INDEX 



521 



investigations : see under Ewart ; 

 shrinking and swelling regime, 202- 

 214, 222, 223 ; different behaviour of 

 impermeable and permeable seeds 

 when dried after swelling for ger- 

 mination, 31, 467 ; ultra-dryness, 

 184-186, 233-235 ; excessive and 

 deficient shrinkage, 47-50, 55, 240 ; 

 excessive swelling, 44, 45, 54 ; red 

 colour and impermeability, 398. 

 Ipomoea dissecta, 93, 118, 135, igo. 

 peltata, 193, 194. 



pes-capras, seeds : impermeability, 93; 

 hygroscopicity, 169 ; effect of time 

 on weight, 228 ; water-contents and 

 absorptive capacity, 1 18, 135 ; shrink- 

 ing and swelling process, 25, 45, 201, 

 211 ; proportions of parts, 190, 193, 

 194,201,409; embryo, 409; colora- 

 tion, 387. 

 Ipomcea tuba : 

 (a) Seed : impermeability, 93 ; shrink- 

 ing and swelling process, 25, 201, 

 211, 320, 324 ; the shrinking and 

 swelling regime and the requisite 

 data, 201, 324 ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 190, 193, 194, 

 201 ; coloration, ^[87, 390. 

 {b) Fruit : drying process, 263, 284, 

 320, 324, 326 ; the drying regime 

 and the requisite data, 324, 326 ; 

 proportions of pericarp and seeds, 

 298, 324, 326. 

 Ipomoea tuberosa, seeds : impermea- 

 bility, 94 ; hygroscopicity, 165 ; 

 water-contents and absorptive cap- 

 acity, 102, 123, 137 ; embryo, 409 ; 

 shrinking and swelling process, 25, 

 201, 211 ; proportion of parts, 190, 

 201, 409 ; coloration, 387. 

 Iris fcetidissima : 

 (a) Seed : permeability, 95 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 164, 174, 175 ; shrink- 

 ing process, 25, 201, 211, 303; 

 proportions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 201 ; coloration, 372, 387, 

 399 ; abortion of ovules, 357, 

 364-367. 

 {b) Fruit : drying process, 183, 263, 

 269, 302, 303, 320, 326 (see also 

 under dehiscence) ; drying re- 

 gime and requisite data, 303, 

 326 ; dehiscence, 274, 276, 278, 

 279, 284 ; proportions of peri- 

 carp and seeds, 298, 302, 303, 

 315, 317, 326, 329, 331, 337-339 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 174, 175. 



Iris Pseudacorus : 

 (a) Seed : permeability, 95 ; water- 

 contents and absorptive capacity, 

 137 ; . shrinking and swelling 

 process, 25, 201, 211, 247, 248, 

 303, 323 ; shrinking and swell- 

 ing regime and the requisite 

 data, 201, 323 ; proportions of 

 parts, 190, 201, 408 ; embryo, 

 406, 408, 42 1 ; abortion of ovules, 

 35 5-357. 364-367; seed-colora- 

 tion, 384-387 ;^ experiment in- 

 hibiting the rest-period, 421. 

 {b) Fruit : homologies with berry, 

 247, 248, 257 ; drying process, 

 263, 269, 302, 303, 320, 326 {see 

 also under dehiscence) ; drying 

 regime and necessary data, 303, 

 323, 326 ; dehiscence, 274, 277- 

 279, 284 ; proportions of peri- 

 carp and seeds, 298, 302, 303, 

 316, 323, 326, 329, 331, 337-339 ; 

 influence of the failure of ovules 

 and seeds on the form of the 

 fruit, 355-357, 366. 



Ivy : see Hedera Helix. 



Jamaica, work in, 10. 



Jasmine, 404. 



Jatropha Curcas, 190, 408, 507. 



Jodin, Victor : germinative minimum, 

 43, 44, 171, 471 ; hygroscopicity, 

 147, 148, 157, 171, 176, 179; con- 

 ditions of longevity, 157, 225, 226. 



Jost, Dr, 363. 



Juglans, 392. 



Juncus, size and weight of embryo, 405, 

 407, 409, 416. 



Kakoon-tree, 3. 



Kerner, 394, 419, 437. 



King, Clarence : on the Sequoias, 447, 



452. 

 Klebs, Prof., 507. 

 Kleinhovia hospita, 327. 

 Kohl-rabi, 171. 



Laburnum : see Cytisus Laburnum. 



Lathyrus : impermeability of seeds, 57, 

 59 ; swelling of seeds, 27 ; observa- 

 tions of Lubimenko on the fruits, 

 373 ; colour of seed and embryo, 

 386, 390, 394. 



Lauracese, 418. 



Layard, Messrs, 396. 



Legumes: hygroscopicity, 174-176, 179; 

 water-contents, 183 under Guilan- 



