INDEX 



447 



Destruction of forest, 1'2, 13 

 Dianella, 98 



,, intermedia, Q8 

 Diclwndra, 53, 344 

 ,, reiiens, 344 

 Dicotyledonous plants, 47, 49 

 Diels. Dr., referred to, 21, 41, 158, 166, 170, 



190, 208, 253, 257, 317 

 Dimorphism, 292 

 Discaria, 41, 54, 55, 239, 241, 257, 276, 370 



toM?nrttoM,9, 239 

 Dispersal of seeds, devices for, 45 



,, in Compositae, 405-6 

 Dodder, 176, 345 

 Dodoncea, 225, 268 



,, viscosa, 225 

 Dogwood Family, 297 

 Domett, (luoted, 8, 16, 20, 161, 286 

 Doodia caudata, 322 

 Dracophijllum, 823. 324, 330 

 latifoUum,3U,330 

 longifolium, 324, 330, 331 

 ,, rosmcninifuUum, 331 

 ,, subulatuin, 325, 331 

 ,, Traversa, 325 

 uniflorum, 330 

 ,, Urvilleanum, 325 

 Drimys, 51, 172 



axillaris, 130, 172 

 ,, colorata, 172 

 Drosera, 52, 180 

 Droseraceae, 51, 180, 182 

 Drosera arcturi, 185 

 ,, auriculata, 182 

 hinata, 182, 184 

 ,, pygmcea, 180 



rotundifolia, 180, 184 

 spathulata, 182, 184 

 Dysoxyhim, 52, 222 



spectabile, 68, 222 



Earina suaveolens, 21, 111, 116, 120, 122 

 mucronata, 21, 111, 120, 122 



Edelweiss, New Zealand, 432 



Edible fruits, 244 



Eleeocarints, 248 



dentatus, 248 

 ,, Hooker ianus, 248, 250 



Elatine, 51 



E la tos tenia, 138 



,, rugosum, 21, 138 



Emerson, R. W,, quotation from, 1 



Endemic plants of New Zealand, 1, 2, 31 



Endemism, initial, 304 

 relict, 302 



Engler, Prof., referred to, 30 



Entelea, 9, 42, 48, 242, 278, 348, 436 

 ,, arborescens, 242, 348 



Environment in New Zealand, varied, 2 



Epacridaceae, 323 



Epacris, 35, 323, 326 



,, pauciflora, 323, 326 

 Epilobiiim, 292, 294 

 Epiphytes, 16, 20, 21 

 Ericaceae, 53, 323 

 Erechtites, 434 



prenanthoides, 434 

 Eryngiuyn, 315 



,, vesiculosum, 315 

 Ettingshausen, Baron von, referred to, 30 

 Eugenia, 194,288 



,, maire, 288 

 Euphorbia, 55, 224 



,, glauca, 224 

 Euphorbiaceae, 224 

 Euphrasia, 386 



antarctica, 386 



,, cuneata, 151 

 Evergreen leaves in New Zealand, 9 

 Exarrhena, 346 

 Exocarpus, 55 



Experiments, Dr. Cockayne's, 240 

 Eyebright, 386 



Fagaceae, 128 



Fern country, 6 



Ferns, number of in New Zealand, 7 



Fern-trees, 9, 27 



Festuca duriuscula, 4 



Field, Mr., quoted, 140, 142 



Filmy-ferns, 7 



Findlay, Dr., quoted, 110 



Fire, origin of in Maori legend, 232 



method of obtaining by Maoris 

 233 



Fireweed, 246 



Fitzgerald, Mr., referred to. 115 



Flax, New Zealand, 48 



Flax-Lily, 102 



Flax Tribe, 102 



Flax Family, 218 



Flax, treatment of by natives, 104 



Flies, pollination by, 162 



Flora, Melanesian element in, 8 



differences between Australian 

 and New Zealand. 33 



Floral envelopes, 44 



Flower, description of a, 43 



Flower of Hades, 151 



Flowering plants, number of in New- 

 Zealand, 31 



Foliage, poisonovis, 435-6 



Forest, types of, 15, 16 



,, destruction of, 12, 13 



Passing of the, by the Hon. 

 W. P. Reeves, 13-15 



Forget-me-nots, 346, 348 



Fossil botany of New Zealand, 28. 30 



Freycinetia. 49 



Banksii, 80, 202 



