Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal
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
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