Note 435 — Chapter XIII · BOTANICAL NOTES IN BOUGAINVILLE STRAITS.
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The following fruits and seeds, taken from my dried collection of plants, float in sea-water. I did not experiment on them in the green condition. . . . Pongamia glabra: Coix Lachryma: Scævola Kœnigii: Tournefortia argentea.
[436] Out of ten fruits experimented on, only one floated.