CHAPTER XII

THE CAUSES OF THE BUOYANCY OF SEEDS AND FRUITS OF LITTORAL PLANTS,

WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

The classification of buoyant seeds and fruits.—The first group, where

the cavity of the seed or seedvessel is incompletely filled.—The

second group, where the kernel is buoyant.—The third group, where

there is air-bearing tissue in the seed-tests or fruit-coats.—The

buoyant seeds and seedvessels of the littoral plants of the British

flora.—Summary

_Pages_ 104-118

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