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Ann C. Halket. 
TABLE III. 
(«.) Plants immersed in distilled water. 
Plant, locality from which it was 
obtained and date of 
experiment. 
Approxi¬ 
mate time 
6f 
immersion 
in hours. 
Weight of 
succulent 
part of 
plant in 
grammes 
at time of 
immersion 
Dry 
weight of 
succulent 
part of 
plant in 
grammes. 
Increase 
in weight 
in 
grammes 
after 
immersion 
Increase calculated 
as a percentage of (1) 
weight of succulent 
part of plant (2) weight 
of water in succulent 
part. 
S. ramosissima, 
Erquy, 14/9/’09 (1) 
17 
0-5540 
— 
0-0789 
14-24% 
— 
„ „ (2) 
17 
0-8150 
— 
0-0618 
7-58% 
— 
,, ,, (3) 
17 
0-4228 
— 
0-1128 
26-68% 
„ 25/9/’09 (4) 
17 
0-5108 
— 
0-0576 
11-27% 
— 
„ 27/9/’09 (5) 
20 
0-1750 
— 
0-0290 
16-47% 
— 
M ,, (<>) 
20 
0-1750 
— 
0-0530 
30-29% 
— 
„ „ (?) 
20 
0-2715 
— 
0-0485 
17-86% 
— 
Salicornia, sp., 
Blakeney, 20/7/’10(l) 
20 
1-0724 
0-0649 
0-0730 
6-80% 
7-24% 
» ,, (2) 
20 
1-0254 
0-0671 
0-1168 
11-39% 
12-19% 
„ „ (3) 
20 
0-9120 
0-0494 
0-1306 
14-32% 
15-14% 
„ ,, (4) 
20 
0-6334 
0-0440 
0-1140 
18-00% 
19-34% 
„ „ (5) 
20 
0-5376 
0-0286 
0-1064 
19-79% 
20-90% 
» .. (6) 
20 
0-5536 
0-0382 
0-1844 
33-31% 
35-78% 
(b.) Plants immersed in 3% NaCl. 
Plant, locality from which it was 
obtained and date of 
experiment. 
Approxi¬ 
mate time 
of 
immersion 
in hours. 
Weight of 
succulent 
part of 
plant in 
grammes 
at time of 
immersion 
Dry 
Weight of 
succulent 
part of 
plant in 
grammes. 
Increase 
in weight 
in 
grammes 
after 
immersion 
Increase calculated 
as a percentage of (1) 
weight of succulent 
part of plant (2) weight 
of water in succulent 
part. 
S. ramosissima, 
At Erquy, 14/9/’09 (1) 
17 
0-6954 
— 
0-0890 
12-8% 
— 
>> >> ii (2) 
17 
0-6852 
— 
0-0346 
5-05% 
— 
)) (3) 
17 
0-4924 
— 
0-0414 
8-4% 
— 
„ „ 15/9/’09 (4) 
17 
0.5540 
— 
0-0789 
14-2% 
— 
ii ii ii (5) 
17 
0-8150 
— 
0-0618 
7.6% 
— 
11 ii ii (6) 
17 
0-4228 
— 
0-1128 
26-7% 
— 
From ,, 27/9/’09 (7) 
17 
0-2073 
— 
0-0370 
17-84% 
— 
>> ii ii (8) 
17 
0-2540 
— 
0-0470 
18-50% 
— 
1) !) )> (9) 
17 
0-1325 
— 
0-0270 
20-4% 
— 
Salicornia, sp., 
From Blakeney, 20/7/’ 10 (1) 
20 
1-5792 
0-1054 
0-0072 
0-45% 
0-49% 
ii a ii (2) 
20 
0-5868 
0-0421 
0-0618 
10-5% 
11-3% 
„ .. » (3) 
20 
0-5071 
0-0404 
0-0383 
7-5% 
8-2% 
»> 5) M (4) 
20 
0-5066 
0-0365 
0-0554 
10-9% 
11-8% 
>> (5) 
20 
0-5552 
0-0369 
-0-0006 
— 
>> .. (6) 
20 
0-3970 
0-0278 
0-0074 
1-86% 
2-0% 
It will be seen by examining the figures that plants immersed 
in distilled water absorbed, as a rule, a greater percentage of water 
than those in the salt solution. 
The amount of water absorbed was greatly increased if the 
