GENERAL INDEX 



613 



Ducks, as dispersers of seeds, 241, 

 277, 356, 369, 370, 375, 399, 506, 

 512-3, 514, 54i 



Dusolier, M., 506 



Dwarfing of shore-plants growing 

 inland, 547 



Dysoxylum, 376 



EASTER ISLAND, 64 



Ecastaphyllum, 562 



Eclipta alba, 533, 534, 605 



Ecuador, climate of sea-border, 476, 

 483, 489-91, 493-6, 500, 597 5 influ- 

 ence of the Humboldt or Peruvian 

 current, 490-1, 493~5, 5, 599 ; 

 mangroves, 3, 77, 445, 448, 474-6, 

 483-90, 521, 597 ; beach-drift and 

 beach -plants, 180, 488-9 ; tempera- 

 ture of the Guayaquil estuary, 77, 

 78, 565 ; drift of the Guayaquil 

 River, 91, 435, 488-9 ; Santa Rosa 

 River, 486 Machala plains, 485, 

 495 ; Santa Elena coast, 483, 490, 

 494, 597 



Eeka, mountain in Maui, 208, 214, 



253 



Eggers, Baron von, on the climate and 

 mangroves of Ecuador, 449, 450, 



476, 483-4, 487, 490, 493-5, 597 

 Ekstam, O., on seed-dispersal in 

 Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla, 242, 



277, 282, 434, 511, 512 

 Elaeocarpus, 334, 357-8, 389, 391, 401, 



507-9, 532 



Elatine hydropiper, 536 

 Elatostema, 317, 383, 391, 405 

 Electrical state of the atmosphere, 



582, 588 



Eleusine indica, 605 

 Elizabeth Island, 64 

 Embelia, 362-4, 409, 520 

 Empetrum nigrum, 511 

 Endemic genera and species, tables of, 



232, 233, 244, 252, 255, 263, 265 ; see 



under Fiji, Hawaii, Tahiti 

 Endemism : see under Species 

 English beach-drift, 429-33 ; see 



Beach seed-drift 

 Entada scandens, 176 ; station, 44, 



48, 50, 177, 182 ; distribution, 68, 



177-9, 182, 200, 499, 500, 551, 563 ; 



dispersed by currents, 179-80, 



182 ; seed-buoyancy, 82, 94, 106, 



in, 181-3, 529, 531 ; river and 



beach drift, 180, 43, 435, 437-8, 



488-9, 499 



Epilobium, 471, 536, 603 

 Epiphytic plants, 281 (Vaccinium) ; 



291 ("Weinmannia) ; 343 (Myoporum 



and Vaccinium) ; 383 (Loranthus) ; 

 402 (Myrmecodia) 

 Eranthemum, 532 

 Eriophorum, 537 

 Erodium maritimum, 33 

 Eryngium maritimum, 28, 35, 536, 



539, 543, 544, 581 



Erythrma ; general discussion of the 

 genus, 577 ; relation between coast 

 and inland species, 19, 134, 141 ; 

 seed-buoyancy, 107 j seeds in river 

 and beach drift, 435, 437-8, 489 

 Erythrina indica, 19, 107, 141-4, 529, 



562, 577 

 Erythrina monosperma, 20, 141-4, 



200, 533, 553-4, 578 

 Erythrina ovalifolia, 107, 577 

 Erythrina aurantiaca, 144 

 Erythrina vespertilio, 144 

 Estuaries, temperature of tropical, 78 



564 



Etna, shadow of, 586 

 Eucalyptus, 479 

 Eugenia, 61, 134, 163, 166, 334, 349 



357, 507, 532, 603 

 Eugenia brackenridgei, 351 

 Eugenia corynocarpa, 350, 351, 532 

 Eugenia grandis, 163 

 Eugenia malaccensis, 349, 532 

 Eugenia monticola, 351 

 Eugenia neurocalyx, 350, 351 

 Eugenia rariflora, 164, 349-52, 532 

 Eugenia richii, 45, 164, 350, 529 

 Eugenia rivularis, 350, 532 

 Euonymus europaeus, 536 

 Eupatorium cannabinum, 536 

 Euphorbia, 29, 478, 537 

 Euphorbia amygdaloides, 537, 605 

 Euphorbia atoto, 1 06, 530 

 Euphorbia cordata, 556 

 Euphorbia helioscopia, 29, 537 

 Euphorbia paralias, 29, 31, 35, 109, 



116, 429, 43i-3, 537, 543, 544 

 Euphorbia peplus, 537 

 Euphorbia segetalis, 537, 605 

 Eurya, 371-3 

 Euxolus caudatus, 605 

 Everett, Mr., 388 



Evolution, 11, 227, 522; see under 

 Adaptation, Natural Selection, and 

 Species 

 Excascaria agallocha, 43, 109, 436, 



530, 55i, 563 

 Exocarpus, 271, 274-5 



FAGR^EA BERTERIANA, 42, 45, 385, 



532, 548, 603 

 Fagus, 508 

 Fanning Island, 377 



