Abstract
In the previous report(1950.'51)it was provedthat the germination of seeds of escuJentus, Manihot and Nori-Asa stored dry rstate was very poor, and it was due mainly to the difflculty in absorbingwater owing to the dehydration of the pallisade cellsincluding the light line. In the present report thenature of the cause of such difficulty was studied