GENERAL INDEX 



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Chenopodium, 272, 283, 284, 537 



Cherry (Cerasus) stones in beach- 

 ^ drift, 429, 431, 479 



Chestnuts in beach-drift, 429 



Chile ; the coast plants and beach- 

 drift, 431, 474-80, 596 ; the coast 

 climate, 491-3, 598-601 



Chloridops kona, 275 



Christmas Island, 422 



Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, 536, 

 568 



Chrysanthemum segetum, 536 



Chrysodium aureum, 48, 4S6, 498 



Chrysophyllum, 362 



Chrysosplenium, 536 



Cicuta virosa, 28, 536 



Citrus aurantium, 125, 532 



Citrus decumana, 125. 126, 532, 533 



Citrus, other species, 125, 436, 532 



Cladium mariscus, 537 



Clarke, Mr. C. B., on Cyrtandra, 316 



Cleome, 362 



Clermontia, 252-6, 258-9, 533 



Clerodendron, 17, 121 



Clerodendron inerme, 47, 76, 108, 1 14, 



435, 530, 55i, 563 



Climate and currents, 491-5, 500, 

 597-601 



Clouds, altitude of, on mountains ; on 

 the Owen Stanley Range, 215 ; 

 observations on the summit of 

 Mauna Loa, 584 ; on the Chilian 

 and Peruvian sea-borders, 492, 494 



Coast and inland species of a genus, 

 relation of, 16, 27, 133-169 



Cocculus, 362 



Cochlearia officinalis, 33, 536, 540 



Coco-de-mer, 61 



Coco-nut palm (Cocos nucifera), 67, 

 108, 413, 530, 552, 553-4, 563; 

 effective dispersal by currents, 436 ; 

 viviparous, 472 



Coix lachryma, 532 



Collomia, 568 



Colobanthus, 263 



Colocasia antiquorum, 412 



Colon ; shore-plants, 498 



Colubrina, 134, 137 



Colubrina asiatica ; station and dis- 

 tribution, 137, 552, 556, 562-4; 

 inland extension, 49, 547 ; seed- 

 buoyancy and dispersal by currents, 

 56, 57, 105, 137, 529 ; river and 

 beach drift, 436, 559 



Colubrina oppositifolia, 137, 533-4, 576 



Columbae, extinct ; of the Mascarene 

 Islands, 152, 157, 159, 169, 200, 



517 

 Comins, Rev. R. B., 379 



Commelina nudirlora (syn. pacifica), 

 533, 605 



Commersonia echinata (syn. platy- 

 phylla), 532, 548 



Commersonia, 376, 380 



Compositae, age of, 9, 231-49, 304, 

 306, 503, 514, 517-20; endemic 

 Hawaiian and Tahitian genera, 236, 

 248 ; arborescent, 235-49 ; dispersal 

 by birds, 241, 593, 605 ; fruit- 

 buoyancy of British species, 536 



Coniferae, age of, 303-6, 502-3, 514, 

 519-20; Fijian, 294, 297-306 : New 

 Zealand, 507-9, 514 



Conocarpus erectus, 68, 108, 438, 498 



Convolvulaceas, seed-buoyancy, 28, 

 no, 117, 544; abortive germination 

 of floating seeds, 76, 79, 83, 85, 87 



Convolvulus arvensis, 28, no, 537, 544 



Convolvulus sepium ; station, 29 ; 

 distribution, 417-8, 573 ; seeding in 

 England, 539 ; buoyancy of seeds, 

 26, 29, 106, no, 537, 539, 544; 

 suggested dimorphism, 573 



Convolvulus soldanella ; seed-buoy- 

 ancy, 26, 28, 35, 36, 83, 91, 106, no, 

 11 5, 537, 54 2 , 566; non-germination 

 in sea-water, 35, 544, 546 ; seeds in 

 beach-drift, 31, 429-31 ; dispersal 

 by currents, 432-3 ; distribution, 

 *3h 433,. 476-9, 542, 572 ; suggested 

 dimorphism, 573 



Convolvulus tricolor ; germination in 



sea- water, 546 

 Conway, Sir Martin. 241 

 Coprosma, 270-2, 274-5, 290-3, 



294-6, 305,315, 321, 33i, 533 

 Corals on the coasts of Chile and 



Peru, 496-7, 601 

 Cordia, 17, 121, 134, 137, 485, 48S 

 Cordia aspera, 137 



Cordia subcordata ; station and dis- 

 tribution, 52, 551-2, 555, 563 ; 



fruit-buoyancy, 79, 108, 114. 530-1 ; 



sea and beach drift, 79, 437 ; 



becoming extinct in Hawaii. 5 

 Cordyline, 420, 532 

 Coreopsis, 237 



Coriaria, 270, 290, 291-2, 305 

 Corks in beach-drift, 479 

 Corral (Chile), 478 

 Corvus tropicus, 321 

 Corylus avellana, 126, 429 (hazel), 



431 (hazel), 537, 53S, 572 

 Corynocarpus, 508 

 Cotula plumosa, 241 

 Cotyledon umbilicus. 4178. 

 Couthovia, 265-6, 401, 532 

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