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INDEX. 



Bimie's Island, i6o, 248, 292 

 Bischof, composition of sea-water, 



75 

 Bolabola, 287 

 Borneo, 265 

 Bowditch's Island, 135, 136, 163, 



235 

 Branchiae in Actiniae, 19 

 Brazil, corals of, 88 



,, reefs, iii, 269, 270 

 Brooks's Island, 217, 293 

 Bryozoans, 81 

 Budding in Actiniae, 20 

 Budding in Coral Polyps, 27 

 Bunodes gemma, 5 

 Byron, of the Blonde, apatite on 



Mauke, 254 

 Calaminianes, 265 

 Calicle, 23, 24, 28 

 California Gulf, corals of, Zd 

 Cancrisocia expansa, 7 

 Cape St. Ann, 269 

 Carlshoff, 136, 143, 146, 166 

 Caroline Archipelago, 137 



,, ,, elevations in, 295 



Caryophyllia cyathus, 22 



,, Smithii, lasso cell, 13 



,, ,, animal of, 46 



Carysfort Island, 139 

 Caulastraea furcata, 37, 42, 71 

 Caverns in coral limestone, 158, 310 

 Celebes, 265 

 Ceylon, reefs of, 268 

 Chaetetes, 81 



Chagos Bank, 155, 156, 268 

 Chalk, origin of, 308 

 ,, of Oahu, 309 

 Channels among reefs, 118 

 Charlotte's Island, 294 

 China, coast of, free from corals, 267 

 Christmas Island, 140, 290 

 Cladocora arbuscula, 34, 48, 71 

 Clarke, H. J., on budding in 



Actiniae, ii 

 Classification of Actinoid Polyps, 40 

 Clermont Tonnerre, 138, 286 

 Cnidae, 13 

 Cocoanut Grove, on Bowditch 



Island, 235 



,, ■ tree, 239 

 Coenenchyma, 39 

 Columella, 24 



Commensalism in polyps, 7, 42 

 Cook, Capt,, on Christmas Island, 



290 



Cophobelemnon clavatum, 68 

 Corals changed to a phosphate by 



guano, 249 

 Corals, rate of growth of, 96 

 ,, temperature limiting, 83 

 ,, influence of impure and fresh 



waters on distribution, 93 

 ,, injured by boring animals, 



95 

 Coral, precious, 67 

 Coral Heads, no, in, 114 



,, islands, forms and features, 



130 

 ,, ,, birds of the Pacific, 



242 

 , , , , poor place for human 



development, 246 , 

 Coral-makers, 3 

 Coral mud and sand of bottom, 113, 



119, 147-150, 197 

 Coral reefs, rate of growth of, 212. 

 ,, benefits from, 127 



»j geographical distribution 



of, 258, et seq. 

 Coral Reef Harbours, 128 



,, seas, extent of, 257 



Coral rocks, consolidation of, 122, 



305 

 Coral sands, formation of, 113, 191, 



299 

 Coral sand-rocks, 122, 124, 125, 299 

 Corallet, 28, 39 

 Corallidae, 67 

 Corallines, 83 

 Corallium from the Sandwich Islands, 



67 

 Corallium rubrum, 66 

 Corallulum, 39 

 Corallum, 23, 28, 39 



,, composition of, 74, 81 



,, hardness of, 74 

 Comora Islands, 268 

 Corynactisviridis, lasso-cells, 13 — 15 

 Coryne, 77 

 Cosmoledo, 268 

 Couthouy, J. P., on Anthea flagel- 



lifera, 17 

 Ctenactis echinata, 25, 44. 

 Currents in Atoll channels, 137, 138 



,, among reefs, 204, 205 

 Cyathophyllia cyathus, 22, 46 



,, clavus, 46 



Cyathophylloids, 55 

 Dana's Report on Zoophytes, names 

 of species, of 327 



