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'HE ROLE OF NITROGEN, ETC , II. 





Total 



Nnot 

 pptd. 



by 



alcohol 



%of 



L 



N of 



the 





Seeds. 



total N 



Acacias ... 1 A. pycnantha ... 



5-04% 



1-70% 



=33 75 



2 leptoclada 



3 22 



•92 



28 5 



3 elongata 



3-86 



107 



27*6 



4 penninervis 



3 25 



•81 



25-0 



5 neriifolm 



3 53 



•88 



25 



6 accola ... 

 Other legumes 7 Phaseolus lunatus (lima-bean) 



3-84 



•84 



21'8 



4-03 



1-04 



25-8 



8 Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) ... 



4-20 



•86 



20-5 



9 Medicago sativa (lucerne)... 



6-50 



1-30 



20-0 



10 Phaseolus multifiorus (scarlet runner) 



3 22 



•61 



18-9 



11 Trifolium pratense (red clover) ... 



5-66 



1-06 



18-7 



12 Phaseolus lunatus var. (Midag.bean) 



3-30 



•62 



18-6 



13 Vicia Faba (broad beans) 



4-87 



•90 



18-5 



14 Phaseolus vulgaris (French beans) 



3-78 



•60 



157 



15 Pisum sativum (peas) 



Cereals ... 16 Secede cereale (rye.) 



4-37 



•69 



15-7 



1-63 



•47 



29-0 



17 Triticum vulgare (wheat) 



2-58 



•63 



24-5 



18 A vena sativa (oats) 



1-71 



•37 



21-5 



1 9 Fagopyrume$cule/ntui7i{buck\vhe&t) 



1-99 



•35 



176 



20 Zea Mays (maize) 



1-57 



•27 



17-2 



21 Chattacchloia italica (Hungn. millet) 

 Miscel. seeds 22 Quercus virens (acorn kernels) ... 



1-71 



•26 



15*5 



•45 



•11 



24 



23 Sinapis alba (white mustard) 



4 26 



•91 



21-5 



24 Ricinus zanzibarensis 



320 



•62 



19-4 



25 Daucus carota (carrot) 



3'81 



•66 



17-3 



26 Allium porrurn (leek) 



3-28 



•56 



17-1 



27 Brassica napus (rape) 



316 



•53 



16-9 



28 Allium Cepa (onion) 



3 42 



•57 



16-7 



29 TropcBolum majus (nasturtium)... 



319 



•45 



14-2 



30 Olea Europma (wild olive) 



101 



•13 



12-4 



As stated above, these results were obtained from the seeds 

 after only three extractions with water, they are therefore mini- 

 mum values ; successive extractions continue to remove small 

 quantities. They are, however, precisely comparable, all having 

 had exactly the same treatment. 



