 ; 

 weight-proportion of coats, 189 ;. 

 impermeability, 70, 87, 93, 96 ; 

 causes of loss of imperrneabihty,, 

 22, 48-50, 83, 88, 105, 112, 229 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 70, 87, 162, 164 ; 

 influence of change of climate 

 and of time on the weight, 1 59,. 

 228 ; effects of baring the kernel 

 and of filing the coats, 71, 72, 76,. 

 T], 83, 87, 118; behaviour of the 

 seed under high temperature, 

 139; its ultra-dryness, 72-81, 

 87, 129-131 ; absorptive capacity 

 without heating, 72, 75-77, 87, 

 88, 116-121, 129-131, 135, 233, 

 234 ; absorptive capacity after 

 heating, 78-80, 87, 88, 129-131, 

 135 ; water-contents, "j^ti 75, 7^- 

 80, 129-131, 135 ; coloration, 386, 

 390 ; failure of young seeds and 

 ovules, 354. 



if) The shrinking and swelling process 

 of the seed : shrinking and swell- 

 ing ratios together, 22, 25, 41, 

 49, 201, 202 ; swelling ratios 

 only, 36, 53, 21 1 ; shrinking ratios 

 only, 321, 323, 326 ; the normal 

 shrinking process, 47, 48, 105, 

 106, 238, 480 ; abnormal shrink- 

 age, 48-50 ; measurements of 

 prerresting, resting, and germin- 

 ating seed, 205, 206 ; the shrink- 

 ing and sweUing regime and the 

 requisite data, 201, 202 ; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel in 

 the three conditions of the seed, 

 189, 192, 193, 201-203, 215, 216, 

 323, 470 ; description of pre- 

 resting seed, 47 ; drying of seeds 

 swollen for germination, 30, 467- 

 470 ; pre-resting seed and seed 

 swollen for germination not in a 

 state of saturation, 33. 



{d) The fruit : water-contents, 183,269 ; 



