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Ann C. Halket. 
TABLE VIII., continued —Plants immersed in 3% NaCI. 
Locality from which plants were 
obtained and date of 
experiment. 
Weight in 
grammes 
of 
succulent 
part of 
plant. 
Dry 
weight in 
grammes 
succulent 
part of 
plant. 
Time of 
immersion 
Hours, 
Mins. 
Increase 
in weight 
in 
grammes 
after 
immersion 
Increase 
calculated 
as percen¬ 
tage of 
water in 
succulent 
part of plant 
at time of 
immersion. 
Salicornia , Blakeney, 26/7/’ 10 (1) 
0-2062 
0-0166 
1.0 
0-0028 
1-48% 
1.3 
0-0011 
1.6 
0-0006 
1.45 
0-0008 
18.30 
0-0103 
,, >i >i ( 2 ) 
0-1078 
0-0151 
1.0 
00047 
2-57% 
1.1 
-0-0005 
1.11 
0-0004 
1.38 
0-0006 
18.50 
0-0102 
„ „ „ (3) 
0-2342 
0-0177 
1.0 
0-0014 
1-65% 
1.2 
0-0010 
1.13 
0-0013 
1.40 
0-0005 
18.32 
0-0266 
01720 
0-0146 
1.0 
0-0019 
1-2% 
1.0 
0-0005 
1.12 
0-0072 
1.48 
0-0006 
23-50 
0-0236 
0-2395 
0-0222 
1.9 
0-0038 
1-75% 
1.8 
0-0022 
1.41 
0-0046 
56 
0-0024 
24.18 
0-0474 
27/7/10(6) 
0-3434 
0-0254 
1.1 
0-0015 
0-47% 
2.1 
0-0010 
1.2 
-0-0004 
2.0 
0-0030 
M (7) 
0-2580 
0-0221 
1.0 
0-0012 
0-51% 
2.1 
0-0004 
1.0 
0-0000 
2.0 
0-00C6 
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0-2613 
0-0196 
1.1 
0-0010 
0-41% 
2.1 
0-0011 
1.14 
0-0012 
2.4 
0-0030 
In some cases, at the end of the hourly readings, the plants 
were left all night immersed in the liquid. The ratio between the 
amount of water absorbed during the long period and that absorbed 
during the sum of short periods varies, but in the majority of cases 
the amount absorbed when left immersed all night was greater 
