INDEX 



527 



' Senecio, 422. 



^^equoia, 445, 447, 450-453, 458, 459. 

 Sesuvium, 387. 



Shaddock : see Citrus decumana. 

 Siewert, 27. 

 Sigillarias, 450. 

 Silene, 365. 



Simmond's Tropical Agriculture, 307. 

 Sloe : see Prunus communis. 

 jSophora (Japanese), 394. 

 tetraptera, 341. 



tomentosa : impermeability of seeds, 

 93 ; proportions of coats and 

 ,' kernel, 189; coloration of seed- 

 coats and embryo, 386, 390, 394 ; 

 connection between the failure of 

 seeds and moniliform pods, 361, 

 362, 366. 

 Sparganium raraosum : shrinking pro- 

 cess of seed, 26 ; proportions of 

 coats, albumen, and embryo, 409 ; 

 drying process of fruit, 264, 325, 

 503 ; proportions of pericarp and 

 seed, 297, 503. 

 Spartium, 386, 390, 394. 

 Spindle-tree, 487 : see also Euonymus. 

 Spondias lutea, 507. 

 , purpurea, 507. 

 Stakes, growing, 507. 

 Star Apple : see Chrysophyllum Cainito. 

 Stellana Holostea : 



(a) Seed : permeability, 96 ; shrinking 

 and swelling process, 26 ; colora- 

 tion, 372, 387 ; failure of ovules, 

 364-366. 

 {b) Fruit : dehiscence, 279. 

 Stellaria media, 422. 

 Strongylodon lucidum, 93, 118, 119, 



135- 

 Stylidium, 419. 



Succulent fruits, 259, 264, 265, 271. 

 Sugars in fruits and seeds, 266, 267, 272, 



477, 478. 

 Sunflower, 27. 

 Sweating of seeds, 238, 240. 

 Sweet potato : see Convolvulus Batatas. 

 1 Swietenia Mahogani (Mahogany) : 

 (a) Seed : permeability, 96 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 164; shrinking pro- 

 cess, 26, 198, 201, 321, 324; 

 proportions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 195, 198; wing, 19S-198, 

 221 ; coloration, 384, 387. 

 <*) Fruit : drying process. 263, 265, 

 281, 284-286, 318, 321, 324, 325, 

 489, 503 ; drying regime and 

 requisite data, 324, 325, 503; 



dehiscence, 281, 284-286, 291 ; 

 proportions of pericarp and 

 seeds, 297, 300 ; placental axis, 

 320. 486, 487, 503. 

 Sword-plant, 507. 



Tamarind (Bastard), 4. 

 Tamarindus indica, seeds : degree of 

 permeability, 96 ; hygroscopicity, 

 165 ; swelling process, 26, 40, 201, 

 211; proportions of coats and 

 kernel, 189. 

 Tamus communis : 



(a) Seed : permeability, 96 ; hygro- 

 scopicity, 164, 168 ; shrinking 

 process, 26, 41, 239, 320 {see 

 under Fruit) ; proportions of 

 coats and kernel, 190, 408 

 (owing to the different methods 

 used, the proportion for the 

 coats varies a little, being 5 per 

 cent, in one case and 7*4 per 

 cent, in the other) ; coloration, 

 388 ; embryo, 408. 

 {b) Fruit : contraction of seeds in the 

 ripening fruit, 243, 245, 253, 

 256 ; drying process, 264, 320, 

 325 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 297, 325. 

 Tecoma stans, 195, 196, 221. 

 Terebinthaceae, 507. 

 Terminalia Catappa, 327, 504. 

 Thalia, 487. 



Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) ; perme- 

 ability, 96 ; shrinking process of 

 seed, 26, 41 ; proportions of pericarp 

 and seeds, 297, 325, 482, 504. 

 Thespesia populnea : 



(a) Seed : degree of permeability, 94 ; 

 hygroscopicity, 165 ; water-con- 

 tents and absorptive capacity, 

 137; shrinking and swelling 

 process, 22, 26, 201, 211 ; pro- 

 portions of coats and kernel, 

 190, 194 ; hairs, 194 ; coloration, 



249. 372, 387, 390- 

 {b) Fruit : ripening stage, 249 ; drying 

 process, 263, 284, 326 ; propor- 

 tions of pericarp and seeds, 298, 

 326. 

 (f) Vegetative reproduction, 508. 



Thrinax, 414, 418. 



Tillandsia, 451. 



Trifolium, 27, 29, 58. 



Triticum vulgare (Wheat), 27. 



Turks Islands, 14, 507. 



Twist coco-nut, 12, 508. 



