INDEX 



45S 



Plaoianthus divaricatiis, 253, 254 

 Plant groups, 41 

 Plant guilds, 16 

 Plantago, 63 

 Plant life, 38 



Plants of shingle slips, 157, 170 

 Plants, sense organs in, 217 

 Plants, sleep of, 217 

 Plants spontaneous motion in, 38 

 Plasticity of forms of plant life, 259 

 PleuroplvjUum, 338, 416, 418 

 ,, crinitum. 417 



xpeciomm, 302, 347, 417 

 Poa ccBspitosa, i 

 Podocarpus, 68, 329 



,, dacrijcliokles, 70 

 ,, ferriujineu, 68, 322 



nivalis, 68, 69 

 ,, spicata, 69 

 totara, 69 

 Pohue, 343 



Pohutukawa, 9, 284, 286, 288 

 Poison of tutu, 228 

 karaka, 235 

 ,, rangiora, 435, 436 

 Pokaka, 9 



Pollination of Catasetum, 114 ; Convol- 

 vulus, 343; Coprosrna, 392; Cortj- 

 anthes, 112; Earina snaveolens, 

 116; Fuchsia, 290, 294; Knightia 

 excelsa, 146 ; Melicope simplex, 

 220, 221 ; Orchids, 112 ; Phormium, 

 106; Pittospo)-iim Rulphii, 195; 

 P. tenuifoUum, 190 ; Thelymitra 

 longifolia, 115; PterosUjlis, 118; 

 Utricularia, 389; Wahlenbergia, 

 403 

 Pollination by birds, 106, 210, 214, 290, 388 

 by butterflies, 162 

 by flies, 162 

 ,, by moths, 162 

 by wind, 128, 392 

 Pollination, processes of, 43, 44 

 ,, cross, in Compositae, 406 

 ,, cross, in Viola, 262 

 ,, cross, in Wahlenbergia, 403 

 self, explained, 44, 263 

 self, in Compositae, 407 

 ,, self, in Thelymitra, 115 

 Polypods, 7 



Polygonaceae, 54, 151, 152 

 Polygonum, 152 



,, aviculare, 152 

 Pomaderris, 54, 235, 236, 238 

 apetala, 236, 238 

 phiiliccefolia, 238, 323 

 Poporo-kaiwhiri, 174 

 Poro-i)oro, 202, 366 

 Portulaceae, 53, 158 

 Potts, Mr., 140, 141 



Pratia, 403 



Prickles, purpose of, 276 



Primrose, Family, 333 



Primrose, New Zealand, 385 



Primulaceae, 333 



Pronunciation of Maori flower names,. 



202 

 Proteaceae, 55, .56, 145 

 Pteris aquilina, 6 

 Pterostylis, 118 



Banksii, 110, 111, 126 



graminea, 110, 126 

 Pseudopanax, 256, 257, 306, 325 



crassifolium, 306, 308, 310 



ferox, 306 

 Pua-o-te-reinga, 151 

 Pua-tawhiwhi, 280 

 Pua-wananga, 164 

 Pukatea, 174 

 Puna-weta, 188 

 Punui, 300 



Puriri, 202, 282, 349, 350 

 Puta-puta-weta, 188 

 PygmcBci, 369 



Quintinia, 186 



,, serrata, 186 



Rama-rama, 288 

 Rangiora, 435 



Ranunculaceae, 50, 55, 160, 166, 168, 296 

 Ranunculus, 166 

 ,, acaulis, 171 

 Baurii, 168 

 Buchanani, 168 

 crithmifolius, 168, 170, 171 

 Godleyanus, 168 

 Haastii, 168, 171 

 hirt us. Ill 

 ,, insignis, 168 

 ,, lappaceus, 171 



Lyallii, 23, 166, 347 

 ,, macropus, 171 

 nivicola, 168 

 rivularis, 171 

 ,, Traversa, 168 

 Raoul, referred to, 190, 380, 438 

 Baoulia, 208, 423, 425, 428, 430, 432 

 ,, australis, 426 

 bryoides, 373 

 exitnia, 426 

 Haastii, 426 

 ,, nuimmillaris, 373, 426 

 Monroi, 216 

 Bapanea, 331 



,, salicitta, 332 

 Urvillei, 332 

 Rata, 8, 9, 21, 278, 280, 281, 282. 284 

 Rata-vine, 19, 280 

 Rauhuia, 218 



