INDEX 



455 



Spinach, New Zealand, 160 



Spines, use of, 319, .3-21 



Spinous jilants, '276 



Spongy tissue, 40 



Spontaneous motion in plants, 38 



Sijurge Family, 224 



Stack, Canon, referred to, 12 



Stellarki, 156 



Roughii, 156, 157 

 Stem, processes of, 39 



,, structure of, 82, 356 

 ,, structure of, in Conifers, 60, in 

 Palmaceae, 82, in Cordijline, 

 89,92 

 Stigmatic movements, 367 

 Stilbocarpa, 300, 304 



LydUii, 300, 302, 304, 347 

 jjo^n-is, 300, 302, 304, 347 

 Stitchworts, 156 

 Stomata described, 40 

 Structure of water i)lants, 295-6 

 Stylidiaceae, 52 

 Stuphelia, 328 



,, acerosa, 330 

 ,, empetrifolici. 330 

 rohusta, 330 

 Sub-antarctic element in New Zealand 



flora, 36 

 Sundew Family, 180, 182 

 Supple-jack, 19, 48, 90 

 Suppression of spines, due to alteration 



of climate, 241 

 Suttonia, 331 



,, divaricata, 331 

 Tainui, 236, 238; in Maori lore, 236 

 Tanekaha, 60, 76, 78 

 Tarairi, 175 

 Taramea, 321, 322 , 

 Tataramoa, 196 

 Tarata, 194 

 Taraxacum, 408 

 Tauhinu,238, 433 

 Taupata, 392, 395 



Tawa, 16, 175 ; in Maori i)roverb, 176 

 Tawari, 188 

 Tawhera, 80, 189 

 Tawhiri, 321, 322 

 Tawhiwhi, 189 



Taylor, Rev. R., referred to, 1.50, 151 

 Tea-tree, 272 



Tendril-bearing jilants, 400 

 Tetragonia, 160 



,, expansa, 160 

 Teucridium, 350 



,, parviUormn, 351 

 Teiicrium, 350 

 Thelymitni , 115, 126 

 ,, imberbis, 127 



longifolia, 115, 127 

 ,, pulchelln, 127 



Theory, Dr. Cockayne's, on leaf varia- 

 bility, 257 

 ,, Dr. Wallace's, on the origin of 

 the New Zealand floi'a, 34 

 Thistle Family, 405 



Thomson, Mr. G. M., referred to, 31, 112, 

 115, 116, 190, 194, 216, 220, 264, 

 276, 293 

 Thousand-jacket, 252 

 Thyme Family, 364 

 Thymelaceae, .55, 269 

 Tiliaceae, 50, 242 

 TiUata,51 



,, moschata, 37 

 Timber, of Kauri, 63-4; Kahikatea, 72; 

 Matai, 70; Miro, 68; Puriri, 350; 

 Rimn, 74; Tanekaha, 76; Titoki, 

 225 ; Totara, 69 

 Titoki, 225, 268 

 Toa-toa, 78 

 Toi-toi, 4, 5 



Tomentum, purpose of, 420 

 Toot, 228, 230 

 Toro, 332 



Torn, or Toro, 148 

 Totara, 15, 60, 69, 233 



,, Mountain, 68 

 Transpiration, 40, 41, 120, 2.38 

 Trimori)hism, 292 

 Tumatakuru, 239 

 Tupakihi, 226 

 Tiipeia, 144 



,, antarctica, 145 

 Tussock Country, 12 



,, description of, 4, 5 

 grass, 3, 4 

 Tutin, 229, 2.30 

 Tutu, 226, 230 

 Tutu Poisoning. 228, 229 

 Tutu ■V\'ine, 229 

 Twining Plants, 19 



Twining of leaf stems, in Clematis, 166 

 Types of Forest, 15 

 Tupha. 49 



,, angustifolui, 6 

 Umbelliferae, .50, 312 

 Vncmia, 45 



Uniformity, lack of, in bush, 8 

 Unique flower forms in New Zealand, 29 

 Unisexual flowers, 164 

 Urtica, 136 



ferox, 136 

 Urticaceae, 54, 136 

 Utricuhiria, 54,388 



,, monanthos, 389 

 ,, novae-Zelancliae, .389 

 protruxa, 389 



Variation leaf, in Veronica, 369 

 ,, in Paiuix, 307 



