GENERAL INDEX 





Beccari, Dr., on the dispersal of 

 Brackenridgea, 124, 569 ; on the 

 Cassowary as a seed-distributor, 152 ; 

 on Ficus, 388, 504 ; on the retro- 

 cession of cultivated plants, 161 ; 

 on Sararanga, 156 ; on willow- 

 leaved plants, 003 



Beech-nuts in drift, 429 



Begonia, 394, 509 



Begoniaceae, 263, 394 



Bell, Mr. Jeffrey, on Peruvian corals, 



497 



Bentham, Mr., 2, 423 ; on the Compo- 

 sitae, 236, 245, 248 



Berberis vulgaris, 535 



Berkeley, Mr., 539 



Bermuda, 348, 351 



Bernicla sandwicensis, 241, 275, 283 



Berrya, 379 



Beta maritima, 35, 537, 542 



Betula alba, 537 



Bidens, 379 



Bidens cernua, 28, 31, 536, 540, 544 



Bidens pilosa, 379, 533, 605 



Bidens tripartita, 28, 536, 544 



Bird, Miss, 584, 587 



Birds, differentiation of, 5-8, 504-6, 

 514, 520-2 ; crossing oceans, 506 ; 

 migrations, 505-6 ; Polynesian, 67 ; 

 at high altitudes, 241 ; biologically 

 connected with plants, 504 ; as seed- 

 dispersers, 5, 205, 226, 241, 296, 321 ; 

 see under Fruit-pigeons, Ducks, 

 Geese, Sea-birds, Tetraonidae, &c. 



Bischoffia, 381, 336, 531 



Blysmus rufus, 537 



Bobea, 262-3 



Boehmeria, 263, 356 



Boerhaavia, 355, 552, 568 



Bonin Islands, 54, 320 



Boobies (Sula), as seed-dispersers, 188, 



347, 356, 511 . 

 Borago officinalis, 537 

 Bourbon Island : see Mascarene Islands 

 Bourne, Mr., 172 

 Brackenridgea, 113, 124, 569 

 Brandis, Dr., on the dispersal of San- 



talum album, 283 

 Brassica, 536 



Breadfruit (Artocarpus), 412, 415, 531 

 Breweria, 362-3 

 Brighamia, 252, 255, 258 

 British flora, 23, 31, 115, 432, 535, 



539-44 

 Brown, Dr. R., on seed-dispersal by 



sea-birds, 5 10 

 Brown, Mr. R., on a drift seed of 



Caesalpinia, 189 

 Broussaisia, 263 



vol.. 11. 



Bruguiera, 43, 441, 551 ; dispersal b) 

 currents, 48, 55, 77, 94, 461 2. 

 467, 529 ; distribution, 54, 68, 69, 

 461, 563 ; in beach-drift, 435, 437, 

 461 ; seed-development and term- 

 ination, 463-6, 468-71 ; fertilisation, 

 462 



Bryonia dioica, 536 



Buller, Sir W., on the fruits and seeds 

 eaten by New Zealand birds, 292, 

 296, 301, 321, 337, 347, 508, 541 



Buoyancy ot seeds and fruits, of Pacific 

 plants, 12-22, 104-15; of Fijian 

 plants, 44-6, 529,531-3 ; of Hawaiian 

 plants, 57, 533, 552 ; of Taliitian 

 plants, 49 ; of British plants, 23-39, 

 11 5, 535-8, 539-44, 566; its relation 

 to sea-density, 88-98, 516; structures 

 concerned, 17, 104-18 ; the question 

 of adaptation, 119-29, 516, 569; 

 effect of inland extension, 121, 568 ; 

 the great sorting process, 16, 24, 30, 

 515 ; long flotation experiments, 530, 

 539 ; tables showing results of experi- 

 ments, 529-38, 552 ; effect of dry- 

 ing, . 535, .53^, 539-44, 571-2 ; pre- 

 cautions in testing buoyancy, 566 ; 

 the risks of the floating seed in warm 

 seas, 79-87 



Burkill, Mr., on the Tongan flora, 224, 



2 3 2 > oj5, j"3 

 Butomus umbcllatus, 537 

 Butterflies at high altitudes, 509, 583 

 Buttneria, 379 

 Button, Mr., 172 

 Byronia, 371 



Cacao, 489 



Cacti, 471, 485, 560 



Caesalpinia, general account of Pacific 

 species, 183-97 



Caesalpinia bonduc, buoyancj of seeds, 

 21, 192-5, 529 ; structures con- 

 cerned witli seed-buoyancy, 106, 

 191-2 ; dispersal by currents, [89 ; 

 distribution, [86, 503 ; station and 

 extension inland, 49, 186-7 



Caesalpinia bonducella, buoyancy of 

 seeds, 21, 192 5, 529, 530-1, 552 ; 

 structures concerned with seed- 

 buoyancy, 106, in, 191-2 ; dis- 

 persal by currents, 57, [89, 430, 

 562, 563; in beach-drift, [89, 430, 



437-8, 558 ; dispersal by birds, 57, 

 188,511,581 ; station and extension 

 inland, 42. 59, [86 8, 551, 552 4, 

 559 ; germination, [91 ; distribu- 

 tion, 68, [86, 563 ; suggested rela- 

 tion to C. bonduc, 573 



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