424 Stoward. — On Endospermic Respiration in Certain Seeds . 
Exp. 20. Endosperms steeped in saturated aqueous chloroform, 24 hours. 
No. of Wt. Vol. 
objects. grms. c.c. 
Temp. 
C.° 
After hours 
of . C0 2 %. 
respiration. 
o,%- 
Mgms. 
co 2 . 
co 2 /o 2 
24 I.469 5.25 
24 0 
4 
3.02 
16*44 
0*04871 
0*84 
5.10 
24 0 
6 
4. 81 
15*61 
0*05025 
1.05 
4*95 
20° 
7 
5.26 
15-43 
0*04634 
I*I 9 
4-80 
20° 
8 
5.80 
I 5 -I 3 
0*04335 
1.19 
4.65 
20° 
9 
6-13 
14-54 
0-03946 
1*12 
4.50 
24 0 
24 
10*29 
9.92 
0*02317 
1*02 
Exp. 21. Endosperms 
steeped in 
saturated aqueous chloroform, 
24 hours. 
25 1.532 4.00 
26° 
r 
2-398 
17-34 
o*i 123 
0*90 
3.80 
28° 
2 
3-698 
14-97 
0*0817 
0-73 
Exp. 22. Endosperms 
steeped in aqueous 4 % formaldehyde, 24 
hours. 
25 1.392 6-25 
2 5 ° 
4 
0*00 
I9.63 
0*00 
20° 
6 
0*00 
— 
0*00 
20° 
24 
0*00 
— 
0*00 
Exp. 23. Endosperms steeped in 
aqueous 4 % formaldehyde, 24 hours. 
25 i- 5 I 4 5 *oo 
2 3 ° 
24 
0*00 
19.51 
0*00 
Winter Experiments. 
Exp. 24. Endosperms steeped in 
saturated 
aqueous chloroform, 
41 hours. 
40 2-65 4.00 
1 5 ° 
2 
1*291 
18-76 
0*01814 
1*04 
3.80 
16.5° 
3 | 
3' r 38 
16-54 
0*02222 
0.97 
3-5 
iV° 
5 
4-127 
15-73 
0*02015 
0*96 
2.7 
17 * 5 ° 
6 
S- 7 i 4 
13-93 
0*0I79I 
0.94 
2.4 
1 8° 
7 
6*582 
12-79 
0*01569 
0*91 
2*2 
1 8° 
9 
8-399 
9-482 
O.OI427 
0.79 
2*0 
1 8° 
10 i 
10*99 
8*060 
0*0I49I 
0*92 
i *5 
1 8° 
n£ 
12.99 
6-°57 
0*01204 
°-93 
2*0 
14 ° 
235 
19*01 
0*8804 
OOII53 
0.99 
Exp. 25. Endosperms steeped in 
saturated 
aqueous chloroform, 42 hours. 
40 2*640 2.5 
> 7 ° 
2 
1*711 
17-45 
0*01498 
0*67 
Experiment re-established : 
2*3 
1 7 ° 
2 
2*629 
i6-37 
0*021 17 
0*72 
Experiment 
re-established : 
2*8 
i 7 ° 
2 
2*086 
16*69 
0*02045 
0*63 
Experiment 
re-established : 
2*2 
1 8° 
2 
2-395 
16*32 
0*01839 
0*65 
Experiment 
re-established : 
2*2 
i 5 ° 
17 
15-57 
0*8652 
0 - 0 I 42 I 
o*8i 
