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GENERAL INDEX 



49, 59, 121, 547-50, 559, 568, 579; 

 Fijian shore plants, 13, 15, 40, 528, 

 547-50 ; Tahitian shore plants, 14, 

 47, 551 ; Hawaiian shore plants, 15, 

 5i, 552-7, 559, 563; shore plants 

 of west coast of South America, 

 474-88, 500, 596 ; shore plants of 

 the Panama isthmus, 498 ; British 

 shore plants, 33-6, 106, 107, 109, 

 115, 432-3, 540-4; halophily, 581 



Lobelia, 252-6, 258, 272-3, 279 



Lobelia dortmanna, 536 



Lobeliaceae, Age of, 250-60, 266-7, 

 304, 306, 517-20 ; arborescent, 

 250-60 ; Hawaiian, 253 ; Tahitian 

 and Rarotongan, 256 ; affinities with 

 American forms, 251, 267 ; relation 

 between the flowers and birds, 

 504-5, 603 ; seed-buoyancy, 533 ; 

 capacities of dispersal, 258 



Locusts as seed-dispersers, 509 



Loranthus, 377, 381, 383 



Lotus corniculatus, 536 



Luffa, 426, 472, 529, 563, 57i 



Lumnitzera, 43, 69, 108, 435, 437, 529, 



55i, 563 



Luzula campestris ; in Hawaii, 272, 

 286-8 ; in Tahiti, 290, 292 ; mucosity 

 of the seeds and their dispersal by 

 birds, 286, 417, 568 ; seed-buoyancy, 



89, 537 . 



Lychnis diurna, 536 

 Lycopods, 220-30, 509, 517, 592, 593 

 Lycopsis arvensis, 537 

 Lycopus europaeus, 28, 37, 86, 417-8, 



537, 545, 568 

 Lyon, Prof., on the Hawaiian rainfall, 



213 



Lysimachia ; in Hawaii, 272, 283-5 

 Lysimachia thyrsiflora, 537 

 Lysimachia vulgaris, 536 

 Lythrum ; in Hawaii, 362 

 Ly thrum salicaria, 417-8, 536, 603 



MABA, 371-3, 532-3 



Macaranga, 381, 384, 436, 53 2 



Macgregor, Sir W., 215 



Machala plains (Ecuador), 484-5, 



495 

 M'Lachlan, Mr., on dragon-flies in 



ancient drift, 510 



Magellan Straits, its shore plants, 477 

 Maiden, Mr., on the plants of Pitcairn 



Island, 345, 355, 418, 562 

 Malayan era of the Pacific floras, 



308-9, 330-2, 333, 353, 357, 359, 519 

 Malva rotundifolia and sylvestris, 536 

 Malvaceae, the effect of sea- water on 



the seeds, 544 



Man in the Pacific, subject to the laws 



of distribution, 325, 411-2, 427 

 Manchineel : see Hippomane 

 Mandarin orange ; precocious germi- 

 nation of its seeds, 472 



3:^X1445,448-9,498,50, 



Mangrove formation, 9, 43-4, 47, 50, 

 53-5, 77, 132, 483-7 (Ecuador), 

 551, 597 



Marquesas, 208, 529 



Marsilea, 408 



Martins, Prof., on the effects of sea- 

 water immersion on seeds, 24, 538-9, 

 542-4, 546 



Mascarene islands ; association of 

 several species of Pandanus with 

 extinct Columbae, 152, 157, 169, 

 517 ; linked to the Pacific islands 

 by Afzelia bijuga, 172 ; by Acacia 

 heterophylla, 200 ; by Naias marina, 

 368 ; by Potamogeton, 369 ; by 

 Eugenia, 351 ; by Sophora, 148 ; by 

 Ochrosia, 153, 580; by Pandanus, 



157-9 



Mat-names and plant-names in Poly- 

 nesia, 324, 328 



Matricaria chamomilla, 536, 568 



Matricaria inodora ; inland form, 536, 

 543 ; maritime form, 33-4, 109, 1 16, 

 536, 540, 543 



Matricaria maritima : see under M. 

 inodora 



Maui, 207-8 



Mauna Kea, \2O7-8, 210-4, 238, 509, 



Mauna Loa,J 587 



Mauna Loa ; meteorological observa- 

 tions on summit, 582 



Mauritius : see Mascarene islands 



Maxwell, Dr., on the Hawaiian rain- 

 fall, 213 



Medanos, 482 



Medicago ; fruits frequent in beach- 

 drift, 429, 431, 479 ; buoyancy of 

 fruits, 431, 536 



Medinilla, 376 



Mediterranean beach-drift, 430 



Megapodes, as probable seed-dis- 

 persers, 1 60, 169, 200, 392 



Melastoma, 376, 381, 382, 532, 603 



Melastoma denticulatum, 382, 532 

 548 



Melia, 376 



Meliaceas, 376 



Melica nutans, 538 



Melicope, 263 



Meliphagidae (Honey-eaters), as seed- 

 dispersers, 321, 331, 377, 388 



Melochia, 376 



